Abdou has completed his PhD in molecular microbiology at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. He continued his training in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, first at CNRS in Marseille, France, then at Imperial College London. His work has been recognised and supported by numerous competitive grants and international fellowships. He has been the recipient of the Lavoisier Fellowship in France from the French Foreign Affairs Office, the Marie-Sklodowska Curie Global Fellowship to continue his research between the Doherty Institute and the LSHTM (London, UK), the Doherty Collaborative grant, the Doherty Agility award, and the CASS foundation grant. He is currently CIA on a NHMRC ideas grant (2023-2026).
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Publications
Research Groups
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Howden Group
Research from Professor Ben Howden’s group uses genomics, molecular biology, epidemiology and clinical studies to address a broad range of issues related to invasive bacterial diseases in humans, especially those caused by staphylococci, enterococci and other antimicrobial-resistant species. Additionally, working closely with scientists in the MDU PHL, they investigate the epidemiology, evolution and spread of bacterial pathogens of public health significance such as Neisseria gonorrhoea, Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella and Salmonella spp., Legionella spp., and carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria.
Lab Team
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Director Of Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) Public Health Laboratory
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Deputy Director, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory
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Adrianna Turner
Research Assistant
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Alexandra-Maria Blejusca
Research Assistant
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Ashleigh Hayes
Research Assistant
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Dr Calum Walsh
Research Fellow
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Dr Celeste Donato
Research Fellow
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Dr Chris Connor
Research Fellow
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
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Diane Daniel
AMR Research Scientist
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Emily Sotheran
PhD student
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Dr Jean Lee
Research Fellow
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Dr Jessica Webb
Research Fellow
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Joseph Napier
Masters student
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Karolina Mercoulia
PhD student
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Lamali Sadeesh Kumar
PhD student
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Dr Lisa Ioannidis
Centre for Pathogen Genomics Coordinator
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Dr Louise Judd
CPG/DAMG Senior Genomics Scientist
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Lucy Li
Research Assistant
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Maria Duarte Aguilera
AMR Research Technical Assistant
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Dr Marielle Babinear
CPG / DAMG
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Marwa Alhotali
PhD student
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Munazzah Maqbool
PhD student
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Neta Petersiel
PhD student
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Dr Patiyan Andersson
Research Fellow
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Dr Paul Kinsella
PhD student
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Rachel Cass
AMR Research Technical Assistant
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Dr Ryan Wick
Research Fellow
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Samriddhi Thakur
PhD student
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Dr Sarah Baines
Research Fellow
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Sher Maine Tan
PhD student
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Clinician Researcher and Infectious Diseases Physician
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Taylor Harshegyi
CPG / DAMG
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Thinley Dorji
PhD student
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Warasinee Mujchariyakul
PhD student
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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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Jessica Porter
Laboratory Manager, Molecular microbiology
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Dr Jean Lee
Senior postdoctoral scientist, Molecular microbiology
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Dr Louise Judd
DAMG senior scientist, Genomics
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Dr Geraldine Kong
Postdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Dr Andrew Buultjens
Postdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Dr Prashanth Ramachandran
NHMRC Emerging Leader Investigator, Clinical metagenomics
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Dr Liam Sharkey
Senior postdoctoral scientist, Molecular microbiology
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Dr Calum Walsh
Senior postdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Dr Nancy Wang
Senior postdoctoral scientist, Immunology and microbiology
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Dr Ryan Wick
Postdoctoral scientist, Computational biology
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Jessica Gu
Project manager
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Angela Donald
Project manager
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Infectious Diseases Physician | Medical Education Consultant | PhD Candidate
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Alexandra Krause
PhD student
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Rutaiwan Dusadeepong
PhD student
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Karolina Mercoulia
PhD student
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Warasinee Mujchariyakul
PhD student
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Dr Koen Vandelannoote
Senior postdoctoral scientist, Honorary lab staff