AoE Flu Seminars 2014

Date TopicSpeaker
21 Oct 2014Airborne Transmission of Influenza A Viruses Professor Ron A.M. Fouchier
Department of Viroscience
Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
12 Sep 2014Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels in the Middle East and North Africa Dr Daniel Chu
School of Public Health
HKU
Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: An in-vitro and ex vivo study Dr Renee Chan
School of Public Health
HKU
20 Aug 2014The Need for Improved Influenza Vaccines: Evidence from Household Studies Professor Arnold Monto
School of Public Health
University of Michigan, USA
24 Jun 2014Influenza A Viruses with Different Amino Acid Residues at PB2-627 Display Distinct Replication Properties in Virto and in Vivo: Revealing the Sequence Plasticity of PB2-627 Position Dr Alex Chin
School of Public Health
HKU
The Burden and Seriousness of Influenza Virus Infections Dr Jessica Wong
School of Public Health
HKU
9 Jun 2014Vaccinating Health Care Workers Against Influenza: Ethics and Evidence Dr Heath Kelly
Head of Epidemiology Unit
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Melbourne
8 May 2014Plague: still an emerging disease? Dr Elisabeth Carniel
Head, Yersinia Research Unit
Institut Pasteur
21 Mar 2014C-type lectins in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases Prof Shie-Liang Edmond Hsieh
Distinguished Research Fellow
Genomics Research Center
Academia Sinica Professor
Institute of Clinical Medicine
National Yang-Ming University
5 Feb 2014Mosaic Patterns in Influenza Virus Genomes: Prevalence, Characteristics and Screening Tool Dr Tommy Lam
School of Public Health
HKU
Exploitation of Host Factors for Intracellular Trafficking of Influenza Virus Dr Sumana Sanyal
School of Public Health
HKU
14 Jan 2014Small RNA and Influenza Virus Dr Yuki Furuse
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University School of Medicine
USA