Dr Susan Christo
03 8344 5690 | Susan.Christo@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Senior Research Officer
- Theme(s):
- Immunology
- Discipline(s):
- Discovery Research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI) , The University of Melbourne
- Lab Group(s):
- Laura Mackay Group
Dr Susan Christo obtained her PhD at the University of South Australia in 2015 before joining the laboratory of Professor Laura Mackay at the Doherty Institute in 2016. Susan has an interest in T cell biology and is currently working on identifying key factors that regulate the phenotype, differentiation and survival of tissue-resident memory T cell in a range of settings such as cancer. Susan’s work hopes to instruct the design of T cell based immunotherapies aimed at long-term protection in a site-specific manner.
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Publications
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Laura Mackay Group
The Mackay Group studies memory T cell responses, with a focus on the signals that control tissue-resident memory T cell differentiation, and a view to harness these cells to develop new treatments against infection, cancer and autoimmune conditions.
Lab Team
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Senior Research Officer
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Dr Thomas BurnResearch Officer
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Dr Raissa FonsecaARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Dr Luke GandolfoResearch Officer (Computational Biology)
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Dr Claire GordonNHMRC Research Fellow and Infectious Diseases Physician, Austin Health
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Dr Andrea NguyenResearch Officer
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Dr Kelly PatonResearch Officer
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Dr Tobias PochDFG Walter Benjamin Programme Fellow
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Dr Natasha ZamudioLaboratory Manager
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Honorary Research Fellow
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Brooke DaviesResearch Assistant
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Keely McDonaldResearch Assistant
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Allison ClatchPhD Candidate
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James DosserPhD Candidate
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Andreas ObersPhD Candidate
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Maleika OsmanPhD Candidate
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Justine SeowPhD Candidate
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Joey KuaiMasters Student
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Rachel EvansHonours Student
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Lutfi HuqAmerican Australian Association Visiting Scholar
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