Centre Seminars

Our seminars are held via Teams the second Thursday of the month at 1:30. Please email us at biosecurity@jcu.edu.au if you would like to be invited or would like to view recordings of previous seminars.

2024

April Seminars

Environmental DNA: Revolutionizing how we investigate northern Australia aquatic and terrestrial life by Dr Cecilia Villacorta Rath, Senior Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University

Improving fruit fly management through near infrared spectroscopy by Associate Professor Bronson Philippa, Electronic Systems and IoT Engineer, James Cook University

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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, James Cook University

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October Seminars

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

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

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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

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