FRAZER INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES

The Frazer Institute Seminar series is held every Wednesday and feature UQ's researchers on various research projects. 

Details about the next Frazer Institute seminar will be available soon.

Date: Wednesday 24 April, 2024
Time: 9:30am - 10:30am
Join: TRI Auditorium and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 850 4377 1924)

Speaker 1: Dr Tim Wells
Topic: 'Combatting Pseudomonas aeruginosa acute and chronic infections’.
Bio: Dr Timothy Wells joined the University of Queensland Frazer Institute in 2016 as a Senior Research Fellow. His research focuses on the interactions between the host immune system and Gram-negative bacteria during chronic lung infection, with a specific emphasis on Pseudomonas aeruginosa in chronic lung infections. His research uses a mixture of molecular microbiology, immunology and genomic approaches and has directly led to novel treatment of critically ill patients with multi-drug resistant bacteria.​

Speaker 2: Sarah Hickson
Topic: 'Developing a Novel Tool of Adhesion Under Shear Stress’.
Bio: Sarah is a 3rd year PhD student in the T-Wells lab.

Speaker 3: Johannes Hoehensteiger
Topic: 'PlpD: from virulence factor to membrane manipulator’.
Bio: Johannes is a final year PhD student in the T-Wells lab.