In the Media: highlights from Microbiology & Immunology
Our experts from the Dept of Microbiology & Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute have been at the forefront of breakthrough research, media commentary and COVID-19. Here are some of the highlights.
DMI media & published research highlights (Dec 2022 - Apr 2023)
- Prof Laura Mackay features in a Herald Sun article: Australia’s top female doctors and scientists changing the world | Herald Sun
- Professor Tim Stinear discusses 2021 progress of intervention study on Buruli ulcer spread published in Vaccine. Read more
- Dr Mark Davies co-leads genomic research study published in Nature Communications that reveals new Strep A variant in Australia and features in a number of media outlets discussing the disease. Read more
- Deadly new UK strep A variant leading to disease surge in Australia | The Guardian
- A more toxic form of Strep A is circulating in Australia, but is it causing disease? | Cosmos
- Genomics has helped identify a new strep A strain in Australia – and what has made it dangerous | The Conversation
- Melbourne parents’ warning after toddler almost died from rare bacterial infection | 7News online
- Dr Jennifer Juno and Dr Marios Koutsakos publish research study in Immunity looking at
- Professor Francis Carbone discusses his analysis published in Nature Reviews Immunology on T-cells in the lungs. Read more
T cells COVID infection. Read more