Research Projects

Defining the impact of recurrent adaptive mutations on staphylococcal antimicrobial resistance and pathogenesis

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Howden Group

Using genomics to track transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis

Honours
Newton Group

Investigating novel chromatin proteins of the malaria parasite P. falciparum as drug targets.

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours

Identifying globally conserved malaria virulence determinants as vaccine candidates

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours

Illuminating microbial “dark matter” for antibiotic discovery

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Pidot group

New antibiotics from old bacteria

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Pidot group

Bias in vaccine effectiveness studies

McVernon Group

Evolutionary Genetics of avian influenza A viruses in Australia

Honours
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Victorian hospitals: regional differences in disease burden and epidemiology

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
VICNISS group

Defining the association between virulence and fitness of seasonal influenza viruses

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Subbarao group

Understanding the importance of variation in the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Satzke Group

Identification and characterisation of novel malarial transmission-blocking antigens

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Rogerson Group

Investigating the effect of hepatitis B virus splice variants in liver cells and disease progression

Honours
Revill Group

Cow antibodies that give the finger to HIV transmission

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Purcell Group

Antibodies preventing HTLV-1c infection

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Purcell Group

Neural regulation of anti-cancer immunity

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
McDevitt group

Metal ion homeostasis in Klebsiella pneumoniae

PhD/MPhil, Honours
McDevitt group

Are there additional MAIT cell antigens?

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
McCluskey group

Understanding the role of MAIT cells in immune-mediated pathology

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
McDevitt group

Manipulating MAIT cells for increased protection by vaccination and therapy

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
McCluskey group

Understanding the role of MAIT cells in protection from microbial infections

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
McCluskey group

Preventing infections of the highly puke-ogenic virus - norovirus

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mackenzie Group

Why is the flavivirus RdRp in the nucleus?

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mackenzie Group

Whole body analysis of human tissue-resident memory T cells

PhD/MPhil
Mackay, Laura Group

Novel master-regulators of B-cell biology

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mackay, Fabienne Group

Determining the role of diet and microbiota in the progression of lupus

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mackay, Fabienne Group

Validating human transgenic mouse models for lupus therapeutics development

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mackay, Fabienne Group

Testing a novel strategy to target chronic lymphocytic leukemia

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mackay, Fabienne Group

Harnessing the molecular clock to activate diverse strains of latent HIV

Honours
Lewin group

The role of the prion protein in brain cancer

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Lawson group

The role of co-pathologies in the clinical presentation of prion disease

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Lawson group

Programming gamma delta T cells for HIV immunotherapy

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Kent group

Can resident memory B cells in the lung protect against respiratory syncytial virus?

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
Kent group

Interrogating B cell immunity to influenza vaccines

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
Kent group

Discovery of malaria vaccine peptide targets

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Heath Group

Protective capacity of malaria-specific liver-tissue-resident memory T cells

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Heath Group

Infection induced changes to splenic macrophages

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Heath Group

Gamma delta T cells are important for malaria sporozoite vaccination

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours

Age-dependent susceptibility of neurons to RNA virus infection

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Fazakerley Group

Quantifying bacterial recombination within globally evolving streptococcal pathogens

PhD/MPhil, Honours
Davies Group

How does ageing affect antibody responses?

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Chung group

Identifying novel subsets of immune cells that control cytomegalovirus following transplantation

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Brooks Group

Using transcriptional analyses to understand recognition of tumours by natural killer cells

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Brooks Group

Immunosurveillance pathways in brain cancer

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Barrow group

Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in natural killer cells

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Barrow group

Understanding the immune microenvironment in brain tumours

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mantamadiotis group

The space of evolutionary trees in infectious disease epidemiology

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Davies Group

Integrative infectious disease phylodynamics

PhD/MPhil
Davies Group

Optimal design of competitive mixture experiments

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science

Sample size determination for within-host animal studies of infection

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
McVernon Group

Understanding the impact of new testing for infectious diseases

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science

Influenza epidemiology in the Northern Territory - analyses of linked datasets

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
Tong Group

Buruli ulcers’ Most Wanted – Understanding the mosquito associated with the flesh-eating bacteria, Mycobacterium ulcerans.

Master of Biomedical Science

Analysis of screening and management of viral hepatitis in primary care

Master of Biomedical Science

Establishing the determinants of fluctuating incidence of exotic arboviruses in Victoria

Defining the epidemic threshold for syndromic influenza surveillance in primary care

Master of Biomedical Science

Acute respiratory infection presentations and prescribing in primary care

Master of Biomedical Science

Investigating the determinants of persistent or recurrent infections with group A Streptococcus

Master of Biomedical Science
McVernon Group

Using genomics to investigate the transmission of skin pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in a ‘One Health’ setting

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Davies Group

Unravelling the drivers of scarlet fever pandemics

PhD/MPhil, Honours
Davies Group

Role of suppressor of cytokine signalling proteins in viral encephalitis

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Fazakerley Group

The importance of IgA in the protection and control of infectious diseases

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
Chung group

Investigating the role of functional antibodies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
Chung group

A cell-based model of sporadic prion disease

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Lawson group

Neurodegeneration in the enteric nervous system

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Lawson group

Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of medically-relevant prion diseases

Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Lawson group

Mapping elemental fluxes during host-pathogen interaction

PhD/MPhil, Honours
McDevitt group

How is selective metal ion transport achieved at the host-pathogen interface?

PhD/MPhil, Honours
McDevitt group

Understanding the biological chemistry of pneumococcal disease

PhD/MPhil, Honours
McDevitt group

How do tumours impact normal tissue functions?

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Mueller Group

Mitochondria and intracellular bacterial pathogens

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Newton Group

What do antibodies need to do to protect a woman against pregnancy-malaria?

Honours
Rogerson Group

Streptococcal transmission and disease

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Satzke Group

Pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Satzke Group

Development of novel proteomic tools to explore Burkholderia pathogenesis

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Scott group

Role of O-linked glycosylation system across the Burkholderia genus

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Scott group

SNAP - Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Tong Group

Characterisation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence of novel staphylococcal lineages

PhD/MPhil, Honours
Tong Group

Location, location, location – lodging virus specific T cells in the lung as an approach to protect against influenza virus infection

PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
Wakim group