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EDUCATION

Research Projects

Project: The role of ex vivo diagnostics in assigning drug causality in Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions

Trubiano Group

In this project you will utilise biological samples collected from a national registry of SCAR to help improve the sensitivity of ex vivo T-cell diagnostics, including flow cytometry and enzyme linked immunospot assay. You will compare and contrast a range of cellular inputs (e.g. blood, skin) and outputs (e.g. flow, ELISpot) to improve the sensitivity and specificity of these T-cell diagnostics and move them towards a bedside diagnostic.

Project Site: Austin Health

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Project Supervisor

Professor Jason Trubiano

Project availability
PhD/MPhil

Trubiano Group

jason.trubiano@austin.org.au

2 vacancies

Themes
Immunology
Cross Cutting Disciplines
Discovery Research

We are a wet and dry lab based at Austin Health within the Department of Infectious Diseases (Austin Health) with an interest in drug allergy/hypersensitivity research from translational, clinical trials to health services programs. In particular our "dry lab" focuses on low-risk penicillin and antibiotic allergy clinical trials and our "wet lab" on the development of translational ex vivo and in vitro T-cell diagnostics to assertain drug causality in Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions. Our lab collaborates with groups internationally, including North America, Europe and South Africa.