AoE Flu Seminars 2011

Date TopicSpeaker
24 Nov 2011System Vaccinology: Enabling Rational Vaccine Design with Systems Biological Approaches Professor Bali Pulendran
Department of Pathology
Emory University School of Medicine
USA
22 Nov 2011Adjuvants as Immunological Drivers for Improved Influenza Vaccines Dr Giuseppe Del Giudice
Global Head Translational Medicine
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
Research Center, Italy
17 Nov 20112009 pandemic experience and lessons learned in Korea Dr Woo Joo Kim
Chair
Transgovernmental Enterprise
for Pandemic Influenza of Korea
9 Nov 2011The Thymus: Classrooms, Teachers and Students Professor Willem Van Ewijk
Visiting Professor
RIKEN institute for Allergy and Immunology
RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan
31 Oct 2011Human Annexin A6 Interacts with the Influenza A Virus M2 Protein and Negatively Modulates Mr HuaiLiang Ma
HKU-Pasteur Research Centre
The University of Hong Kong
The PB2 Protein of Avian Influenza Virus A H9N2 Contributes to Mammalian Pathogenesis Dr Chris Mok
Department of Microbiology
The University of Hong Kong
28 Sep 2011Host Defense Strategies Professor Ruslan M Medzhitov
David W Wallace Professor of Immunology
Yale University, New Haven
Connecticut, USA
15 Sep 2011Coronavirus non-structural proteins: What's new? Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rolf Hilgenfeld
Director
Institute of Biochemistry
University of Lübeck
9 Sep 2011Control of Pandemic and Inter-Pandemic Influenza Professor Erling Norrby
Professor of Virology
Center for History of Science
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
16 Aug 2011Minimising the Impact of Pandemic Flu: The Role of Behaviour Professor Susan Michie
Professor of Health Psychology
Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology
University College London
26 Jul 2011Mathematical Definitions of Epidemiological Concepts: A few Case Studies of Influenza Dr Hiroshi Nishiura
School of Public Health
The University of Hong Kong
23 Jun 2011Stay On Your Target: Functionality and Specificity of Thermo Scientific RNAi Technology Dr. Jian Jiao
Technical Support Manager
Biosciences Division
Thermo Fisher Scientific China
12 May 2011Towards a Better Characterization of Neuraminidase using NMR Technology Mr Jimmy Lai
HKU-Pasteur Research Centre
The University of Hong Kong
Migratory Flyway and Geographical Distance are Barriers to the Gene Flow of Influenza Virus among North American Birds Dr Tommy Lam
Department of Microbiology
The University of Hong Kong
18 Apr 2011Nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking: from viral target to antivirals Dr Beatriz M FONTOURA
University of Texas, USA
24 Mar 2011Preparedness and Responses of at Risk Groups (Frontline Healthcare Workers in Community Clinics, Community Outreach Teams and Elderly Homes) to Pandemic Professor Samuel Wong
School of Public Health and Primary Care
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Influenza Epidemiology and Control in Households in Hong Kong Dr Benjamin Cowling
School of Public Health
The University of Hong Kong
21 Mar 2011Influenza A Antibodies: The Road to Universal Vaccines and Prophylaxis and Treatment Professor Jaap Goudsmit
Chief Scientific Officer
Crucell Holland BV
15 Mar 2011Viruses, microRNAs and other small RNAs Professor Bryan R Cullen
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Center for Virology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA