Dr Celeste Donato
- | celeste.donato@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Research Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Viral Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections, Public Health, Global Health, Computational Science and Genomics
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
- Lab Group(s):
- Howden Group
Dr Celeste Donato completed her Bachelor of Biomedical Science at La Trobe University and then undertook her PhD at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and La Trobe University with Associate Professor Carl Kirkwood and Professor Ruth Bishop. Graduating in 2015, she then completed a two-year postdoc at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. She returned to Australia after being awarded an NHMRC Peter Doherty Biomedical Fellowship which was conducted at Monash University and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She joined the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute in 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow leading the Candida auris and E. coli One Health projects within the Australian Pathogen Genomics program.
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Key Achievements
Publications
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Celeste has extensive collaborations across Southeast Asia and Africa; and supervises Masters and PhD students in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. Her work has resulted in multiple lead author publications in Nature Communications, Journal of Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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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 TurnerResearch Assistant
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Alexandra-Maria BlejuscaResearch Assistant
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Ashleigh HayesResearch Assistant
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Dr Calum WalshResearch Fellow
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Dr Celeste DonatoResearch Fellow
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Dr Chris ConnorResearch Fellow
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
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Diane DanielAMR Research Scientist
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Eddie ChanPhD student
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Emily SotheranPhD student
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Research Fellow
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Senior Project Officer
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Jake SoleyPhD student
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Dr Jean LeeResearch Fellow
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Dr Jessica WebbResearch Fellow
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Jia Qi BehPhD student
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Joseph NapierMasters student
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Karolina MercouliaPhD student
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Katie CroninPhD student
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Lamali Sadeesh KumarPhD student
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Lejla KartalPhD student
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Dr Lisa IoannidisCentre for Pathogen Genomics Coordinator
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Dr Louise JuddCPG/DAMG Senior Genomics Scientist
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Lucy LiResearch Assistant
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Maria Duarte AguileraAMR Research Technical Assistant
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Dr Marielle BabinearCPG / DAMG
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Marwa AlhotaliPhD student
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Senior Research Fellow
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Mona TaoukPhD student
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Munazzah MaqboolPhD student
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Neta PetersielPhD student
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Nick LimPhD student
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Dr Patiyan AnderssonResearch Fellow
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Dr Paul KinsellaPhD student
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Rachel CassAMR Research Technical Assistant
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Research Fellow
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Dr Ryan WickResearch Fellow
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Samriddhi ThakurPhD student
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Dr Sarah BainesResearch Fellow
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Sher Maine TanPhD student
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Clinician Researcher and Infectious Diseases Physician
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Taylor HarshegyiCPG / DAMG
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Thinley DorjiPhD student
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Warasinee MujchariyakulPhD student
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