Dr Marios Koutsakos
(03) 8344 3384 | marios.koutsakos@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Research Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Immunology, Host Pathogens Interactions
- Discipline(s):
- Discovery Research, Translational and Clinical Research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
- Lab Group(s):
- Kedzierska Group
Marios completed his BSc in Biomedical Sciences at Imperial College in London, working with Professor Wendy Barclay on the molecular virology of influenza B viruses. He then obtained a Masters degree in Systems and Synthetic biology, also at Imperial College. Marios subsequently undertook a PhD with Professor Katherine Kedzierska within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, focusing on understanding protective immunity to influenza viruses, especially the understudied but clinically relevant influenza B viruses. Marios is now a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Kedzierska Laboratory Group, working on the pre-clinical development of universal influenza vaccines, immunity to influenza B viruses and immunity in high-risk groups of severe influenza infection, like transplant recipients.
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Key Achievements
Publications
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Marios’ work has so far resulted in three first author manuscripts, including highly ranked journals; Nature Immunology and Science Translational Medicine, as well as a patent inventorship on the design of novel universal influenza vaccines. He has received numerous awards, including the QIAGEN PhD Achievement award, as well as the James S Porterfield Prize in international virology by the University of Oxford, the ASI Pharmaxis award, an ASI International Travel Award and was a ASI New Investigator finalist. In 2020 he was a recipient of an NHMRC EL1 fellowship, an ECR grant by the University of Melbourne and a Dyason Fellowship.
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Kedzierska Group
Katherine’s team researches the immunity to viral infections, especially the newly emerged influenza viruses. Her work spans basic research – from mouse experiments to human immunity, through to clinical settings, with a particular focus on understanding universal CD8+ T cell immunity to influenza viruses. Her studies aim to identify key correlates of severe and fatal influenza disease in high-risk groups including children, the elderly and Indigenous Australians.
Lab Team
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Laboratory Head
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Dr Liyen LohPostdoctoral fellow
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Dr Zhongfang WangPostdoctoral fellow
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Dr E Bridie ClemensNHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow
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Dr Marios KoutsakosResearch Fellow
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Dr Oanh NguyenPostdoctoral fellow
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Emma GrantPhD student
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Nicola BirdResearch Assistant
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Sergio Quinones ParraPhD student
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Sneha SantPhD student
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Hayley HayleyResearch Assistant
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Simone Neussing
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Jesseka Chadderton
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