JAMSpod artwork

Getting to know A/Prof Willa Huston: catching chlamydia, condom man and making koala antibiotics

JAMSpod

English - August 14, 2020 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB
Life Sciences Science microbiology science genetics sydney microbes bacteria fungi virus viral jams Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed


Associate Professor Willa Huston is a Molecular Microbiologist (PhD awarded 2004) with an interest in chlamydia and chlamydial diseases. Her work has mainly focussed on understadning the chlamydial mechanisms of disease, persistence, and how the disease causes infertility in women. She is also interested in the role proteases have in pathogenesis and biology.  She has strong expertise in intracellular infection models and human dsease models. Her team has research project on-going in chamydial biology, human disease pathology, diagnosis and treatment.