Keynote Speakers
Professor Ben Marsland
Professor Marsland completed his PhD in Immunology at Otago University and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand. He then spent 14 years in Switzerland, first at the ETH Zürich and then as a Cloetta Medical Research Fellow at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV). During that period, he received the ETH Latsis Prize, the Leenaards Prize and the ERS COPD Research Award. Since 2018, Ben is a veski innovation fellow, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Professor in the Department of Immunology and Pathology, within the Central Clinical School at Monash University. He also maintains a visiting professorship at the University of Lausanne and CHUV. The focus of Ben’s lab revolves around the microbiome in the gut, lung and skin and how it influences asthma, respiratory viral infections and lung fibrosis.
More information soonScheduled
Tuesday 5th May
Shared Session
(AMD, PCHD, AFOEM, AFPHM, AFRM, ED, PA, T)
Melbourne Room 2
Emerging role of microbiome
The Microbiome describes the genome of all the microorganisms that live in or on vertebrates. Emerging research and evolving technology focuses on the intestinal ecosystem and body surfaces in general. We will explore how our environment influences the expression of the microbiome and how the microbiome influences human health and disease.
