Guest 1 - Michelle Boyle, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Malaria is caused by a parasite which invades and lives within red blood cells. Understanding the way in which the parasite invades the red blood cell is an important aspect of developing vaccines and drugs to fight disease. Michelle’s work looks at how the parasite is able to get into the red blood cells and how different compounds are able to block this process.
Guest 2 - Dr Patrick Reading, University of Melbourne
Patrick is interested in understanding the very early immune responses to influenza virus infection and how these may affect the development of disease. He also works at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in a role designed at strengthening laboratory-based surveillance of influenza in the Asia/Pacific Region
Guest 3 - Nadine Brew, Monash University
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. Very preterm infants lungs are often so immature that they require respiratory support to survive. Whilst ventilation is a life saving intervention it is known to cause long lasting lung injury. Nadine is interested in ventilator induced lung injury and immature lung repair mechanisms in sheep.
