Dr George Taiaroa
+613 8344 4053 | george.taiaroa@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Research Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Immunology, Viral Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections
- Discipline(s):
- Discovery Research, Education & Professional Development, Computational Science and Genomics, Indigenous Health, Public Health
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL)
- Lab Group(s):
- Stinear Group
George Taiaroa (PhD, MRSNZ) leads a research program focused on the identification and characterisation of infectious diseases through next-generation sequencing and related approaches. He has been a Research Fellow at the Doherty Institute and held an honorary role at the Royal Melbourne Hospital's Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) for more than five years. He is a member of multiple national and international research projects.
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Research Groups
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Stinear Group
Tim Stinear’s group’s research addresses priorities across four connected themes that including hospital superbugs, pathogenic mycobacteria, natural product discovery and public health genomics that aim to understand and contain the spread of bacteria causing serious human disease.
Lab Team
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Laboratory Head and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Jessica PorterLaboratory Manager, Molecular microbiology
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Dr Jean LeeSenior postdoctoral scientist, Molecular microbiology
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Senior Researcher
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Dr Louise JuddDAMG senior scientist, Genomics
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Dr Geraldine KongPostdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Dr Andrew BuultjensPostdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Dr Prashanth RamachandranNHMRC Emerging Leader Investigator, Clinical metagenomics
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Dr Liam SharkeySenior postdoctoral scientist, Molecular microbiology
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Dr Calum WalshSenior postdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Dr Nancy WangSenior postdoctoral scientist, Immunology and microbiology
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Dr Ryan WickPostdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Jessica GuProject manager
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Angela DonaldProject manager
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John ForsythPhD student
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Infectious Diseases Physician | Medical Education Consultant | PhD Candidate
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PhD Student
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Rutaiwan DusadeepongPhD student
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Karolina MercouliaPhD student
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Sarah ZufanPhD student
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Warasinee MujchariyakulPhD student
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Angaj GhoshPhD student
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Research Fellow
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Dr Koen VandelannooteSenior postdoctoral scientist, Honorary lab staff
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