Siah SP, Melki J, Huntington P, Karagiannis T, Rawlinson W, Riley T, and Millar D. Validation of a novel test for hypervirulent strains of Clostridium difficile including BI/NAP1/027. Proferred paper/Oral presentation. The Australian Society for Microbiology, Annual scientific meeting. Hobart, Australia 4 – 8 July 2011

Melki, J.R. Innovation in Molecular Diagnostic Assays (for selected viral, bacterial and protozoan targets). Invited speaker, AusMedTech conference, Sydney, Australia. 14-15 May 2012

J.R. Melki, S.P. Siah, K. Kaur, J. Nair, N. Coulston, D.S. Millar. Multiplex PCR detection of all major gastrointestinal pathogens employing a novel universal extraction method. 22nd ECCMID meeting, London, 31st March – 3rd April 2012 England 2012

J.R. Melki, S.P. Siah, K. Kaur, J. Nair, W. Rawlinson and D.S. Millar. A novel multiplex PCR assay for the detection of 18 bacterial, yeast and viral causes of Meningitis. 23rd ECCMID meeting, Berlin, Germany 27th-30th April 2013

Melki J.R., Siah, S.P., Kaur, K., Nair, J., Rawlinson, W., and Millar D.S. A novel multiplex PCR detection method for Mycobacteria, Mycobacterial avium intracellular complex (MAIC) and M. tuberculosis from clinical samples. 23rd ECCMID meeting, Berlin, Germany 27th-30th April 2013

Melki J.R., Siah S.P., Kaur K., Nair J., Rawlinson W., and Millar D.S.  A novel rapid multiplex PCR assay for the detection of 13 bacterial and viral causes of sexually transmitted infection (STI). 23rd ECCMID meeting, Berlin, Germany 27th-30th April 2013

Melki J.R. 3base™ The Science Behind EasyScreen™ Molecular Diagnostic Assays Molecular Microbiology Meeting, Sydney, Australia 5th – 6th May 2014

Carson K., Siah S., Millar D., MacKenzie  B., Melki  J., Riley T. Evaluation of the EasyScreen™ C. difficile detection kit for tcdA and tcdB. 24th ECCMID meeting, Barcelona, Spain 10th – 13th May 2014

Melki J.R.,  Seo  S., Nair J., French C.,  Siah S.P., Kaur K., Rawlinson W., and Millar D.S. A novel 3base™ multiplex PCR assay for the rapid detection and stratification of MRSA The Australian Society for Microbiology, Annual scientific meeting. Melbourne 6th – 9th July 2014

Gow I., Shoo Siah S.P., Elmore A., Warby D., Stark D., Harkness J., Melki J.R., and Millar D. S. Comparison of the Efficiency Of Commercially Available Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Platforms to Detect a Wide Range of Respiratory Viruses. 24th ECCMID Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark 25-28th May 2015