Valkenburg Group: Viral Immunology
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Head of Laboratory
Dr Sophie Valkenburg+61 478 196 617
Research Overview
View Dr Valkenburg's latest ORCID publications listing here.
Her research program is devoted to investigating correlates of protection, specifically T and B cell responses, antibody quality and function for influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2 from patients, randomised control vaccine trials and animal models. Her program aims to define broadly reactive immune correlates from recovered patients, and how current vaccines stimulate or fail to stimulate these protective immune responses, and incorporated to next generation universal vaccines for robust immunity.
Staff
Leon Tribolet, Research Officer
Funding
NHMRC
Research Opportunities
This research project is available to PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students to join as part of their thesis.
Please contact the Research Group Leader to discuss your options.