Alastair Lucas Endowment Fund
With lives at stake, there’s no time to waste. The Alastair Lucas Prize for Medical Research allows the highest calibre researchers to immediately start life-saving work.
With lives at stake, there’s no time to waste. The Alastair Lucas Prize for Medical Research allows the highest calibre researchers to immediately start life-saving work.
Burnet Institute Co-Head of the Drummer/Poumbourios Laboratory, Dr Andy Poumbourios, will be presenting at the 2019 Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference.
The conference, at the Cumberland Resort in Lorne on Victoria’s world-renowned Great Ocean Road, brings together scientists from multiple disciplines with a shared interest in infectious diseases and immunity research and translation of research into vaccines, antimicrobial and biological therapies and public health measures.
Dr Poumbourios' presentation, Antigenic engineering of a HIV-1 glycoprotein vaccine for the elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies, underscores the need for effective prevention strategies with prophylactic vaccines.
The 2019 conference themes include:
Researchers, clinicians and veterinarians will be attending, with a strong emphasis on promoting student attendance and participation.
Burnet Program Director, Disease Elimination, and Laboratory Co-Head, Adjunct Professor Heidi Drummer is a member of the Conference Organising Committee.
To find out more visit www.lorneinfectionimmunity.org.
Wednesday, 20 February, 2019 – Friday, 22 February, 2019
Cumberland Resort
150 Mountjoy Parade,
Lorne. Victoria 3232
For more information about this event, please contact:
Program Director, Disease Elimination; Co-Head, Drummer/Poumbourios Laboratory; Chair, Burnet Gender Equity Committee
