Histology Group of South Australia

17/06/2026

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Michael Bushe-Jones is the senior dissectionist at ACL in Subiaco. He has a keen interest in the development of dissection as a profession for scientific staff. Michael is the current Vice Chairperson of the Histology Group of WA (HGWA) and the Australasian Association of Histology and Histotechnology. He also has sessional teaching roles at Curtin and Murdoch Universities 💜🔬

16/06/2026

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Did you miss out...? Don't worry, it's feather late than never! 🪶 The early bird 🐦 gets the worm, but the extended bird gets the massive discount! 💜🔬🙏

10/06/2026

Prof Sandra O'Toole is President of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Professor of Pathology at the University of Sydney, a Senior Staff Specialist Anatomical and Molecular Pathologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown and a visiting scientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney.
She graduated from medicine at the University of New South Wales with First Class Honours and the University Medal in 1997, obtaining her RCPA Fellowship in 2003 and her PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2007. She is an internationally recognised expert in breast cancer and was part of a Eureka Prize winning team in 2022 developing nano slide technology for breast cancer microscopy. She is the lead pathologist for the international Breast Cancer Cellular Atlas project.
She was a member of the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) and is current Chair of the Cancer Australia Intercollegiate Advisory Group and board director for the Australasian Society of Breast Diseases (ASBD) and the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation (SBCF) 💜🔬

28/05/2026

Be quick 🙏💜🔬

25/05/2026

Save the Date 📅 bring a friend 👫 hope to see you there 💜🔬

20/05/2026

Shout out to the Histology Group of South Australia committee members for all your hard work behind the scenes, keeping the community updated in the world of Histology 💜🔬🙏

15/05/2026

Ms Julia Pagliuso is the Head of the Tissue and Molecular Disciplines at the RCPA Quality Assurance Programs.
Prior to this, her experience includes various appointment at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital including Laboratory Manager of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Senior Scientist in Charge of Cytology and Special Projects Officer in Laboratory Information Services. Julia has had an active interest in quality and continuing education throughout her career 💜🔬

13/05/2026

Thanks for the mitochondrial DNA mum's.... Happy Mother's Day everyday 💜🔬🙏

Happy Mother's Day. It won't stop our posts from getting cilia and cilia.

06/05/2026

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Benjamin Dessauvagie is a histocytopathologist, Lead Breast Pathologist, Head of Cytology, and Medical Director at Clinipath Pathology, as well as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. He completed his medical training at UWA in 2006, followed by clinical training across WA, before specialising in Anatomical Pathology and achieving FRCPA in 2013.
He undertook further subspecialty training in breast pathology and cytopathology, including time in the UK, and has worked across public and private sectors in Perth since 2016 in diagnostics, teaching, research, and quality activities.
He also holds a Master of Health Administration from Monash University 💜🔬