Infection & Immunity

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
"Clock-off time" for inflammation and remodelling in chronic inflammatory diseases: casein kinase inhibitors	Primary Supervisor Professor Alastair Stewart	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
A cell-based model of sporadic prion disease	Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
A new function of the cytokine BAFF in dendritic cell maturation: Implications for immunity and cancers	Senior Research Officer & Lab Manager Catherine Kennedy, PhD	Microbiology and Immunology
A novel link between metabolism and host defence: O-GlcNAc glycosylation	Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A stem cell therapy for Hirschsprung Disease	Project Leaders/Supervisors Dr Lincon Stamp & Dr Ruslan Pustovit	Anatomy and Physiology
A stem cell therapy to reverse the effects of spinal cord injury	Project Supervisors Professor John Furness & Dr Lincon Stamp	Anatomy and Physiology
A universal vaccine against influenza A	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
Age-dependent susceptibility of neurons to RNA virus infection	Dr Lukasz Kedzierski	Microbiology and Immunology
Analysing protein structures	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Antibodies preventing HTLV-1c infection	Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity - a neglected anti-HIV iImmune response!	Project Leaders Professor Stephen Kent & Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
Antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden	Microbiology and Immunology
Application of genomics to public health and clinical microbiology	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden	Microbiology and Immunology
Application of systems genomics to analysing the dynamics of Streptococcus pyogenes infection	Dr Mark Davies	Microbiology and Immunology
Are there additional MAIT cell antigens?	Dr Sidonia Eckle	Microbiology and Immunology
Australian bite and sting trends: Australian Venomous Injury Project (AVIP)	Project Leader Dr Ronelle Welton	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Australian Venom Research Unit		Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Autophagy and Norovirus replication	Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Bacterial secretion systems	Project Leader Dr Debnath Ghosal	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Barrow laboratory: Tissue immunosurveillance strategies	Head of Laboratory Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Bedoui laboratory: Innate and adaptive interactions in immunity to infection	Head of Laboratory Professor Sammy Bedoui	Microbiology and Immunology
Biolpolymer-based vaccine delivery systems	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
Blocking the development of secondary bacterial pneumonia	Dr Linda Wakim	Microbiology and Immunology
Bo&MeRanG Research Projects	Melbourne Coordinator Dr Marie Greyer
Brain-gut axis: Neural pathways controlling the stomach and their relevance for treatment of gastroparesis	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness, Dr Martin Stebbing	Anatomy and Physiology
Brooks laboratory: Innate immunity; anti-viral immunity	Head of Laboratory Professor Andrew Brooks	Microbiology and Immunology
Can resident memory B cells in the lung protect against respiratory syncytial virus?	Professor Stephen Kent	Microbiology and Immunology
CCVs: Clathrin-coated vesicles and Coxiella containing vacuoles	Dr Hayley Newton	Microbiology and Immunology
Cell surface receptors for attachment and entry of influenza virus into cells of the innate immune system	Project Leader Associate Professor Patrick Reading	Microbiology and Immunology
Characterisation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence of novel staphylococcal lineages	Associate Professor Steven Tong	Microbiology and Immunology
Characterisation of the changes of the endocytic and secretory pathway of dendritic cells upon activation	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Characterising the cellular roles of metals	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
Chronic immune activation during treated HIV disease	Project Leader Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Chung laboratory: Investigating the role of functional antibodies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Head of Laboratory Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
Clinical metagenomics for rapid diagnosis of drug resistant tuberculosis	Dr Sarah Dunstan	Microbiology and Immunology
Correlates of severe and fatal influenza disease in high-risk groups	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
Cow antibodies that give the finger to HIV transmission	Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Crack laboratory: Neuropharmacology	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
David Ascher laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Day Laboratory: Malaria genomics, epidemiology and control	Head of Laboratory Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Debnath Ghosal laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Debnath Ghosal	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Deciphering structures of bacterial and viral molecular machines that inject toxins into our cells	Dr. Debnath Ghosal	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Deciphering the relative contributions of different dendritic cells to killer T cell responses	Project Leader Professor Sammy Bedoui	Microbiology and Immunology
Decoding the trafficking of immune receptors	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Defining the association between virulence and fitness of seasonal influenza viruses	Professor Kanta Subbarao	Microbiology and Immunology
Defining the impact of recurrent adaptive mutations on staphylococcal antimicrobial resistance and pathogenesis	Professor Ben Howden	Microbiology and Immunology
Delineating how CD4 T cells ‘help’ establishing effective killer T cell responses	Project Leader Professor Sammy Bedoui	Microbiology and Immunology
Dendritic cell maturation following different microbial stimulation	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Design and development of antibiotics against multidrug resistant bacteria	Project Leader Associate Professor Tony Velkov	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Design of inhibitory drugs for molecular components of the siderophore biosynthetic pathway that are crucial for iron sequestration during mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) pathogenesis	Project Leader Associate Professor Tony Velkov	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Design, development and testing of HIV vaccines	Project Leader Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Designing better drugs	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Designing new optogenetic tools for biomedical research	A/Prof Danny Hatters	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Determining the role of diet and microbiota in the progression of lupus	Professor Fabienne Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Developing a novel class of therapeutics for muscle wasting and frailty	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker	Anatomy and Physiology
Developing new therapies for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	Senior Research Officer & Lab Manager Catherine Kennedy, PhD	Microbiology and Immunology
Development and application of soft culturing microenvironment for novel drug discovery	Primary Supervisor Professor Alastair Stewart	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Development and application of soft culturing microenvironment for novel drug discovery	Professor Alastair Stewart	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Development of a self-adjuvanting vaccine for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
Development of effector regulatory T cells	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Development of new types of antimicrobial agents	Project Leader Professor Roy Robins-Browne	Microbiology and Immunology
Development of Novel antimalarial drugs	Professor Leann Tilley	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Development of novel proteomic tools to explore Burkholderia pathogenesis	Dr Nichollas Scott	Microbiology and Immunology
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of medically relevant prion diseases	Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
Discovering and characterizing new genes involved in innate immunity, tissue injury and fibrosis	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells	Anatomy and Physiology
Enterococcus faecium	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden	Microbiology and Immunology
Evolution of streptococcal pathovars	Dr Mark Davies	Microbiology and Immunology
Evolutionary Genetics of avian influenza A viruses in Australia	Dr Michelle Wille	Microbiology and Immunology
Exploiting nanoparticles as vaccines	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Finding clarity within a blizzard- guiding the solution of cryo-EM structures	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Furness laboratory: Digestive physiology and nutrition	Head of Laboratory Professor John Furness	Anatomy and Physiology
Gamma delta T cells are important for malaria sporozoite vaccination	Dr Lynette Beattie	Microbiology and Immunology
Gebhardt laboratory: Adaptive immune responses to virus infections	Head of Laboratory Professor Thomas Gebhardt	Microbiology and Immunology
Genomic epidemiology and malaria surveillance	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Glucocorticoid responsiveness in the lung: impact of inflammation and infection	Professor Alastair Stewart	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Glucocorticoid responsiveness in the lung: impact of inflammation and infection	Primary Supervisor Professor Alastair Stewart	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Godfrey laboratory: The development and function of unconventional T cells	Head of Laboratory Professor Dale Godfrey	Microbiology and Immunology
Harnessing local immunity to block the development of secondary bacterial pneumonia	Project Leader Dr Linda Wakim	Microbiology and Immunology
Harnessing the molecular clock to activate diverse strains of latent HIV	Professor Sharon Lewin	Microbiology and Immunology
Harrap laboratory: Genetic physiology	Head of Laboratory Professor Stephen Harrap	Anatomy and Physiology
Heath laboratory: CD8 T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, self tolerance and immunity	Head of Laboratory Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
How do tumours impact normal tissue functions?	Associate Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
How does ageing affect antibody responses?	Project Leader Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
How does ageing effect antibody responses?	Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
How infection and trauma cause dendritic cell paralysis and lethal immunosuppression	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
How is selective metal ion transport achieved at the host-pathogen interface?	Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
How is the immunological T cell memory generated?	Project Leader Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
How to harness the immune system to cure cancer: adoptive cell immunotherapy	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
Howden laboratory: Molecular epidemiology, genomics and pathogenesis of antimicrobial resistant bacteria	Head of Laboratory | Director of MDU Professor Ben Howden	Microbiology and Immunology
Ian van Driel laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Ian van Driel	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Identification and characterisation of novel malarial transmission-blocking antigens	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	Microbiology and Immunology
Identifying novel subsets of immune cells that control cytomegalovirus following transplantation	Dr Lucy Sullivan	Microbiology and Immunology
Identifying the mechanisms of immune cell development in peripheral tissues	Project Leader Professor Laura Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Illuminating microbial “dark matter” for antibiotic discovery	Dr Sacha Pidot	Microbiology and Immunology
Imaging effector and memory T cell responses in the skin following Herpes Simplex Virus-1 infection	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Imaging the priming of CD8 Killer T cell responses to Herpes Simplex Virus-1 skin infection	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Immuno-paralysis following severe infections or trauma	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
Immunoregulatory functions of the MARCH family of ubiquitin ligases	Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Immunoregulatory functions of the MARCH family of ubiquitin ligases	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
Immunosurveillance pathways in brain cancer	Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Impact of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention on drug resistance biomarkers and antigenic diversity	Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Improved vaccines by targeting to dendritic cells	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Infection induced changes to splenic macrophages	Dr Lynette Beattie	Microbiology and Immunology
Influenza A virus PB1-F2 Protein: a putative virulence factor and initiator of inflammation	Project Leader Dr Julie McAuley	Microbiology and Immunology
Influenza and HIV vaccines and the importance of mucosal immunity	Project Leader Professor Stephen Kent	Microbiology and Immunology
Influenza–specific ADCC: Role in a universal flu vaccine?	Project Leader Professor Stephen Kent	Microbiology and Immunology
Innate T cell recognition and development	Project Leader Dr Daniel Pellicci	Microbiology and Immunology
Innovative approaches to prepare synthetic, partially synthetic and natural product-based vaccines	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
Integrative infectious disease phylodynamics	Dr Sebastian Duchene	Microbiology and Immunology
Intraepithelial T cells in anti-viral immunity	Project Leader Professor Francis (Frank) Carbone	Microbiology and Immunology
Intravital imaging of T cell responses in the brain during cerebral malaria infection	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating antimalarial drug resistance in response to community interventions in Ghana, West Africa	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating novel chromatin proteins of the malaria parasite P. falciparum as drug targets.	Dr Michael Duffy	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating the diversity of the variant antigen genes of Plasmodium falciparum	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating the effect of hepatitis B virus splice variants in liver cells and disease progression	Professor Peter Revill	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating the mechanism of action of the antiviral molecule, IFITM3	Project Leader Dr Linda Wakim	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigating the role of functional antibodies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
Investigation of HSV latency and reactivation	Project Leader Professor Francis (Frank) Carbone	Microbiology and Immunology
Isabelle Rouiller laboratory	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Jackson laboratory: Synthetic vaccine design	Head of Laboratory Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
Jose Villadangos laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Justine Mintern laboratory	Head of Laboratory A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Kallies laboratory: Molecular immunology	Head of Laboratory Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Kedzierska laboratory: Immunity to pandemic and newly emerged influenza viruses	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
Kent laboratory: HIV vaccines; immune responses to HIV-1; immunotherapy	Head of Laboratory Professor Stephen Kent	Microbiology and Immunology
Klebsiella pneumoniae	Project Leader Professor Dick Strugnell	Microbiology and Immunology
Koopman laboratory: Clinical nutrition and muscle metabolism	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor René Koopman	Anatomy and Physiology
Laura Edgington-Mitchell laboratory	Head of Research Group Dr Laura Edgington-Mitchell	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Lawson laboratory: Neurodegenerative disease caused by prions	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
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
Lew laboratory: Theoretical and empirical pharmacology	Head of Laboratory Dr Michael Lew	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Lipopeptide-based adjuvanting systems	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
Location, location, location – lodging virus specific T cells in the lung as an approach to protecting against influenza virus infection	Dr Linda Wakim	Microbiology and Immunology
Lung Disease Research Laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Gary P Anderson	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Lung Health Research Centre		Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Lymphoid stromal cells and control of immunity to infection and cancer	Project Leader Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Mackay (F) laboratory: B lymphocytes, BAFF, autoimmunity and cancer	Head of Laboratory Professor Fabienne Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Mackay (L) laboratory: Tissue-resident memory T cells; lymphocyte differentiation; peripheral immunity	Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Career Development Fellow, HHMI-Gates International Research Scholar Professor Laura Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Mackenzie laboratory: Intracellular virus replication and innate immunity	Head of Laboratory Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
MAIT cells in homeostasis and microbial infections	Researchers Dr Zhenjun Chen, Dr Alexandra Corbett and Dr Sidonia Eckle	Microbiology and Immunology
Malaria and Tissue Resident Memory T cells (TRM) in the liver	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Malaria as a complex system	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Malaria epidemiology and elimination in high transmission settings in West Africa	Project Leader Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Malaria parasite-infected red blood cells: a renovator’s dream	Professor Leann Tilley	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Malcolm McConville laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Malcolm McConville	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Manipulating immunity to fight infection and tumours	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Manipulating MAIT cells for increased protection by vaccination and therapy	Dr Alexandra Corbett	Microbiology and Immunology
Mapping elemental fluxes during host-pathogen interaction	Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
McCluskey laboratory: Role of MAIT cells in health and disease	Head of Laboratory Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor James McCluskey	Microbiology and Immunology
McDevitt laboratory	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
Mechanisms underlying early generation of human T cell memory	Project Leader Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
Memory T cell responses in the lung during virus infection	Project Leader Dr Linda Wakim	Microbiology and Immunology
Metal ion homeostasis in Klebsiella pneumoniae	Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
Michael Parker laboratory	Head of Laboratory and Director, Bio21 Institute Professor Michael Parker	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Mitochondria and intracellular bacterial pathogens	Dr Hayley Newton	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in natural killer cells	Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in natural killer cells	Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in plasmacytoid dendritic cells	Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in plasmacytoid dendritic cells	Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
MR1 – a molecular alarm system for bacterial infection	Dr Hamish McWilliam	Microbiology and Immunology
MR1 – a molecular alarm system that detects pathogen metabolites	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
Mueller laboratory: Visualising the immune system in action	Head of Laboratory Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Munsie laboratory: Ethical, legal and social implications of stem cell research	Head of Laboratory Professor Megan Munsie	Anatomy and Physiology
Mycobacterium ulcerans	Project Leader Professor TIm Stinear	Microbiology and Immunology
Nanoparticle Modulation of Mast Cell Function	Project Leader Dr Graham Mackay	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Neural regulation of anti-cancer immunity	Associate Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Neural regulation of immunity	Project Leader Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Neuro-immune interactions: Nerve pathways that control inflammation in the intestine	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Martin Stebbing	Anatomy and Physiology
Neurodegeneration in the enteric nervous system	Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
New antibiotics from old bacteria	Dr Sacha Pidot	Microbiology and Immunology
Newton laboratory: Virulence strategies of intracellular bacterial pathogens	Head of Laboratory Dr Hayley Newton	Microbiology and Immunology
NK cell receptor biology	Project Leader Professor Andrew Brooks	Microbiology and Immunology
Non-classical MHC and Class 1-like molecules	Project Leader Professor Andrew Brooks	Microbiology and Immunology
Non-conventional T cells and HIV: role of NKT cells, MAIT cells, CD-1 restricted and gamma-delta T cells	Project Leader Professor Stephen Kent	Microbiology and Immunology
Norovirus replication and innate immunity	Project Leader Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Novel drugs and receptors for targeting neural control of digestive function	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Ruslan Pustovit	Anatomy and Physiology
Novel Mast Cell-Derived Mediators	Project Leader Dr Graham Mackay	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Novel master-regulators of B-cell biology	Professor Fabienne Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Passive antibody immunity for use in combination microbicides	Project Leader Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Pathogenesis of chronic lung disease	Head of Laboratory Dr Michelle Hansen	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Pathogenesis of HTLV-1 subtype-C infecting remote indigenous Australians	Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	Microbiology and Immunology
Paul Gleeson laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Paul Gleeson	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Paul Gooley laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Paul Gooley	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Plasma protein binding of antibiotics	Project Leader Associate Professor Tony Velkov	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Population genomics of endemic Streptococcus pyogenes	Dr Mark Davies	Microbiology and Immunology
Precursor exhausted T cells in chronic infection and tumors	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Preventing infections of the highly puke-ogenic virus - norovirus	Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Priming of T cell responses to viral infection	Project Leader Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Programming gamma delta T cells for HIV immunotherapy	Professor Stephen Kent	Microbiology and Immunology
Protective capacity of malaria-specific liver-tissue-resident memory T cells	Dr Lauren Holz	Microbiology and Immunology
Protein trafficking and cellular architecture	Professor Leann Tilley	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Purcell laboratory: Viral RNA elements, regulation of HIV replication, HIV antibody vaccine	Head of Laboratory Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Quantifying bacterial recombination within globally evolving streptococcal pathogens	Dr Mark Davies	Microbiology and Immunology
Quorum sensing in malaria	Professor Karen Day	Microbiology and Immunology
Rational Protein Engineering	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Reading laboratory: Innate immune detection and response to respiratory virus infections	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Patrick Reading	Microbiology and Immunology
Regeneration of lymphoid tissues	Associate Professor Scot Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Regulation of Mast Cell Activation	Project Leader Dr Graham Mackay	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Resident memory T cells (Trm)	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Restoring immunocompetency in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia	Senior Research Officer & Lab Manager Catherine Kennedy, PhD	Microbiology and Immunology
RNA control of HIV latency	Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
RNA mediated control of HIV-1 gene expression	Project Leader Professor Damian Purcell	Microbiology and Immunology
Robins-Browne laboratory: Medical bacteriology, pathogenesis, bacterial genetics, therapeutics	Head of Laboratory Professor Roy Robins-Browne	Microbiology and Immunology
Role of cellular lipids during Flavivirus replication	Project Leader Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Role of innate signals in inducing protective T cell immunity	Project Leader Professor Sammy Bedoui	Microbiology and Immunology
Role of O-linked glycosylation system across the Burkholderia genus	Dr Nichollas Scott	Microbiology and Immunology
Role of suppressor of cytokine signalling proteins in viral encephalitis	Dr Lukasz Kedzierski	Microbiology and Immunology
Salmonella Typhimurium	Project Leader Professor Dick Strugnell	Microbiology and Immunology
Schneider-Futschik laboratory: Cystic Fibrosis pharmacology	Head of Laboratory Dr Elena Schneider-Futschik	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Self-tolerance: Interactions between thymic stroma and dendritic cells	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Sex in human malaria parasites	Dr Matthew Dixon	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sex-specific regulation of adipose tissue immune cells	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Skeletal muscle signal transduction related to exercise, metabolic disease and human health	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker	Anatomy and Physiology
Small molecules for BIG targets- Targeting protein-protein interactions with fragments	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SNAP - Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial	Associate Professor Steven Tong	Microbiology and Immunology
Soluble barriers to influenza virus infection	Project Leader Associate Professor Patrick Reading	Microbiology and Immunology
Solving the native structure of the malaria parasite using cryo-electron microscopy	Professor Leann Tilley	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Staphylococcus aureus & Enterococcus faecium	Project Leader Professor Tim Stinear	Microbiology and Immunology
Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden	Microbiology and Immunology
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Victorian hospitals: regional differences in disease burden and epidemiology	Associate Professor Leon Worth	Microbiology and Immunology
Stewart Laboratory: Mechanopharmacology	Head of Laboratory Professor Alastair Stewart	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Stinear laboratory: Bacterial pathogenomics	Head of Laboratory Professor Tim Stinear	Microbiology and Immunology
Streptococcal transmission and disease	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	Microbiology and Immunology
Structural Biology of Infection	Professor Michael Parker	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Structure and function of bacterial "cytomotive" filaments	Project Leader Dr Debnath Ghosal	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Strugnell laboratory: Bacterial pathogenesis and host responses	Head of Laboratory Professor Dick Strugnell	Microbiology and Immunology
Stuart Ralph laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Stuart Ralph	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Synergistic and antagonistic interplay between Streptococcus pneumoniae and respiratory viruses	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	Microbiology and Immunology
Systems genetics of muscle metabolism	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker	Anatomy and Physiology
T cell responses in the brain during experimental cerebral malaria infection	Project Leader Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
T cells in peripheral immunity	Project Leader Professor Francis (Frank) Carbone	Microbiology and Immunology
Tackling drug resistance	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Testing a novel strategy to target chronic lymphocytic leukemia	Professor Fabienne Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
The Cardiovascular Pharmacology of Snake Venoms From Papua New Guinea and Australia	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
The importance of IgA in the protection and control of infectious diseases	Project Leader Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
The importance of IgA in the protection and control of infectious diseases	Dr Amy Chung	Microbiology and Immunology
The innate immune system in the respiratory tract	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
The mechanisms of viral escape in murine and human influenza infection	Project Leader Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
The role of CD4+ T cells in viral infections	Project Leader Professor Andrew Brooks	Microbiology and Immunology
The role of co-pathologies in the clinical presentation of prion disease	Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
The Role of CXCR7 in Tissue Fibrosis	Senior Research Officer & Lab Manager Catherine Kennedy, PhD	Microbiology and Immunology
The role of glucose metabolism in the regulation of immunity	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
The role of innate immune cells in protection and pathology during influenza virus infection	Project Leader Associate Professor Patrick Reading	Microbiology and Immunology
The role of protein modifications on muscle development	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker	Anatomy and Physiology
The role of resident memory T cells in barrier immunity and autoimmune disease	Project Leader Professor Laura Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
The role of the prion protein in brain cancer	Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
The roles of metal ions in host-pathogen interaction	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
The space of evolutionary trees in infectious disease epidemiology	Dr Sebastian Duchene	Microbiology and Immunology
The Treatment of Papuan Taipan Envenoming in Papua New Guinea	Project Leader Dr David Williams	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Tissue-resident memory T cells	Project Leader Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Tracking phenotypically and functionally distinct T cell subsets via T cell repertoire diversity	Project Leader Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
Uncovering the interplay between innate immunity and the blood brain barrier in disorders of the CNS	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells	Anatomy and Physiology
Understanding essential gene regulation in Staphylococcus aureus	Professor Tim Stinear	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding how Anthrax toxins function	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding how metal ions traverse bacterial cell membranes	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding immune dysfunction in acute myeloid leukemia	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding the biological chemistry of pneumococcal disease	Associate Professor Christopher McDevitt	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the immune microenvironment in brain tumours	Dr Theo Mantamadiotis	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the importance of variation in the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the interaction between microbiota and T cell immunity	Project Leader Professor Sammy Bedoui	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the mechanisms that impair anti-tumour adoptive cell therapy	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the Molecular Consequences of Mutations	Dr David Ascher David Ascher	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Understanding the regulation of tissue-resident memory T cell development	Project Leader Professor Laura Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the role of MAIT cells in immune-mediated pathology	Dr Sidonia Eckle	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the role of MAIT cells in protection from microbial infections	Dr Sidonia Eckle	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding ‘universal’ influenza-specific CD8+ T cell responses	Project Leader Associate Professor Katherine Kedzierska	Microbiology and Immunology
Unravelling the drivers of scarlet fever pandemics	Dr Mark Davies	Microbiology and Immunology
Using genomics to investigate the transmission of skin pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in a ‘One Health’ setting	Dr Mark Davies	Microbiology and Immunology
Using genomics to track transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr Hayley Newton	Microbiology and Immunology
Using the immune system to kill tumours	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Using transcriptional analyses to understand recognition of tumours by natural killer cells	Professor Andrew Brooks	Microbiology and Immunology
Vaccination against liver-stage Plasmodium for malaria prevention	Project Leader Professor William (Bill) Heath	Microbiology and Immunology
Validating human transgenic mouse models for lupus therapeutics development	Professor Fabienne Mackay	Microbiology and Immunology
Velkov laboratory: Antiinfective pharmacology	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Tony Velkov	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Vertical transmission of Ross River virus in mosquito vectors	Dr Julio Rodriguez-Andres	Microbiology and Immunology
Viral interactions with the innate immune system	Project Leader Associate Professor Patrick Reading	Microbiology and Immunology
Visualization and formation West Nile Virus replication complexes	Project Leader Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Wakim laboratory: Antiviral molecules, mucosal immunology, influenza virus, tissue resident memory T cells	Head of Laboratory Dr Linda Wakim	Microbiology and Immunology
Wells laboratory: Stem cell systems	Head of Laboratory Professor Christine Wells	Anatomy and Physiology
West Nile Virus replication and cellular stress responses	Project Leader Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
What do antibodies need to do to protect a woman against pregnancy-malaria?	Dr Elizabeth Aitken	Microbiology and Immunology
Whole body analysis of human tissue-resident memory T cells	Dr Claire Gordon	Microbiology and Immunology
Why is the flavivirus RdRp in the nucleus?	Professor Jason Mackenzie	Microbiology and Immunology
Wilkinson-Berka laboratory: Retinal vascular biology and inflammation	Head of Laboratory Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka	Anatomy and Physiology
Williamson laboratory: Public health, AMR, epidemiology and microbiology	Head of Laboratory Professor Deborah Williamson	Microbiology and Immunology
“Clock-off time” for inflammation and remodelling in chronic inflammatory diseases: casein kinase inhibitors	Professor Alastair Stewart	Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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