Jake Lacey is a bioinformatician and computational microbiologist working within the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU-PHL). He works on a wide variety of microbial pathogens to track outbreaks and evolution within remote and hospital settings.
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Key Achievements
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Dr Lacey has made notable contributions to his field through his research, as shown with the number of publications he authored in high impact journals.
He has also been successful in securing a number of Early Career Research (ECR) grants, and his expertise and communication skills have been acknowledged through numerous awards for presentations.
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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Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory
The role of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL) is to collaborate with health professionals to provide vital analytic services and technical advice in public health microbiology to inform public health policy and practice.