AID Seminar Program for 2017
Thursday 18 May, 3-4pm, Eureka Prize winner
Speaker: Leann Tilley (University of Melbourne)
Title: “Malaria Parasites: Sex & Drugs”
Venue: QIMRB Level 3 Auditorium in the Central Building, Herston
Contact/host: Mark Schembri (ph 3365 3306) and Ash Haque (ph 3845 3948)
Tuesday 11 July, 3-4pm
Speaker: Dr Sonja Best (Rocky Mountains Laboratory, NIH)
Title: “Of mice and men: the role of host IFN-I signaling in control of Ebola virus replication”
Venue: AIBN seminar room, St. Lucia
Contact/host: Alex Khromykh (ph 3366 7219)
Thursday 3 August, 3-4pm
Speaker: Michael Gantier (Monash University)
Title: “Nucleic acid therapeutics against viral and bacterial infections”
Venue: AIBN seminar room, St. Lucia
Contact/host: Kate Stacey (ph 3365 4640)
Thursday 24 August, 3-4pm
Speaker: Rowena Martin (ANU)
Title: “Molecular mechanisms of anti-malarial drug resistance”
Venue: QIMRB seminar room, Herston
Contact/host: Ash Haque (ph 3845 3948)
Thursday 7 September, 3-4pm
Speaker: Glen Ulett (Griffith University)
Title: “Group B streptococcus: pathogenesis and host interactions”
Venue: AIBN seminar room, St. Lucia
Contact/host: Mark Walker (ph 3346 1623)
Friday 29th September, 2.30-3.30pm
Speaker: Prof Andres Merits (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Title: “Replicative and non-replicative functions of alphavirus replicase”
Venue: Building 76 Room 228 seminar room, St. Lucia
Contact/host: Alex Khromykh (ph 3366 7219)
Thursday 12 October, 3-4pm
Speaker: Nina van Sorge (University Medical Centre Uterecht)
Title: “Glycosylated cell wall structures in Gram-positive bacteria at the host-pathogen interface”
Venue: AIBN seminar room, St. Lucia
Contact/host: Mark Walker (ph 3346 1623)
Thursday 23 November, 3-4pm
Speaker: Greg Moseley (University of Melbourne)
Title: “The P protein axis: a central target to prevent lethal rabies disease?”
Venue: AIBN seminar room, St. Lucia
Contact/host: Alex Khromykh (ph 3366 7219)