ASM NANCY MILLIS STUDENT AWARD
The ASM Nancy Millis Student Award is presented annually to one student member of the ASM from each state: Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, SA and Tasmania, to enable them to attend and deliver an oral presentation at the annual scientific meeting of the ASM. It is awarded to the best student presenting research carried out as part of a PhD or Masters by Research and consists of conference registration, return airfare and an accommodation allowance.
2025 applications close February 7th 2025
Prize Details
• Certificate
• 10-minute presentation at the ASM Annual Scientific Meeting
• Full conference registration for the ASM Annual Scientific Meeting + Flights and Accomodation
Eligibility Requirements
• Be a current PhD or Masters by Research student at a Victorian university
• Not have previously received this award
• Be a student member of the ASM*
*If not currently a student member, applicants must be eligible for membership and must pay for such at the time of application for the Award.
Conditions of Award
The recipient of the award will be required to present a 10-minute presentation during the Nancy Millis Student Award Symposium at the ASM Annual Scientific Meeting
Assessment
• Finalists for the award will be selected based on abstract
• All finalists will give a 10-minute presentation during our annual ASM Nancy Millis Student Awards night
• The best presenter will be awarded the ASM Nancy Millis Student Award
Nancy Millis Award Winners 2024
Winner
”Characterisation of bacterial pathogens using CRISPR-Cas9 enrichment and OXford Nanopore sequencing"
—Hugh Cottingham, Monash University
Runner up
"Longitudinal culturing of the early life human microbiome reveals temporal and spatial differentiation between the respiratory tract and gut"
—Sara Di Simone, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Previous award winners
2023
”A group of temperate bacteriophages equip their Klebsiella hosts with potent inter bacterial weapons"
—Sally Byers, Monash University
*People’s choice award
"Clostridioides difficle infection impedes host colonic repair"
—Ashleigh Rogers, Monash University
"Key commensal species breakdown phenolic compounds to support community stability within the gastrointestinal microbiome"
—Remy Young, Monash Univertisty
2022
”Last-line antibiotic resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is an unintended consequence of rifamycin antibiotic use"
—Adrianna Turner, University of Melbourne
*People’s choice award
"Genetic and chemical validation of Plasmodium falciparum aminopeptidase PfA-M17 as a drug target in the haemoglobin digestion pathway"
—Rebecca Edgar, Deakin University
2021
”Population genomics of emerging resistance in Salmonella Dublin"
—Cheryll Sia, University of Melbourne
*People’s choice award
"Differential activation of innate immune receptors by Bacteroides fragilis bacteria and their secreted outer membrane vesicles (OMVs)"
—William Gilmore, La Trobe University
2020
”Phage adsorption and inactivation by the Eukaryotic cell could have repercussions for the efficacy of phage therapy”
—Marion Bichet, Monash University
2019
”Between a rock and a hard place: Acinetobacter baumannii loses virulence and antibiotic resistance when escaping killing by lytic phages”
—Fernando Gordillo-Altamirano, Monash University
2018
”Elucidating the Scs redox pathways and its role in copper tolerance in Salmonella”
—Pramod Subedi, La Trobe University
2017
”Gastrointestinal carriage is a major reservoir of K. pneumoniae infection in intensive care patients”
—Claire Gorrie, University of Melbourne
2016
”Identifying the host substrates of the SseK glycosyltransferase effectors from Salmonella”
—Joshua Newson, University of Melbourne