Kate Seib

Dr Seib is a Group Leader at the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University (Gold Coast). She completed a PhD in microbiology in 2004 from the University of Queensland, spent several years at Novartis Vaccines (Siena, Italy), and returned to Australia in 2012. Her research is currently focused on understanding the processes involved in host colonisation and disease, with the aim to identify therapeutic targets of bacterial pathogens including Neisseria gonorrhoeae (causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, which can lead to infertility), Neisseria meningitidis (causes sepsis and meningitis) and Moraxella catarrhalis and non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (causes middle ear infections and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

Kate Seib appears with thanks to Academic Partner Griffith University

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