Mackay laboratory: Tissue-resident memory T cells; lymphocyte differentiation; peripheral immunity
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Professor Laura Mackay FAHMSLab Head, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Dame Kate Campbell Fellowlkmackay@unimelb.edu.au +61 3 8344 8016
Research Overview
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The Mackay Group studies memory T cell responses, with a focus on the signals that control tissue-resident memory T cell differentiation, and a view to harness these cells to develop new treatments against infection, cancer and autoimmune conditions.
Mackay Group at the Doherty Institute
Staff
Professor Laura Mackay FAHMS, Laboratory Head and Theme Leader in Immunology at the Doherty Institute
Dr Thomas Burn, Research Officer
Dr Susan Christo, NHMRC Investigator Fellow
Dr Maximilien Evrard, NHMRC Investigator Fellow
Dr Claire Gordon, ARC DECRA Fellow and Infectious Diseases Physician (Austin Health)
Dr Josh Hyun Jae Lee, NHMRC Investigator Fellow
Dr Philippa Meiser, DFG Walter Benjamin Fellow
Marina Yakou, Research Officer
Dr Ali Zaid, Senior Research Officer
Dr Pirooz Zareie, ARC Future Fellow
Dr Simone Park, Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Kelly Paton, Laboratory Manager
Dr Natasha Zamudio, Laboratory Manager
Chantelle Inguanti, Research Assistant
Merna Nissan, Research Assistant
James Dosser, PhD Candidate
Louis Hua-Yi Lee, PhD Candidate
Hao-Wen Yang, PhD Candidate
Research Opportunities
This research project is available to PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers to join as part of their thesis.
Please contact the Research Group Leader to discuss your options.
Research Projects
- Student Projects
- The role of tissue-resident memory T cells in barrier immunity, cancer and autoimmune diseases
- Understanding the fate decisions that govern memory T cell development
- Identifying the mechanisms of immune cell development in peripheral tissues
- Whole body analysis of human T cell development and function
Faculty Research Themes
Infection and Immunology, Cancer
School Research Themes
Cancer in Biomedicine, Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Key Contact
For further information about this research, please contact Lab Head, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Dame Kate Campbell Fellow Professor Laura Mackay FAHMS
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Mackay laboratory: Tissue-resident memory T cells; lymphocyte differentiation; peripheral immunity
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