Infection & Immunity

Focusing on the mechanisms of infection and immunity and development of new ways to control and treat infectious diseases - from molecular analysis of bacterial and viral infections to the development and function of the immune system.

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Coin Laboratory: Genomics and bioinformatics in infectious disease and cancer	Head of Laboratory Professor Lachlan Coin	Microbiology and Immunology
Corbett Laboratory: Mucosal-Associated Invariant T cell detection of microbial metabolites, activation and immune function	Head of Laboratory A/Prof Alexandra Corbett	Microbiology and Immunology
Day Laboratory: Malaria genomics, epidemiology and control	Head of Laboratory Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Genomic epidemiology and malaria surveillance	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Haque Laboratory	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Ashraful Haque	Microbiology and Immunology
How does ageing affect antibody responses?	Project Leader Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
Ian van Driel laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Ian van Driel	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Investigating antimalarial drug resistance in response to community interventions in Ghana, West Africa	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating the diversity of the variant antigen genes of Plasmodium falciparum	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Jose Villadangos laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Leann Tilley laboratory	Head of Laboratory, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Pharmacology, ARC Australian Laureate Fellow (2015-2020) Professor Leann Tilley	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Mackenzie laboratory: Intracellular virus replication and innate immunity	Head of Laboratory Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Malcolm McConville laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Malcolm McConville	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Pidot Laboratory: Antibiotic Discovery and Biosynthesis	Head of Laboratory Dr Sacha Pidot	Microbiology and Immunology
Project 1. How do CD4+ T cells preserve memories during malaria?	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Ashraful Haque	Microbiology and Immunology
Project 2. CD4+ T cells in acute Graft-versus-Host Disease	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Ashraful Haque	Microbiology and Immunology
Project 3. Do malaria parasites sense and respond to the host during infection?	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Ashraful Haque	Microbiology and Immunology
Scott Laboratory: Microbial glycoproteomics and host pathogen interactions	Head of Laboratory Dr Nichollas Scott	Microbiology and Immunology
Wheatley Laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Adam Wheatley	Microbiology and Immunology