Reach for the Stars – A Nobel Laureate talks on the importance of Science in COVID-19

The interplay of immunology, sociology and ecology in the coronavirus pandemic.

The AIC’s Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research, in collaboration with AIC partner Universitas Hasanuddin, is proud to present an inspirational two-hour webinar in both English and Bahasa Indonesia.

The first hour, to be conducted in English (0:00:00), will feature Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty on the impact and learnings from COVID-19 in immunology, sociology and ecology alongside UNHAS Rector Professor Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu and Dean of the UNHAS School of Graduate Studies Professor Jamaluddin Jompa.

In the second hour (1:06:39), renowned biologist and geneticist Professor Sangkot Marzuki AM (former President of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences and Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology) and Professor Dr Irawan Yusuf (former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at UNHAS) will continue the conversation in Indonesian.

This webinar is facilitated by the UNHAS School of Graduate Studies as part of the University’s 64th Anniversary – Dies Natalis UNHAS – and is also supported by the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences (ALMI) and the Association of Australian Alumni in Indonesia South Sulawesi Chapter (IKAMA).