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Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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Giles Budge (Newcastle) "Pesticides, pathogens, pests and pollinators"M3.01 (MOAC Seminar Room), top floor Senate House, Main CampusGiles Budge is an applied scientist with expertise in pathology, apiculture, molecular biology and diagnostics. He has provided expert evidence to inform several policy reviews surrounding pollinator health and is a member of Defra’s Bee Health and Advisory Forum. Giles will cover the main threats to UK honey bee health, pausing to consider his most recent work. |
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MS.01 (main lecture theatre), Maths
There have been a lot of bad news stories about infectious disease lately. The largest Ebola epidemic the world had ever seen unfolded in West Africa. Zika virus, previously thought to be little - if any -threat, gave rise to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. However, there are good news stories. In total, there have been six, yes 6, cases of poliovirus cases caused by wild poliovirus globally so far in 2017. That is the smallest number in a 6-month period that the world has ever seen. Statistical and mathematical analyses are front and centre in the global flights against infectious diseases. I will highlight examples – explaining the challenges (computational, methodological, and data-related) faced and the most important achievements. I will look back as well as forward and speculate on what the future holds. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.donnelly |