Andrew Taylor-Robinson : Season 2, Episode 2

CQUniversity Podcast - Greatvine

This week we chat with CQUni's Professor Andrew Taylor-Robinson, an immunologist and expert in infectious diseases. We hear how academia is almost part of his DNA as he shares about his family of professors. Andrew tells us about one of his first jobs in a pathology lab investigating faecal samples at the tender age of 17, until his promotion to the urine bench (which was much better). We also learn about his research into mosquito-borne diseases and the work that goes into vaccine development. We hear about recent Zika virus scares and the 75 relatively unknown mosquito-borne diseases lurking in Australia. Finally, we hear how this unassuming professor once sang with rock band Queen on one of their lesser-known singles in the 1980s (although it did appear in an album which sold 6 million copies worldwide we've been told) and he even appeared in the music video clip.