Vaccine and adjuvant development
Jackson group
Project leader(s): Professor David Jackson
Collaborator(s): Bio Farma
Funding: Global Institute for Collaborative Research and Education
Village Chicken Production and the Risk of Avian Influenza Events in Indonesian Villages
McVernon group and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Project leader(s): Professor Jodie McVernon
Collaborator(s): Food and Agriculture Organization; Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO
This project investigated village chicken production systems in Indonesia as a determinant of avian influenza emergence and transmission.
Antibody to PfEMP1 in severe malaria
Rogerson group
Project leader(s): Professor Stephen Rogerson
Collaborator(s): Eijkman Institute
Funding: National Health and Medical Research Council
People with severe or mild malaria in Papua Indonesia had blood plasmacollected on hospital presentation. We are performing in depth studies of the gene expression of their infecting parasites, and of antibody responses to some of the proteins encoded by some of the highly expressed genes we identified.