It’s an exciting time for Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) as we continue to grow and change. ASBMB2019 is the first “new” biennial meeting of the ASBMB that will be interspersed with future biennial ComBio meetings. ASBMB2019 will be held at the Fremantle Esplanade Hotel in Perth’s port city of Fremantle, which is within walking distance of a range of restaurants, breweries, hotels and apartments.

The 3-day program (Tuesday 1st October – Thursday 3rd October 2019) will feature a number of overseas plenary presentations, society speciality lectures, poster sessions, 3-minute poster presentations and an E/MCR mini-symposium are also planned. The scientific program of the conference will include the themes:

• Gene Editing
• RNA Biology
• Drug Discovery

Confirmed plenary speakers include:

• Lingling Chen
• Tom Blundell
• Wai Leong Tam
• Li Yang
• Oon Chern Ein