1. From emergence to continued evolution – dissecting outbreaks in real-time
Public lecture:
Friday 9th May – 11:30-12.30
Birkhaugsalen, 3rd floor
Haukeland University Hospital
Kristian Andersen
Professor at Scripps Research Director of Infectious Disease Genomics, San Diego, California
Kristian has spearheaded large international collaborations investigating the emergence, spread and evolution of viral pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, Zika virus, Ebola virus, West Nile virus, and Lassa virus. He earned his PhD in immunology from the University of Cambridge and performed postdoctoral work in virus genomics at Harvard University and the Broad Institute. https://andersen-lab.com
2. Tertiary lymphoid follicles in the human nasal mucosa are inductive sites for humoral immunity
Public lecture:
Thursday 15th May 12:00-13:00
D302, 3rd floor
Haukeland University Hospital
Lena Hansen
Post Doc at the Guthmiller Lab,Univeristy of Colorado, USA.
Lena Hansen (PhD) is a former doctoral student at the Influenza Centre, UiB. She is currently a post doc at the Guthmiller Lab,Univeristy of Colorado, USA studying how the human nasal mucosa induces humoral immune responses.