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Meet Thomas Gebhardt
Professor Gebhardt is Head of the Gebhardt Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Peter Doherty institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute). He is also involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Microbiology & Immunology.
His group aims to understand how the immune system protects humans from infectious diseases on the body’s surfaces in skin and mucosa. The work in Professor Gebhardt's laboratory is at the forefront of an emerging and rapidly growing area of research focusing on a type of immune cell named tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells.
Working in the in the Melbourne Parkville Precinct among the density of world-class research institutes and hospitals Prof Gebhardt’s laboratory is part of a broad network of investigators across the Doherty Institute, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
These are truly exciting times…'immunotherapies' have revolutionised the treatment of advanced-stage cancer patients. In some patients these novel therapies can even drive complete cure. I strongly believe that this will be possible and would love to think that our ongoing and future work will make an important contribution in this regard.