CII's W. Ian Lipkin Gives Oxford University Simonyi Lecture

"Of microbes and men: tales of the small game hunter"

For this year’s Charles Simonyi Lecture Oxford Playhouse welcomes Ian Lipkin the “World’s Greatest Virus Hunter” (Discover Magazine). Using his experience studying HIV/AIDS, SARS and pandemic influenza, Ian will review how bacteria, fungi and viruses cause illness, why new infections appear and the implications of the emerging field of microbiology. Ian Lipkin is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Neurology and Pathology, and Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University. He was also the scientific consultant for the Steven Soderbergh film Contagion. Ian Lipkin will be introduced by Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at University of Oxford.

Date / Time: 8 November 2013, 17:00

Venue: Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street, Oxford, UK, OX1 2LW