Research Projects

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• Development and function of unconventional T cells

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Godfrey Group

• The effect of microplastics on health

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Lawson group

• Understanding streptococcal pathogenesis

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Satzke Group

• Sensing of tumour cells by engineered gamma-delta T-cell receptors

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Uldrich Group

• Neuroimmune interactions in virus infection

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Mueller Group

• Determining the role of MAIT cells in blood stage malaria

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Eckle Group

• High-resolution dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus intracellular persistence

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Stinear Group

• Investigating novel strategies to study drug synergy/antagonism in combination therapy for key bacterial pathogens

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Howden Group

• Pre-clinical investigation of CRISPR-Cas13b as a novel therapeutic approach for hepatitis Delta virus (HDV).

  Honours
  Revill Group

• Turning a conserved system bad; Understanding how alterations within O-linked glycosylation biosynthesis results in toxicity in Burkholderia cenocepacia

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Scott group

• Host-pathogen interactions of influenza B viruses

  PhD/MPhil
  Kent group

• Understanding how regulatory T cells (Tregs) control cancer and chronic disease

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kallies Group

• MR1T cells and altered metabolism

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Chen Group

• Microbiome ecology, evolution and engineering

  PhD/MPhil
  Marcelino Group

• Harnessing MAIT cells for immune therapy in mouse models of cancer

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Corbett Group

• Location, location, location – lodging virus specific T cells in the lung as an approach to protect against influenza virus infection

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Wakim group

• Another way to die: Understanding the contribution of inflammatory cell death to T cell mediated immunity

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Corbett Group

• Blocking the development of secondary bacterial pneumonia

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Wakim group

• Understanding the regulators of the memory T cell fate decision

  Honours
  Mackay Group

• Enhancing HIV management and HIV cure research through CRISPR-based viral load testing at the point of care

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Pasricha Group

• Characterising the evolutionary and metabolic profile of streptococcal pathogens

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Davies Group

• CRISPR-Cas13b silencing of checkpoint inhibitors for HIV cure

  PhD/MPhil, Honours
  Lewin group

• Dissecting the protective contributions of antibody Fc effector functions against infection and disease progression

  PhD/MPhil
  Kent group

• Going bananas for sex

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  McCarthy group

• Targeting of exhausted T cells to improve immunity to chronic infections and cancer

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Utzschneider Group

• SNAP - Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial

  PhD/MPhil
  Tong Group

• Longitudinal influenza immunity

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Valkenburg group

• Harnessing the power of RNA technology for vaccines and therapeutics

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• Understanding how gut microbiota modulate Listeria monocytogenes immunity

  PhD/MPhil
  Bedoui Group

• Unravelling the drivers of group A streptococcal pandemics

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Davies Group

• Integrating multiomics to decipher regulators of T cell function in chronic infection and cancer

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Utzschneider Group

• MR1 – a molecular alarm system for bacterial infection

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• The effect of respiratory virus infection on neuropathology

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Lawson group

• Leveraging mRNA-lipid nanoparticle technology to reverse HIV latency

  Honours
  Lewin group

• Mapping seasonal coronavirus genes that suppress the human innate immune response

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Subbarao Group

• Expanding the diversity of animal astroviruses through transcriptome mining

  Honours
  Howden Group

• Does the capsule glycan of Acinetobacter baumannii functionally impact the O-linked glycoproteome?

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Scott group

• In silico simulation of the tumour microenvironment to predict cancer patient outcomes and identify novel gene targets for cancer immunotherapy

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Barrow group

• Understanding immunodominance hierarchies of CD4 T follicular helper cells

  PhD/MPhil
  Juno Group

• Understanding the origins of glycan succinylation within the O-linked glycosylation of Burkholderia cenocepacia?

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Scott group

• Monitoring O-linked glycosylation dynamics within Burkholderia cenocepacia

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Scott group

• Functional antibody responses in the control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Chung group

• Developing germinal centre organoids for antibody maturation

  Honours
  Juno Group

• Regulation of Complement by Membrane Receptor Ubiquitination

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• Understanding Staphylococcus aureus adaptation to intracellular lifestyle

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Howden Group

• Inferring superspreading events in infectious outbreaks using pathogen genome data

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Duchene Group

• Defining key mediators of life-threatening disease across emerging and re-emerging viral infections

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kedzierska group

• Identifying mechanisms that control maintenance and function of CD4 T cells in cancer

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kallies Group

• Characterisation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence of novel staphylococcal lineages

  PhD/MPhil
  Tong Group

• Population genetic methods for modelling bacterial pathogen evolution

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Davies Group

• Understanding the heterogeneity of intestinal resident memory T cells (TRMs) and their role in homeostasis

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kallies Group

• Neural regulation of anti-cancer immunity

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Mueller Group

• Changes in the pneumococcal population following vaccine introduction

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Satzke Group

• Investigating the evolution of seasonal coronaviruses and the effects of these changes on viral replication, neutralisation and receptor binding

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Subbarao Group

• Guardians of the Gut: Identifying Gut Commensal Species that Kill Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogens

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Carter Group

• Ecology and diversity of Avian orthoavulavirus 1, the causative agent of Newcastle Disease virus, in Australian wild birds

  Honours
  Howden Group

• Defining the effect of repeated malaria infections on adaptive immune cells

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Haque Group

• Understanding the role of the Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) family in cancer immune surveillance

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Barrow group

• Capturing influenza virus with enrichment probes for next generation sequencing

  Honours
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

• Exploring resistance to old antibiotics in multi-drug resistance gram-negative bacteria using functional genomics

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Howden Group

• Understanding how the microbiome promotes cancer immunotherapy

  PhD/MPhil
  Bedoui Group

• Defining the placental response to virus infection

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Subbarao Group

• Investigating the role of dendritic cell O-GlcNAcylation in adipose tissue homeostasis and immune function

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• Understanding how metabolism and nutrient signaling regulate intestinal tissue resident memory T cells development and function

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kallies Group

• Identifying globally conserved malaria virulence determinants as vaccine candidates

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Duffy Group

• New antibiotics from old bacteria

  PhD/MPhil
  Pidot group

• Investigating host factors that control the replication of respiratory viruses

  PhD/MPhil
  Reading Group

• The role of HTLV-1 proviruses in capturing human genes in viral transmission and disease

  Honours
  Purcell Group

• Assessing the suitability of lateral flow devices for highly pathogenic avian influenza surveillance

  Honours
  Howden Group

• Using CRISPR technologies to permanently silence latent HIV

  PhD/MPhil
  Lewin group

• SARS-CoV-2 immunity with time and age

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Valkenburg group

• Illuminating microbial “dark matter” for antibiotic discovery

  PhD/MPhil
  Pidot group

• Reprogramming Immunity by Engineering B cells

  PhD/MPhil
  Wheatley Group

• Understanding the role of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family in cancer immune surveillance

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Barrow group

• Understanding factors that regulate T cell stemness in cancer and chronic disease

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kallies Group

• Developing a novel therapeutic approach to treat Streptococcus pneumoniae infections

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  McDevitt group

• PROSPECTOR 2 - PROlonged versus Single dose in PEnicillin oral Challenge Testing parallel randomized feasibility placebo cOntrolled tRial

  PhD/MPhil
  Trubiano Group

• Regulating macrophage 'eating' for cancer and pathogen control

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• MR1T cells and cancer

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Chen Group

• Transforming infectious disease diagnostics with human biomarkers of infection

  PhD/MPhil
  Pasricha Group

• Defining the virulence mechanisms of antibiotic resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  McDevitt group

• Defining the impact of recurrent natural Staphylococcus aureus mutations on virulence and anti-microbial resistance

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Howden Group

• Defining the role of secreted mucins in seasonal human coronavirus infection

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Subbarao Group

• Identifying functional antibodies that protect against severe malaria

  Honours
  Rogerson Group

• Mapping the impact of antibody and B cell memory on secondary antigen exposure

  PhD/MPhil
  Wheatley Group

• Characterisation and harnessing of human gamma delta T cells

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Godfrey Group

• Exploring the genomic landscape of Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic adaptation

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Howden Group

• Bacterial pan-genome graphs for variant discovery and RNAseq for drug resistance prediction

  PhD/MPhil
  Coin Group

• Development of improved cancer vaccines to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy combination strategies

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Dolcetti Group

• Innovating point-of-care diagnostics for the early and rapid detection of invasive fungal pathogens

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
  Pasricha Group

• Development of transmission blocking drugs

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  McCarthy group

• Understanding the role of MAIT cells in diverse parasitic infections

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Eckle Group

• Remote virulence: understanding the role of bacterial membrane vesicles and Staphylococcus aureus disease

  Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Stinear Group

• Immunomodulatory mechanisms in the brain tumour microenvironment

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Mantamadiotis group

• A novel link between metabolism and immune function: O-GlcNAc glycosylation

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• Dissecting the role of tissue regulatory T cells in the development of memory T cells during infection and cancer.

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Kallies Group

• Establishing a human liver-like assay for MAIT cell responses to liver stage malaria

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Eckle Group

• Investigating combined impacts of interventions against scabies and group A Streptococcus using transmission models

  PhD/MPhil
  McVernon Group

• The immune signature of sepsis

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Villadangos Group

• Understanding the role of activating Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors in infection and reproduction

  PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
  Brooks Group