"Prostate cancer research - opportunities and advances" presented by Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams, Dr Ian Vela and Dr Handoo Rhee
| Event Type | Seminar |
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| When |
Aug 19, 2014
from 09:00 AM to 10:30 AM |
| Where | QUT Gardens Point campus, P Block |
| Contact Name | Helen Astbury |
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Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams, Dr Ian Vela and Dr Handoo Rhee will discuss the current state of prostate cancer management, opportunities for improvement and how they are leveraging improved understanding of the disease to improve outcomes for men with prostate cancer. The session will be chaired by Mr Ian ("Watto") Watson, founder of Shed Happens and ABC radio personality.
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P601-Atrium, P Block (map)
Below are the details for the seminars being presented for National Science Week later in the week:
When antibiotics stop working, the bugs fight back
Presented by Dr Makrina Totsika and Dr Willa Huston
Thursday 21 August, 7.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
Dr Makrina Totsika and Dr Willa Huston will discuss how the overuse and misuse of antibiotics since their discovery has led to a current public health crisis of global proportions. This seminar will explain how bacteria become superbugs, what the consequences are for individual patients and public health care, and how scientists are leveraging improved understanding of superbugs to develop new classes of drugs that can be used to combat them in the near future.
Why breast cancer risk can be inherited
Presented by Professor Rik Thompson
Friday 22 August, 7.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
Genes, cancer and drugs - individualised medicine now and in the future
Presented by Professor Lisa Chopin and Dr Eliza Whiteside
Saturday 23 August, 2.00pm
QUT Gardens Point campus, room P512, P Block (map)
