Ian Henderson, Professor of Microbiology, and Dr Larisa Labzin, Virologist, discuss COVID-19 – immunity, vaccine development, epidemiology and what we do and don’t know.
Four IMB women will share how they are tackling big problems such as obesity and cardiovascular disease, stroke, spinal cord injuries and sheep parasites through the Queensland Women in STEM competition.
Associate Professor Kate Schroder has been recognised for her excellence in biochemistry and molecular biology after being awarded the Merck Research Medal by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
A UQ team is seeking to understand how antibiotic-resistant UPEC cause UTI and develop new, immune-based treatment strategies to treat these infections.
Speaker 1: Prof Nicholas King (Head of Discipline of Pathology, University of Sydney)
Title: Separating pathological from protective myeloid cell changes in response to infection
Speaker 2: Dr Denuja Karunakaran (Associate Scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute)
Title: Beyond cell death: RIPK1 drives inflammation in atherosclerosis and
immunometabolism in obesity.
