Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 9028
- vernon.ward@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Professor
- Department
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Qualifications
- BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago)
- Research summary
- Viral pathogenesis, Molecular virology, Applied immunology, Host pathogen interactions
Research
Viruses are well known for their ability to cause disease, but the diversity of virus structure and replication offers many opportunities to exploit virus particles, their structure and their replication for beneficial purposes. My current research involves both the study of pathogenic viruses and the exploitation of virus properties for beneficial purposes.
For more detail see:
micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/vernon-ward/