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Modern Medicine: Parasites
Can parasites change your behaviour? And what diseases can they cause? Join infectious disease specialists at the cutting edge of medical research as they share their expertise on the latest science about parasites.
Joanne will explore how toxoplasma can alter the behaviour of its hosts – from fatal feline attraction in rats to schizophrenia in humans.
Some parasites can cause not just one, but multiple diseases. Catherine will uncover how a malaria infection can cause a whole spectrum of human diseases.
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Professor Catherine Merrick is Professor of Parasitology at the University of Cambridge
Professor Joanne Webster is Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College and Director of the London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Joanne will explore how toxoplasma can alter the behaviour of its hosts – from fatal feline attraction in rats to schizophrenia in humans.
Some parasites can cause not just one, but multiple diseases. Catherine will uncover how a malaria infection can cause a whole spectrum of human diseases.
___________________________
Professor Catherine Merrick is Professor of Parasitology at the University of Cambridge
Professor Joanne Webster is Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College and Director of the London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Wednesday 4 November
11 Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
Wednesday 4 November 6pm - 7pm Free for students (student card required), under 18s (ID card required) and RCPE Fellows or Members.
Please email library@rcpe.ac.uk if you are a student, under 18, RCPE Fellow or Member and would like to be added to the attendee list.
Refund Information: Please note that a non-refundable 89p booking charge is included in your ticket price. This is part of the Eventbrite terms and conditions and is not at the discretion of the Physicians’ Gallery.
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