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Centre Seminars

Our seminars are held via Teams. To receive an invitation to upcoming Centre for Tropical Biosecurity seminars direct into your inbox please . If you would like to view recordings of previous seminars, please email us at biosecurity@jcu.edu.au.

2024

July Seminars

Exploring Community Engagement Strategies in Aedes Mosquito Control: A Historical Analysis and Future Perspectives in North Queensland by Tammy Allen, Senior Lecturer, Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, 番茄社区

Travel and Emerging Infectious Diseases by Associate Professor Lars Henning, Communicable Disease Control and Tropical Medicine Public Health and Tropical Medicine. 番茄社区


June Seminars

Measuring insect flight behaviour in the field and laboratory by Dr Myles Menz. Lecturer in Zoology and Ecology, 番茄社区

Smart Farming and Biosecurity: AI Innovations in Weed Detection by Dr Erin Graham, eResearch Specialist, 番茄社区


May Seminar

Invasive Mosquito and Regional Biosecurity by Professor Tom Burkot, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, 番茄社区


April Seminars

Environmental DNA: Revolutionizing how we investigate northern Australia aquatic and terrestrial life by Dr Cecilia Villacorta Rath, Senior Research Officer, TropWATER, 番茄社区

Improving fruit fly management through near infrared spectroscopy by Associate Professor Bronson Philippa, Electronic Systems and IoT Engineer, 番茄社区

2023

November Seminar

Forecasting of Vector Borne Diseases (VBD) by Professor Emma McBryde, Professorial Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine and Dr Alec Henderson, Research Fellow, Computer Science, Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine, 番茄社区


October Seminars

Pathology in fish disease research by Dr Susan Gibson-Kueh, Senior Research Fellow Aquaculture, 番茄社区 Singapore

How infected are our threatened animals? by Dr Subir Sarker, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, 番茄社区 College of Public Health, Medical Veterinary Sciences


September Seminars

How are ant invasions like COVID? by Centre Director, Assoc Prof Lori Lach

Introduction of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) into Australia by Centre Deputy Director, Assoc Prof Paul Horwood