Dr Pirooz Zareie
03 383 444 000 | pirooz.zareie@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- ARC DECRA Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Immunology
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
- Lab Group(s):
- Laura Mackay Group
Dr Zareie completed his PhD at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2018, after which he took a postdoctoral position at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute in Melbourne, where he developed considerable expertise in T cell antigen recognition and activation, publishing his work as first author in Science and Nature Communications. Pirooz has recently joined the Mackay lab in 2023 as an ARC DECRA Fellow where he is leveraging his expertise in T cell biology to understand the early fate decisions made by T cells during differentiation into various memory T cell subsets, and in particular, tissue resident memory T cells.
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Key Achievements
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In recognition of outstanding contributions, Dr Zareie received multiple awards:
- Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (2023-2025)
- Cancer Council Victoria Grants-in-aid funding (2024-2026)
- Robert Porter Prize for Laboratory Sciences (2022)
- Eppendorf Edman ECR Award from the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2023)
ProjectsLoading ORCID data…Research Groups-
Laura Mackay Group
The Mackay Lab studies memory T cell responses, with a focus on the signals that control tissue-resident memory T cell differentiation, and a view to harness these cells to develop new treatments against infection, cancer and autoimmune conditions.
Lab Team
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Laboratory Head, Theme Leader in Immunology
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Senior Research Officer
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Dr Ali ZaidSenior Research Officer
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Dr Thomas BurnResearch Officer
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Dr Raissa FonsecaARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Josh (Hyun Jae) LeeResearch Officer
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Dr Kelly PatonResearch Officer
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Dr Tobias PochDFG Walter Benjamin Programme Fellow
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Dr Natasha ZamudioLaboratory Manager
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Dr Pirooz ZareieARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Honorary Research Fellow
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Keely McDonaldResearch Assistant
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Allison ClatchPhD Candidate
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James DosserPhD Candidate
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Rachel EvansPhD Candidate
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Louis Hua-Yi LeePhD Candidate
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Andreas ObersPhD Candidate
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Maleika OsmanPhD Candidate
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Justine SeowPhD Candidate
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Hongjin LaiPhD Candidate (Visiting Scholar)
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Joey KuaiMasters Student
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Chloe LowHonours Student
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