Natural Science Lecture: Viruses: Old And Emerging Threats To Humanity

Viruses have coexisted with humankind since the dawn of our species. They are capable of causing a wide range of illness from colds and runny noses to deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever. What are they and how do they transmit themselves and make us sick? Does modern medicine offer any protection from these invisible agents? How dangerous is AH1N1 “swine flu”? The answers to these questions and more await."

Speaker Profile:

William Stuebing is a microbiologist who graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in 2005.He has worked at the Miami University and the Kao Laboratory in Ohio since graduation and is currently working at the Institute of Health and Community Medicine at UNIMAS in surveillance of human Enterovirus as well zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases.

Date: 18th July 2009

Time: 2-4pm (2-2.30pm registration)

Venue: New World Suite 3, Level 5

Free Admission.