UQDI Seminar Series: Dr Kirsty Short (SCMB)

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 05 May 2021

Time:

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Room:

TRI Auditorium & Zoom: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/83474340590

UQ Location:

Translational Research Institute (Princess Alexandra Hospital)

URL:

https://uqz.zoom.us/j/83474340590

Event category(s):

Full Description:: UQ Diamantina Institute Seminar Series
Guest speaker Dr Kirsty Short from SCMB.
Kirsty will be presenting SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis: what do we know and what do we have to learn.

Wednesday 5 May, 9:30-10:30am, TRI Auditorium and via Zoom: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/83474340590

Kirsty Short’s Bio: Dr Kirsty Short is an ARC DECRA research fellow and head of the viral pathogenesis lab at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. Dr Short and her group focus on the pathogenesis of emerging viral infections and the role of chronic metabolic conditions (namely diabetes and obesity) in severe viral infections. Their group works on both influenza A virus and SARS-CoV-2 with a particular focus on the development of novel therapies and the role of children in viral transmission.