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SUMMARY:Bugs\, Bites and Parasites - Professor Janet Hemingway
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CONTACT:Annika
DESCRIPTION:Infectious diseases transmitted by insects have been in the ne
 ws recently with the Zika outbreak.  It has been evident for some time tha
 t new products are needed to control the insect vectors.  A 10 year progra
 mme to develop and use new insect control products\, that are now saving m
 any lives\, will be discussed.\n\nProfessor Janet Hemingway is the Directo
 r of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a chair in Insect Molecular
  Biology. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of She
 ffield before undertaking a PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropic
 al Medicine. She has over 30 years experience studying the biochemistry an
 d molecular biology of specific enzyme systems associated with xenobiotic 
 resistance. She has also been the principal investigator on many projects 
 including the Innovative Vector Control Consortium funded by the Bill and 
 Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2011 she was inaugurated as a Fellow of The R
 oyal Society\, and in 2012 she was awarded a CBE for services to the Contr
 ol of Tropical Disease Vectors in the Queen's Birthday Honours.\n\nMembers
 : Free\, Non-members: £3
LOCATION:Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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