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Dr Wen Shi Lee

03 8344 3791 | ws.lee@unimelb.edu.au

Position:
Research Officer
Theme(s):
Immunology, Viral Infectious Diseases
Discipline(s):
Discovery Research
Unit(s):
The University of Melbourne, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
Lab Group(s):
Kent Group

Wen Shi is an early career researcher who has an avid interest in humoral immunity against viral infections. He completed his PhD on HIV cure strategies, examining the utility of antibody Fc effector functions against latent HIV infection. He has recently pivoted to work on COVID-19, with a focus on neutralizing antibody responses elicited by vaccination and infection and the development of monoclonal antibody therapeutics against coronavirus infections.

  • Key Achievements
    • Wen Shi is the inaugural recipient of the Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellowship (only one awarded per University of Melbourne Faculty), allowing him to lead a research program on future proofing human populations against COVID-19. His recent research on SARS-CoV-2 immunity has led to high impact publications in Immunity, Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications, Nature Medicine and Cell Reports. He is also regularly invited to present at national conferences and has won numerous travel awards to present at international conferences.

    Publications
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    Research Groups
    • Kent Group

      Stephen’s group studies immunity to HIV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2. They are analysing a variety of vaccine strategies, including nanoparticle-based vaccines. They are studying a series of immune responses to gain better insights into protective immunity to important viral pathogens. They are developing monoclonal antibody therapies for HIV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 to improve the treatment of these infections. The Kent group works very closely with Dr Amy Chung’s laboratory at the Doherty Institute.


      Lab Team

      Kent Group

      • Laboratory Head
      • Laboratory Head
      • Hyon-Xhi Tan
        Research Officer
      • Senior Research Fellow
      • Research Officer
      • Mai Ngoc Vu
        Postdoctoral Fellow
      • Lara Schwab
        Research Officer
      • Mitchell Zheng
        Postdoctoral Fellow
      • Rosela Webster
        Postdoctoral Fellow
      • Chris Gonelli
        Research Officer
      • Palak Mehta
        Research Officer
      • Thakshila Amarasena
        Research Support Officer
      • Andrew Kelly
        Research Assistant
      • Lauren Burmas
        Research Assistant
      • Julie Nguyen
        Research Assistant
      • Robyn Esterbauer
        Research Assistant
      • Ellie Reilly
        Research Assistant
      • Jane Batten
        Project Manager
      • Janavi Rambhatla
        Academic Specialist - Research Officer
      • Devaki Pilapitiya
        PhD Student
      • Ruth Purcell
        PhD Student (co-supervisor with Amy Chung)
      • Kirsty Field
        PhD Student
      • Thu Do
        PhD Student
      • Yee-Chen Liu
        PhD Student
      • Veronica Zoest
        PhD Student
      • Nanouk Zuidmeer
        International Masters Student Placement
      • Professor David O'Connor
        Honorary
      • Professor Shelby O'Connor
        Honorary
      • Dr David (Yi) Ju
        Honorary
      • Dr Hillary Vanderven
        Honorary
      • A/Prof Matt Parsons
        Honorary
      • Dr Nghia Truong
        Honorary
      • Dr Sinth Jegaskanda
        Honorary
      • A/Prof Steve Rockman
        Honorary
      • Dr Emily Pilkington
        Guest Scientist
      • Dr Shiyao Li
        Guest Scientist
      • Diyana Hassanel
        Guest Scientist
      • Zihnil Mazrad
        Guest Scientist

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