Professor Alexandra Corbett completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons) at the University of Melbourne and PhD at the WEHI. Following two post-doctoral positions at the Lions Eye Institute, UWA (supported by a WA & MG Saw Research Fellowship) and at the Bio21 Institute, she joined the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2012, originally in Prof. Jim McCluskey’s Laboratory, and as a Laboratory Head since 2021. Her research has spanned areas of immunology including T cell biology, vaccine platform technologies, autoimmunity, viral immunology and immune evasion. Alex’s current focus is the biology and immune role of mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells.
Exploiting the unique functions of MAIT cells to drive the rational design of new vaccines and immunotherapies.
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