Dr Simon Preston

@WEHI

Simon is a senior post-doctoral research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. He completed his PhD in microbiology and immunology at the University of Melbourne, focussing on host-pathogen dynamics and has been working on translating his findings into therapeutics ever since. He has worked on discovering new treatments for HIV, HBV, TB and most recently SARS-CoV-2. His passion is to translate basic discoveries into new and innovative therapies to treat infectious diseases.

Dr Bradley McColl

@WEHI

Brad works at Affinity, a company that is enabling antibody-based therapies to attack targets that are inside cells, such as mutated cancer causing and viral proteins.  His lab is developing antibodies to neutralise the spike protein found on the SARS-CoV2  virus and prevent it from entering human cells.

Caroline Cotton

@BioBrain

Caroline is the founder of the BioBrain STEM Education platform focussed on Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. BioBrain help students learn and understand Biology, Chemistry and Physics in an engaging and interactive way. Caroline is an educator and author with over twenty years teaching experience in teaching Biology and Chemistry.