Dr Jennifer Juno is a T cell immunologist with a particular interest in antiviral immunity and vaccination. Her group focuses on the role of T follicular helper cells in regulating immune responses to vaccination, as well as understanding the role of unconventional T cells in protective immunity from chronic diseases. Originally from Canada, she was awarded her PhD in 2014 from the University of Manitoba, where she studied iNKT cell dysfunction during HIV infection. Following a two year Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Public Health Agency of Canada, she moved to Melbourne to join the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. Jennifer now leads a dynamic team of PhD students, research assistants and junior postdoctoral researchers.
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Key Achievements
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Jennifer is a Dame Kate Campbell Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership (EL2) Investigator. She has received national and international grants to study immune responses to HIV, TB, influenza and SARS-CoV-2. Jennifer has published a number of papers in top-tier journals, including Nature Immunology, Immunity, Science Translational Medicine and Nature Communications.
Publications
Research Groups
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Kent Group
Stephen’s group studies immunity to HIV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2. They are analysing a variety of vaccine strategies, including nanoparticle-based vaccines. They are studying a series of immune responses to gain better insights into protective immunity to important viral pathogens. They are developing monoclonal antibody therapies for HIV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 to improve the treatment of these infections. The Kent group works very closely with Dr Amy Chung’s laboratory at the Doherty Institute.
Lab Team

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Dr Adam Wheatley
Group Leader | Postdoctoral Fellow
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Emily Pilkington
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Hyon-Xhi Tan
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jacob Coffey
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Wen Shi Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Andrew Kelly
Research Assistant
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Grace Gare
Research Assistant
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Julie Nguyen
Research Assistant
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Robyn Esterbauer
Research Assistant
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Thakshila Amarasena
Research Support Officer
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Jane Batten
Project Manager
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Janavi Rambhatla
Senior Project Officer
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Devaki Pilapitiya
PhD Student
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Ebene Haycroft
Masters Student (co-supervisor with Amy Chung)
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Isaac Barber-Axthelm
PhD Student
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Samantha Davis
PhD Student (co-supervisor with Amy Chung)
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Lauren Burmas
Honours Student
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Meghan Conlan
Honours Student
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Professor David O'Connor
Honorary
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Dr David (Yi) Ju
Honorary
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Dr Hillary Vanderven
Honorary
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A/Prof Matt Parsons
Honorary
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