AoE Flu Seminars 2010
Date | Topic | Speaker |
06 Oct 2010 | Establishment and Lineage Replacement of H6N2 Influenza Viruses in Domestic Ducks in Southern China (2000-2007) | Mr. Kai Huang Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong |
Mechanism for the Emergence and Prevalence of H1N1 Influenza Virus carrying H275Y Oseltamivir Resistance Mutation | Dr. Hazel Wu Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong | |
20 Jul 2010 | Emerging viruses: new insights from the study of European and African bats | Prof. Dr. med. Christian Drosten Head, Institute of Virology University of Bonn Medical Centre Germany |
9 Jul 2010 | The role of innate immunity in host defence against respiratory pathogens | Dr Erika Wissinger Leukocyte Biology Section National Heart and Lung Institute Faculty of Medicine Imperial College London |
30 Jun 2010 | Identification of C-type Lectin Receptors in the Pathogenesis of Infectious and Autoimmune Diseases | Dr. Shie-Liang Edmond Hsieh Director of Immunology Research Center at National Yang-Ming University & Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan |
27 May 2010 | Protective efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccine against seasonal pandemic influenza: a randomized controlled trial | Miss Sophia Ng School of Public Health The University of Hong Kong |
Lessons from the Pandemic: New tools for risk communication | Dr Thomas Abraham Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong | |
23 Mar 2010 | Pathogenic Consequences of H5N1 Polymerase Adaptation in Mammals | Mr Jeff Butler CSIRO - Australian Animal Health Laboratory Geelong, Australia Department of Microbiology and Immunology The University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia |
19 Mar 2010 | Direct infection and immunosuppression of human natural killer cells by influenza virus | Dr Huawei Mao Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine The University of Hong Kong |
Evolution of human influenza A viruses | Dr Gavin Smith Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong | |
Evolution of swine influenza A viruses | Dr Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong | |
15 Mar 2010 | Development and Implementation of the WHO Public Health Research Agenda for Influenza | Professor John S. Tam, Scientist Global Influenza Programme Health Security and Environment, WHO |
26 Feb 2010 | Identification and characterization of cellular interactants of influenza M2 ion channel protein | Dr François Kien HKU-Pasteur Research Centre |
Influenza virus infection in dendritic cells: implication for pathogenicity | Dr Hui Ling Yen Department of Microbiology The University of Hong Kong | |
18 Jan 2010 | Human and animal model systems to elucidate the role of tight junction components in health and disease | Dr Walter Hunziker Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) Singapore |
8 Jan 2010 | RIG I detects virtually all virus infections, but what exactly does it detect? | Prof Daniel Kolakofsky Department of Microbiology University of Geneva Medical School Geneva, Switzerland |