Dr Lukasz Kedzierski completed his PhD at Monash University, where he tested efficacy of a novel malaria vaccine antigen in a murine model of infection. Subsequently, he moved to WEHI where he worked on the protozoan parasite Leishmania. His projects involved investigation of host-parasite interactions, drug discovery and anti-parasite immunity. He then shifted his focus to investigate the role of suppressors of cytokine signalling during viral infection. In 2017, Lukasz moved to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne as a Senior Research Fellow. Current projects involve understanding viral persistence in the CNS, immune mechanisms in viral co-infections and mechanisms of vaccine failure.
