Dr Marios Koutsakos
(03) 8344 3384 | marios.koutsakos@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Research Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Immunology, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections
- Discipline(s):
- Discovery Research, Clinical and health systems research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
- Lab Group(s):
- Kent 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 Kent Group, working on dissecting the antigenic evolution and antibody responses to influenza B viruses in order to rationally designing a universal influenza B virus vaccine.
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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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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 WheatleyGroup Leader | Postdoctoral Fellow
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Group Leader | Post-doctoral Fellow
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Emily PilkingtonPostdoctoral Fellow
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Hyon-Xhi TanPostdoctoral Fellow
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Jacob CoffeyPostdoctoral Fellow
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Research Fellow
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Wen Shi LeePostdoctoral Fellow
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Andrew KellyResearch Assistant
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Grace GareResearch Assistant
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Julie NguyenResearch Assistant
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Robyn EsterbauerResearch Assistant
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Thakshila AmarasenaResearch Support Officer
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Jane BattenProject Manager
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Janavi RambhatlaSenior Project Officer
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Devaki PilapitiyaPhD Student
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Ebene HaycroftMasters Student (co-supervisor with Amy Chung)
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Isaac Barber-AxthelmPhD Student
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Kirsty FieldPhD Student
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Mai Ngoc VuPhD Student
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Samantha DavisPhD Student (co-supervisor with Amy Chung)
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Thu DoPhD Student
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Lauren BurmasHonours Student
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Meghan ConlanHonours Student
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Professor David O'ConnorHonorary
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Dr David (Yi) JuHonorary
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Dr Hillary VandervenHonorary
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A/Prof Matt ParsonsHonorary
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Dr Nghia TruongHonorary
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