Burnet’s leading researchers will join infection and immunity scientists from Australia and overseas at the 5th annual conference.

Burnet Principal Fellow, Associate Professor Heidi Drummer will present on hepatitis C virus transmission and vaccine development.

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Invited speakers include:

Andrew Macpherson, McMaster University
Mutualism between mammalian hosts and commensal intestinal bacteria

Maria Mota, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
Host-Plasmodium interactions; novel anti-malarials

Mark Miller, Washington University in St Louis
T-cell regulation; T-cell responses during listeria infection; imaging

Tamotsu Yoshimori, Osaka University

Autophagy and microbacteria

Nina Papvasilou, The Rockefeller University

B-lymphocyte biology; somatic hypermutation

Feng Shao, National Institute of Biological Sciences


Bacterial virulence and host innate immunity

Sharon Lewin, Peter Doherty Institute

HIV immunology and co-infections, reversing HIV latency

Michael Beard, University of Adelaide

Molecular virology and pathogenic mechanisms of hepatitis C virus

Julian Rood, Monash University

Pathogenisis of clostridial infections

Ruth Thornton, University of Western Australia

Bacterial biofilm; intracellular infection; otitis media; respiratory infections

Andreas Suhrbier, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Chikungunya virus and inflammation

Diana Hansen, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Immune response to malaria