Project: New ways to see inside the spleen - 3-photon, live imaging of T cell activation
Beattie Group
Immune priming in the T cell zone of the spleen is a crucial step in the development of a strong immune response. Live imaging of the T cell zone of the spleen has been scarce due to the limitation of 2-photon microscopy to reach that compartment. As such, we do not know how T cells behave during initiation of immune responses. We propose to use our newly established 3-photon microscope (the first of its kind and the only one in Australia) to undercover T cell interactions with other immune and structural cell types during infection.
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Beattie Group
3 vacancies
Dr Beattie works closely with the Heath laboratory to investigate fundamental immunological questions around optimal priming for the generation of effective and long-lived immune responses to pathogens, including malaria.
Beattie Group Current Projects
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Innate-help for T cell priming
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
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What makes long-lived memories?
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
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New ways to see inside the spleen - 3-photon, live imaging of T cell activation
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Research degrees at the Doherty Institute are administered by the University of Melbourne.