HIV&AIDS Invited Speakers & Proffered Papers: Discovery & Translational Science - Immunology/Pathology
Tracks
Biomedical sciences
Diagnostics
Other
| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Mudjimba Room |
Speaker
Professor Johnson Mak
Professor, Lab Head
Griffith University (institute For Glycomics)
Host glycocalyx captures HIV proximal to the cell surface via oligomannose-GlcNAc glycan-glycan interactions to support viral entry
11:00 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Johnson undertook his PhD at McGill (Montreal, Canada) with Larry Kleiman, and moved to Burnet Institute (Melbourne) to work with Suzanne Crowe. He held levels D and E appointments with Monash and Deakin, respectively, and currently a level E academic at Griffith (Institute for Glycomics). He is Co-Editor-in-Chief in Retrovirology.
A/Prof Amy Chung
Laboratory Head
Uni Melbourne, Doherty Institute
A Systems Approach to Predict the Influence of Antibody Host Genetics Upon IgG-FcγR Complex Formation Post HIV Vaccination
11:25 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Amy Chung is an NHMRC EL2 Investigator and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow. Amy completed her PhD in 2011 at the University of Melbourne and conducted a postdoc at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. She currently leads the Systems Serology laboratory at the University of Melbourne, Doherty Institute.
A/Prof Amy Chung
Laboratory Head
Uni Melbourne, Doherty Institute
Plasma IgA Inhibits HIV-specific IgG Fc Functions of Viremic Controllers and HIV Progressors
11:50 AM - 12:02 PMBiography
Amy Chung is an NHMRC EL2 Investigator and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow. Amy completed her PhD in 2011 at the University of Melbourne and conducted a postdoc at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. She currently leads the Systems Serology laboratory at the University of Melbourne, Doherty Institute.
Dr Kasha Singh
Consultant
Doherty Institute
Hepatitis B RNA and Core Related Antigen In HIV-HBV Coinfection
12:02 PM - 12:14 PMBiography
Kasha Singh is an Infectious Diseases physician working at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She looks after patients with HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis and has an interest in antimicrobial stewardship.
Chairperson
Scott Ledger
Senior Project Officer
Kirby Institute
John Zaunders
Senior Scientist
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
