🎗️ ASI Public Event VIC | DoI Public Lecture at the Doherty Institute 2025

Prof Misty Jenkins - MC and speaker  
Brain cancer and immunotherapy Lab Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 
Theme: “Treating brain cancer with our own immune system” 

A/Prof  Jess  Nithianantharajah
Head, Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne  
Head, Synapse Biology & Cognition Laboratory 
Theme:  "Early immune challenges shape brain and behaviour”  

Prof. Anthony J. Hannan 
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health 
Co-Chair, International Brain Initiative 
Co-Chair, Australian Brain Alliance 
Theme: "Immunological impacts on brain function within and between generations” 

A/Prof. Vilija Jokubaitis
Head, Neuroimmunology, Women's Health, Genomics and Prognostics Group 
Chair , MSBase Scientific Leadership Group 
Department of Neuroscience, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University  
Theme: “Understanding Multiple Sclerosis - what’s pregnancy got to do with it?”  

Dr David Gonsalvez 
Deputy Director, Centre for Human Anatomy Education 
Head, Neuro-Glial Development and Repair Laboratory , Dept. Anatomy and Developmental Biology  
Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University  
Theme: “Making human brains in a dish: Cells that make our brain’s electrical insulation also influence inflammation.".

ASI is hosting numerous events around Australia and New Zealand in 2025 to celebrate the International Day of Immunology. 
As the arms race between disease and immunologists continues to rage, it is more important than ever to grow public knowledge and interest in immunology. Take these opportunities to meet our global leaders in immunology research. 
See behind the scenes as scientists in Australia tackle diseases like infection, cancer and autoimmunity and the impact it has on your brain health. 

Learn about how our brains and immunity intersect at the FREE Day of Immunology Public Lecture 2025!   

Come along to hear how our immune systems shape our brains in critical times like, brain development, brain cancer and multiple sclerosis!  

The topic will be discussed by  Australia’s top immunologists. 

The public lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and light refreshments.