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Simone Park

Simone Park

Simone Park

(03) 8344 0815 | [email protected]

Position:
Research Officer
Theme(s):
Immunology
Discipline(s):
Discovery Research
Unit(s):
Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
Lab Group(s):
Laura Mackay Group

Simone Park is a Cancer Council Victoria Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Simone graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne in 2014. Simone obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2019 with Associate Professor Thomas Gebhardt and Associate Professor Laura Mackay, researching local immune responses against cancer. Simone is currently a Research Officer working in the laboratory of Associate Professor Laura Mackay, investigating the development and function of tissue-resident memory T cells in cancer and autoimmunity.

  • Key Achievements

    • Simone was awarded a prestigious Elizabeth & Vernon Puzey Graduate Research Excellence Scholarship to undertake her PhD in 2015. Simone’s research has uncovered critical roles for tissue-resident memory T cells in protecting against melanoma and viral infections, resulting in high impact first-author publications in leading journals such as Nature and Nature Immunology. Simone is a recipient of several research achievement awards including the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Picchi Award for Excellence in Cancer Research, the QIAGEN PhD Achievement Award and the Seqirus PhD Oration Award. She presents frequently at both local and international meetings where she has received numerous presentation and travel awards. In 2019, she was awarded a Cancer Council Victoria Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue her work into using tissue-resident memory T cells for cancer immunotherapy.

    Publications
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    Research Groups

    • Laura Mackay Group

      Laura’s group aims to understand how the immune system responds to infection. Research is focused on uncovering the signals that guide lymphocyte development in peripheral tissues, with an aim to discover new therapies to boost protective immunity.

      Lab Team

      Laura Mackay Group

      • David Freestone
        Research Assistant
      • Brooke Davies
        Research Assistant
      • Susan Christo
        Research Officer
      • Simone Park
        Research Officer
      • Clara Castellucci
        PhD student
      • Julia Prier
        Research Officer
      • Natasha Zamudio
        Research Officer
      • Claire Gordon
        Research Officer
      • Maximilien Evrard
        Research Officer
      • Raissa Fonseca
        Research Officer
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