Seminars held by the
Department of Microbiology
All seminars are held at 12:00pm on Friday in the Hooper Lecture Theatre, reference D7 on the campus map, unless otherwise indicated.
2nd March, 2012
Professor Terry Spithill,
Department of Agricultural Sciences, La Trobe University
Liver fluke vaccines: Antigen discovery using proteomic analysis of the tegument of Fasciola hepatica
9th March, 2012
Professor Barbara Howlett,
School of Botany, University of Melbourne
Molecular basis of blackleg disease of canola
16th March, 2012
Dr Ashley Franks,
Department of Microbiology, La Trobe University
Direct extracellular electron transfer in bacterial biofilms - Really that shocking?
23rd March, 2012
Dr Beth McGraw,
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Title to be announced
20th April, 2012
Professor David Jans,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
Title to be announced
27th April, 2012
Professor Graham Lieschke,
The Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University
Title to be announced
4th May, 2012
Dr Marc Kravansakul,
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University
Structural insight into virus mediated inhibition of apoptosis
11th May, 2012
Dr Damian Dowling,
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Mother's Curse, males and the evolution of mitochondrial genomes
18th May, 2012
Dr Roberto Cappai,
Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne
The amyloid precursor protein: Physiological, pathological and neuroprotective roles
25th May, 2012
Dr Terry Kwok-Schuelein,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
Title to be announced
8th June, 2012
Dr Jan Strugnell,
Department of Genetics, La Trobe University
Title to be announced
15th June, 2012
Dr Julie Atkin,
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University
Title to be announced
22nd June, 2012
Dr Tim Cavagnaro,
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Title to be announced
29th June, 2012
Associate Professor David Anderson,
Burnet Institute
Title to be announced
31st August, 2012
Professor Sharon Lewin,
Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Health
Title to be announced
Download seminar program (PDF)
Please note that the University has controls on parking which normally require the payment of a fee. Visitors should obtain a complimentary parking permit at the southern entrance to the University, off Kingsbury Drive (Central Control - see E8 on the campus map). Park as directed in the Visitor's Car Park opposite the Thomas Cherry Building (where the Department of Microbiology is located).
For further information regarding seminars held by the Department of Microbiology, contact: Dr Sarah Annesley (s.annesley (at) latrobe.edu.au), (03) 9479-1412.
Nancy Millis Lecture
The 2011 Nancy Millis lecture was presented 6th December 2011 by Professor David Vaux, Assistant Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, and entitled "Molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death - from biology to therapy". Details about the 2012 Nancy Millis Lecture will be posted here when they are announced. More information can also be found on the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering's News and Events page.