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Donate today to support women in science at Burnet and their work to unlock the vaginal microbiome and reduce risk of HIV infection and preterm birth for women around the world.
Donate today to support women in science at Burnet and their work to unlock the vaginal microbiome and reduce risk of HIV infection and preterm birth for women around the world.
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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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
Wednesday, 18 February, 2015 – Friday, 20 February, 2015
Mantra Lorne
Great Ocean Road
Lorne VIC
For more information about this event, please contact:
Co-Program Director, Disease Elimination; Scientific Director, Burnet Diagnostics Initiative; Principal Investigator, Burnet Vaccine Initiative; Co-Head, Viral Entry and Vaccines Group