Project: Remote virulence: understanding the role of bacterial membrane vesicles and Staphylococcus aureus disease
Stinear Group
Staphylococcus aureus (aka Golden Staph) is a leading cause of lethal bacterial infections. S. aureus produces many virulence factors that can prevent effective immune responses. There is growing evidence that S. aureus can remotely neutralise immune cells by releasing bacterial cellular contents in the form of extracellular membrane vesicles (SaMVs). This project will examine what makes up these SaMVs (e.g. the repertoires of proteins and nucleic acids) to understand how S. aureus can remotely interact with the human immune system and cause persistent and often deadly infections.
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Stinear Group
2 vacancies
Our research leverages the latest advances in genomics, cell biology, host-pathogen interactions, molecular biology, computational biology and clinical studies to understand how a major human bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus (aka Golden Staph), causes disease.
Stinear Group Current Projects
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High-resolution dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus intracellular persistence
Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
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Remote virulence: understanding the role of bacterial membrane vesicles and Staphylococcus aureus disease
Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Research degrees at the Doherty Institute are administered by the University of Melbourne.