NATIONAL SPEAKER
Dr Lynette Beattie
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, VIC
Lynette completed her PhD on the immunology of malaria infection at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. She then moved to the University of York in the UK where her research focussed on Leishmaniasis and the mechanisms of control of infection in the liver, with a particular focus on the biology of liver macrophages. In 2015, Lynette relocated to QIMR-Berghofer in Brisbane and then in 2017 to the Doherty Institute where she now runs an independent team within the laboratory of Professor William Heath. Lynette's research currently focusses on the immune response to the liver stage of Plasmodium infection.