Dr Rubaiyea Farrukee
NA | ruby.farrukee@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Research Officer
- Theme(s):
- Viral Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections
- Discipline(s):
- Discovery Research, Computational Science and Genomics, Clinical and health systems research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
- Lab Group(s):
- Brooks Group, Reading Group
Dr Rubaiyea Farrukee completed a Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) at Monash University, including Honours in 2013. Dr Farrukee subsequently undertook a PhD in 2016 at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, studying the fitness of antiviral resistant influenza viruses. After completion of the PhD, Dr Farrukee started working in the Reading/Brooks laboratory as a Roche Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her project is focussed on identifying novel antiviral host factors for respiratory pathogens, including human respiratory syncytial virus and SARS-COV-2.
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Key Achievements
Publications
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Dr Farrukee was awarded the Millis Jackson Research Scholarship, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Early Career Research Award during her PhD. In the final year of her PhD, Dr Farrukee received a Doherty Seed Grant, which allowed her to finish her project comprehensively. Dr Dr Farrukee has been the recipient of the Major Bartlett Travel Grant, which gave her the opportunity to present her work in multiple local and international conferences, where she has received awards for the Best Oral Presentation. Due to her keen interest in science communication, Dr Farrukee also participated in the 3-Minute Thesis competition and Global Health Case Competition at the University of Melbourne, and was a semi-finalist in the first, and Team Leader of winning team in the latter.
ProjectsLoading ORCID data…Research Groups-
Brooks Group
Research in Andrew’s laboratory is largely centred on how natural killer cells and T cells impact the outcomes of viral infection, cancer and transplantation.
Lab Team
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Dr Lucy SullivanSenior Research Fellow
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Dr Jie LinResearch Officer
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Dr Philippa SaundersResearch Officer
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Dr Sanda StankovicResearch Officer
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Jacqueline WidjajaResearch Assistant
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Christopher HarpurPhD Student
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Shu Cheng WongPhD Student
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Dr Shinta DewiPhD Student
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Reading Group
Patrick’s group investigates how the body first detects and responds to respiratory viruses. They investigate viral attachment factors, cellular receptors and entry pathways, virus-induced activation of host genes and the mechanisms by which intracellular host proteins can block virus replication.
Lab Team
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Melkamu TessemaPhD student
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Lara SchwabPhD student
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Harry StannardMasters student
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Fernando Villalon LetelierPhD student
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