Dr Paula Cevaal
+61 3 834 43216 | paula.cevaal@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Research Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Viral Infectious Diseases, HIV
- Unit(s):
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Infectious Diseases
- Lab Group(s):
- Lewin Group
Dr Paula Cevaal is a post-doctoral scientist in the lab of Professor Sharon Lewin. She received her MSc training in The Netherlands, specialising in infectious diseases and immunology. She then spent a year doing youth advocacy work at AIDS2018, after which she completed a joint PhD in virology and nanomedicine. Her work focuses on developing non-viral vectors to efficiently deliver therapeutics to primary CD4+ T cells. Specifically, she led a new line of research pioneering lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of mRNA-based latency-reversing agents to the latent HIV reservoir. The overarching goal of her work is to take gene editing-related strategies to the clinic.
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Key Achievements
Publications
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Paula Cevaal is a J and M Wright Fellow. Her work pioneering nanoparticle delivery to T cells has received national and international funding that led to the acquisition of the first NanoAssemblr microfluidic mixing system for the formulation of mRNA-lipid nanoparticles within the University of Melbourne. She is a named inventor on two patent applications related to this work and was awarded the prestigious Young Investigator Award at the International AIDS Society meeting in 2023.
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Lewin Group
The focus of the Lewin group is to understand why HIV infection persists on antiretroviral therapy and to develop new strategies to eliminate latency. The lab also researches factors that drive liver disease in HIV-hepatitis B virus co-infection. The lab is also actively involved in COVID in relation to pathogenesis, the use of primary tissue models, and developing therapeutics using gene editing strategies.
Lab Team
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Director - The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Deputy Head Lewin Lab | Senior Research Fellow
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Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Wei ZhaoResearch Fellow
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Dr Chris ChiuResearch Fellow
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Dr Youry KimResearch Fellow
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Dr Stan KanResearch Fellow
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Clinical Research Liason Officer
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Dr Judy ChangResearch Systems Administrator
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Senior Research Officer
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Research Coordinator
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Laboratory Manager
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Infectious Diseases Physician
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Research Fellow
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Research Fellow
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Carolin TumpachResearch Support Officer
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Rosalyn CaoResearch Support Officer
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Danielle FongResearch Support Officer
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Abigail TanResearch Support Officer
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Jared SternPhD Candidate
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Rachel PascoePhD Candidate
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Haoming LiuPhD Candidate
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Kiho TanakaPhD Candidate
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Rory ShepherdPhD Candidate
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Lauren WallaceHonours Student
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Bridget FisherHonours Student
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Associate Professor Edwina WrightClinical Affiliate
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Dr James McMahonClinical Affiliate
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Head, Clinical Virology and HIV Services, Deputy Director Department of Infectious Diseases Austin Health
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Associate Clinical Director of HIV Cure Studies
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