AoE Flu Seminars 2009
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 3 Dec 2009 | Update on Pandemic H1N1 - The Australian Experience | Professor Bill Rawlinson RCPA Visiting Professor (to overseas) Head Division of Microbiology / Virology Department of Microbiology SEALS Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia |
| 10 Nov 2009 | Influenza A Virus Infection of Human Respiratory Epithelium | Dr Michael Chan Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong |
| Feasibility and potential benefits of a population-wide passive immunotherapy program during an influenza pandemic | Dr Joseph Wu Department of Community Medicine The University of Hong Kong | |
| 7 Oct 2009 | Public Lecture on "Influenza: New problems with an old disease" | Professor Harry B. Greenberg Senior Associate Dean for Research Stanford University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology & Hepatology), Microbiology and Immunology President of American Society of Virology |
| 30 Sep 2009 | CIRAD Activities in Southeast Asia: A Focus on Eco-Epidemiology Projects on Influenza | Dr Francois ROGER (DVM, MSc, PhD) Head Epidemiology Group, CIRAD |
| 29 Sep 09 | Study of the Host Factors Interacting with H5N1 Influenza Virus | Dr Pui Wang Department of Microbiology Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| An M2e-based polypeptide vaccine protects mice from lethal challenge with divergent strains of H5N1 influenza virus | Professor BJ Zheng Department of Microbiology Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | |
| 24 Aug 2009 | Causes of H5N1 in South East Asia: Stories from the farm and market | Professor Richard Fielding Department of Community Medicine Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine |
| Evolutionary genomics and genesis of pandemic influenza | Dr Justin Bahl Department of Microbiology Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | |
| 10 Jul 2009 | Disease burden of influenza in the tropics and subtropics | Dr CM Wong Department of Community Medicine Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong |
| Influenza polymerase subunits compatibility between human H1 and H5 viruses | Dr Olive TW Li Department of Microbiology Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong | |
| 29 Jun 2009 | Structure and function study of influenza A virus nucleoprotein and the implication on inhibitor design | Professor PC Shaw Chairman, Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Science The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Signaling Pathways Associated with H5N1-induced Cytokines and Chemokines | Dr Kenrie Hui Department of Microbiology Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong |
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| 12 Jun 2009 | Discovery and Characterization of Novel Enteric and Respiratory Viruses | Dr David Wang Assistant Professor Departments of Molecular Microbiology and Pathology & Immunology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 8 May 2009 | Continuing Evolution of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influena A (H5N1) Viruses | Dr. Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong |
| Modulation of Influenza Receptors by Sialidase Treatment Implications for Influenza Therapy | Dr John M Nicholls Department of Pathology The University of Hong Kong | |
| 13 Mar 2009 | Humoral and cellular response in infants < 6 months old after intramuscular or intradermal influenza vaccinationintradermal influenza vaccination | Dr Wenwei Tu and Dr Susan Chiu Dept of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine The University of Hong Kong |
| Pseudoviral Particles: The "Swiss Army Knife" of the Virologist | Dr Jean-Michel Garcia HKU-Pasteur Research Centre | |
| 17 Feb 2009 | Lung innate immunity and bacterial pneumonia | Professor Joseph P. Mizgerd Professor of Medicine and Microbiology The Pulmonary Center Boston University School of Medicine |
| 20 Jan 2009 | Human-Specific Evolutionary Changes in Sialic Acid Biology | Professor Ajit Varki Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training University of California, San Diego |