Reminder: NCASM Spring 2012 Meeting
The NCASM Program Committee is organizing the Spring Meeting which will be held March 9 & 10, 2012 at the Pleasanton Hilton at the Club again. Here is a preliminary overview of the sessions that will be offered:

- Water Microbiology (Friday AM)
- Best (and Future) Practices in Clinical Microbiology (Friday AM)
- Molecular Diagnostics (Friday PM)
- Student Workshop on resumes and strategies to look for jobs (Saturday AM)
- Global and Tropical Infections (Saturday AM)
- Respiratory Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients (Saturday PM)

On-line registration is now available (click here). If you are a veteran of NCASM meetings, you will notice that fees are the same as last spring. NOTE: The final meeting program will be linked from this site when it is completed (early to mid February).

If you would like to stay at the Hilton for the meeting, we have negotiated a great room rate ($65/night). You can reserve a room at this meeting rate on-line at the following URL (copy and paste into your browser):

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/P/PLEPHHF-NCA-20120307/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Group Name: Northern California American Society for Microbiology
Group Code: NCA

NCASM Officers for 2011 - 2013 Elected
Congratulations to the new NCASM officers and thank you for volunteering to guide NCASM over the next two years. A very special thanks to officers who served NCASM the past two years. We are a better organization because of you. Newly elected officers for 2011 - 2013 are:

President: Mir Noorbash
Vice President: Manjula Mudambi
Secretary: Katya Polovina
Treasurer: Vivian Odeh
Councilor: Wendy Wilson
Alternate Councilor: Sharon Abbott

Fall 2011 NCASM Meeting Photos:

Sequencing lectures	MDRTB	The Future of NCASM

Recent Job Postings (February 10, 2012)

Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs has an opening for a Medical Technologist. Click here to view the job announcement. (Posted Feb 10, 2012)

Hunter labs has an opening for a CLS (generalist and molecular diagnostics). Click here to view the job announcement. (Posted Feb 07, 2012)

Butte Community College has an opening for a full time Microbiology instructor. Click here to view the job announcement. (Posted Feb 02, 2012)

California State University, Stanislaus has an opening for a tenure track faculty in Microbiology. Click here to see the job announcement. (Posted Jan 23, 2012)

San Jose State University has an opening for tenure track faculty position in Microbiology. Click here to see the job announcement. (Posted Oct 24, 2011)

UC Berkeley School of Public Health is seeking to hire a public health immunologist. Click here to see the job announcement and details. (Posted Sept 19, 2011)