Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet Annual Address 2017
Cost: $60pp or $30pp for student concession holders, includes a two-course dinner. Drinks at bar prices.
Bookings are essential
2017 Speaker
Irina Caminschi
Associate Professor
Dr Caminschi received her PhD from the University of Western Australia, investigating ways of eliciting immune responses against cancer. Her interest in harnessing the immune system to combat disease lead to post-doctoral studies at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Her special interest was related to speci c cells that are the sentinels of the immune system (dendritic cells); they scan for foreign intruders and then actively control the immune response that protects the body.
Dr Caminschi studied the di erent types of these important cells, their role in immunity, and identi ed new genes that explained some of the specialized functions these sub-populations of cells could perform. The discovery of novel dendritic cell molecules have not only provided a greater understanding of these cells, but also provided new targets for immunotherapy including the prospect of harnessing the immune system to fi ght cancer.
Previous Key Speakers
Irina Caminschi
Associate Professor
Douglas Hilton
Professor
Brendan Crabb
Professor
Ian Gust
Professor
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld
Professor
Seth Masters
Associate Professor
Professor Margaret Hellard
Deputy Director (Programs)
Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk, MB BS, PhD, FRACS.
Urological Surgeon and Urological Oncologist
