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GU COLLEGIATE
FRIDAY, 2 ND OCTOBER 2020
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A vaccine – is it possible? And by when? Graduate House is pleased to announce a special event featuring Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This will be a unique opportunity to meet this world-renowned scientist and scholar and hear his views on the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, the likelihood of success and when this vaccine might become available. His 20-minute overview will be followed by an audience Q&A. Peter Doherty shared (with colleague RM Zinkernagel) the 1996 Nobel Medicine Prize for discovering the Nature of the Cellular Immune Defense. Based at The University of Melbourne, he continues to be involved in research directed at understanding and preventing the severe consequences of influenza virus infection. In addition, he goes in to bat for evidence-based reality, relating to areas as diverse as childhood vaccination, global hunger, environmental degradation and anthropogenic climate change. In an effort to communicate more broadly, he has written for popular magazine and news formats, helped start the (now global) academic blog The Conversation, engages via broadcast and social media, and has published six “lay” books on science and the scientific life. Please join us at Graduate House via Zoom for this very special event. 9:25am LOG-ON FOR 9:30am START
COST $10 for Members $15 for non-members Telephone (03) 9347 3428 Email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Online Booking https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/coming-events/ a-vaccine-is-it-possible-and-by-when/
Due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, this Special Event will be online only. To book, see online booking link above, or email/phone us to gain the Zoom link. We recommend that you connect 5 minutes before the event to ensure you are able to view the presentation and that, for question time, your speakers and microphone work properly.
