We are 2 weeks on from #CBSMWA2025. It was an incredible day of learning, sharing and connecting. A huge thankyou to all of our conference sponsors and all our attendees for making this day happen. #CBSMWA

That’s a wrap on #CBSMWA2025. Thankyou to all our incredible presenters, sponsors, trades teams and attendees for helping create such a great atmosphere today. We hope everyone will be back next year!

Prof Sally Cripps finishing us out in the auditorium discussing the power of AI in understanding our ecosystems. #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Dr Rhonda Taylor sharing insights into the use of skeletal muscle progenitor cells to model congenital myopathies in our frontiers in genetics session in seminar room 2 #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Our first Oceanomics breakout session in progress! Dr Sarah Kwong giving an engaging presentation discussing the use of DNA-methylation as an epigenetic clock for Pacific crown-of-thorns seastars. Learn more about innovations in eDNA and marine biodiversity in the coming talks! #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Diverse Inflammatory Pathways session kicked off with A/Prof Juliana Hamzah discussing the intersection of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Head to the theatre auditorium to hear from the student speakers! #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Join us in Seminar room 1 for our Biodiversity breakout session. To kick things off, keynote speaker Dr Jane Chambers discussed the importance of citizen scientists in protecting our snake neck turtles. #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Refuel with lunch sponsored by Telethon Kids Institute. Take this opportunity to ask those burning questions, spark up that conversation and get some merch from our Trade booths! #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Incredible session from Professor Peter Solomon. Engaging and highly relevant to Australia’s wheat and plant pathogen landscape. #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Poster session was in full swing at the upper and lower colonnades. Great to see student, researchers and industry connect. You never know where the conversation may lead. #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Engaging Biological Science New Investigator session featuring Pelina Toprak, Callum Verdonk, Samalka Wijeweera and Johannes Debler. Hearing about microbes as our mighty chemical engineers from Pelina, to an intriguing story of gene exchange from Johannes. #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Engaging Biological Science New Investigator session featuring Pelina Toprak, Callum Verdonk, Samalka Wijeweera and Johannes Debler. Hearing about microbes as our mighty chemical engineers from Pelina, to an intriguing story of gene exchange from Johannes. #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

A/Prof Claus Christophersen gave an incredible talk discussing the role of dietary interventions and supplementation in modulating the gut microbiome #CBSMWA

A warm welcome from Dr Rina Wong and Dr Clayton Fragall to kick of the day! #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

The early career researcher development session has started! Join Prof Cecelia Prele, Dr Scott Fisher and Dr Genevieve Syn in Seminar Room 4 for tips on navigating a life in science from academia to governance to industry. #CBSMWA

CBSM WA 2025 will be located at the University of Western Australia at the University Club. This venue is accessible via public transport and has parking available on campus. If you have any queries on how to get to CBSM WA, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

The Big Picture Factory is CBSMs one stop shop for printing. Contact them to discuss your printing needs.

A/Prof Claus Christopherson is a microbiologist specialising in the role of the gut microbiome in health and diseases focusing to close the gap and further understanding of the complex interaction between the gut microbiome, diet, disease and the host response.

Join us in our CBSM WA 2025 OceanOmics session with invited speaker Dr Philipp Bayer. Dr Bayer is a Principal with the Minderoo Foundation in the OceanOmics project. His talk will focus on eDNA, predictive ecological metrics, advances in AI, reference genome libraries, and metadata standards.

Only 2 weeks left until CBSM 2025! Polish up those presentations and get ready for everything biological sciences. Email [email protected] with any queries before the day and checkout our website at cbsmwa.au

Meet esteemed committee member A/Prof Patricia Price. A/Prof Price has been involved in coordinating CBSM for over 20 years and currently lends her expertise in the review and selection of conference abstracts.

Welcome Dr Peter Solomon, our CBSM 2025 plenary speaker! Dr Solomon has generated over 150 research articles making significant progress in understanding the intricacies of plant-microbe interactions and how these impact our economic and food security.

Check your inboxes! The CBSM WA committee have reviewed all the amazing abstracts submitted and all authors have now been notified of the outcome of their submissions. Thank you to everyone who submitted in their work and for the high quality of abstracts we received. See you at CBSM WA 2025!

CBSM WA 2025 Biodiversity session with invited speakers Dr James PB Lloyd, Dr Jane Chambers and Dr Elizabeth Czislowski who will each explore the complexity of our ecosystems and our role as humans to provide innovative solutions and prevent further problems.

We are 3 weeks days away from CBSM 2025! Find out more on how to attend at our CBSM website cbsmwa.au or email us at [email protected]

Join us in our CBSM WA 2025 cell and developmental biology session with invited speaker A/Proff Holly Chinnery. A/Proff Yu Suk Choi and Dr Kai Chen. They will discuss a range of topics across cell mechanobiology, immune cell phenotyping and cutting-edge spatial technologies to visualise metabolism.

CBSM WA 2025 Diverse inflammatory pathways session invited speakers, Dr Jonatan Leffler, Dr Shelley Waters and Associate Professor Juliana Hamzah will share their wealth of knowledge in immunology, cardiovascular sciences, infectious diseases, cancer and therapeutics. Register here cbsmwa.au

The countdown is on, we are officially one month away from CBSM 2025! The CBSM WA Committee couldn’t be more excited to bring together an amazing group of multidisciplinary scientists, students and industry partners, to showcase what WA has to offer! Find out more on our CBSM website cbsmwa.au

Meet esteemed committee member Sue fletcher. Sue has served on the CBSM committee since 1992, taking on various roles over her tenure. She currently contributes to print media for the meeting: creating our vibrant conference booklets.

As our long-standing secretary, Dr Rea has been and continues to be a pivotal member of our CBSM committee. Their efforts and continued support in organising our annual meetings has been integral to our more than 30 year success at CBSM.

Join us in our CBSM WA 2025 Biodiversity session with invited speaker Dr James PB Lloyd. His talk will focus on the threat of climate change to our global food security and the potential for programmable genetic systems as a solution.

Meet the CBSM WA Co-convenors Dr Clayton Fragall and Dr Rina Wong! Both are passionate about sharing the 30-year message of CBSM which is to encourage relationships between scientists, students and industry and collaboration across diverse scientific disciplines.

ABSTRACT EXTENSION! Have some interesting biological research you’d like to share at this years CBSM conference? Abstracts have been extended to next Friday 15/8! Submit here: lnkd.in/gYAVvw2f

How to Submit your Abstracts to CBSM 2025! Follow the link here to our CBSM website cbsmwa.au , select the Abstract tab, read through the abstract guidelines and submit your amazing work! We can’t wait to hear from you!

ABSTRACT EXTENSION! Have some interesting biological research you’d like to share at this years CBSM conference? Abstracts have been extended to next Friday 8/8! Submit here: cbsmwa.au/conference/a...

Are you working on biological science research and want the opportunity to share it at CBSM 2025? Abstract submissions due this Friday! cbsmwa.au/conference/a...

At CBSM WA 2024 we heard from Emeritus Professor Sue Fletcher who is internationally recognised for her work in RNA therapeutics. She discussed the impact of these in treating rare genetic diseases and the challenges in ensuring they are clinically- and cost-effective and available to all.

Meet the CBSM WA Treasury Team, Dr Linda Wijaya and Dr Vincent Kuek. Both are incoming committee members who are excited about contributing to this years’ CBSM and future CBSM events, to continue in our mission to create a collaborative and innovative space for all things biological sciences!

At CBSM WA in 2024 we heard from renowned parasitologist Prof Shookofeh Shamsi. Her presentation explored how overlooking parasites can lead to incomplete conclusions about biodiversity. Prof. Shamsi's vision is to create a world where professionals and public are well-informed about parasites.

The CBSM 2024 trade exhibit provided students and researchers the opportunity to create meaningful connections with industry and to discuss the latest and greatest technology available! Make sure to check out the trade exhibit at the 2025 meeting!

Looking back at our posters from CBSM 2024, it was incredible to see students and researchers visualise their work and hear the interesting conversations sparked around biological sciences. We are excited to see the posters that are created for our 2025 meeting. More information to come!

Meet the CBSM WA Trade and Exhibition Team! Jahannes and Jacob have a passion for contributing to an accessible and professional local scientific meeting like CBSM, that allows students, researchers and industry partners to build meaningful relationships to strengthen our WA scientific community.

The countdown to CBSM 2025 has begun! Join us at UWA on September 19th for a day of inspiring talks and scientific discoveries. Keep an eye out for registrations here cbsmwa.au or contact us at [email protected]

Looking back at CBSM 2024 — an event filled with high quality research, inspiring discussions, and connections. Ready to do it all again this year? Keep an eye out for more details here cbsmwa.au

Welcome to CBSM WA! The Combined Biological Science Meeting is an annual scientific meeting focused on promoting the biological sciences in Western Australia. Here we encourage the interaction of scientists, students and industry from all areas of life sciences. Find out more here cbsmwa.au