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Exposure to infection/inflammation during the perinatal period is one of the main causes of impaired neurodevelopment. To develop effective...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky

Malaria is one of the world’s leading causes of death and illness, particularly among young children. There remains a strong need for highly...

It is estimated that half of the world’s population have Helicobacter pylori infection. This bacterium lives in the stomach where it causes...

Antibodies are an important component of acquired immunity against malaria, and many malaria vaccines aim to generate functional antibodies to...

Inflammation in the testis and epididymis can impair male fertility, and epididymal obstruction is a major cause of infertility following infection...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging at an alarming level, rendering some bacterial infections untreatable and increasing dependence on last...

Metabolite based T cell immunity is emerging as a major player in antimicrobial immunity, autoimmunity, metabolic diseases, and cancer. Namely,...
Supervisor: Dr Wael Awad

Chronic infectious diseases have a devastating effect on global health. HIV and Plasmodium falciparum both cause chronic disease and have evaded...

Long COVID is a multisystemic condition comprising symptoms that follow an acute infection. The School of Primary and Allied Health Care (SPAHC)...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a devastating disease pandemic responsible for in excess of 6...

Vaccines exploit the ability of the immune system to provide heightened, tailored responses to pathogens if the host has been infected prior – this...

The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defence against infection, and is necessary for our survival. Our cells have evolved specialized...

This project aims to better define rates of reactivation from the point of initial exposure/infection to the later development of active TB. The...
Supervisor: A/Prof James Trauer

A sudden worsening of respiratory symptoms in Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is called a flare up. These flare ups are caused by...
Supervisor: Dr Arwel Jones

Plasmid transmission between bacteria of the same or different species is an important driver of genetic diversity, bacterial adaptation and...
Supervisor: Dr Margaret Lam

Polysaccharide capsule is a critical virulence factor in many bacteria, including the priority drug-resistant pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. The...
Supervisor: Dr Francesca Short

The COVID19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of older individuals to suffer more severe disease outcomes from infectious respiratory...
Supervisor: Dr Anna Hearps

Exosomes are small vesicles (50-150 nm in size) secreted by most cell types and are involved in cell - cell communication and regulation of immune...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke

Society urgently needs new therapeutic strategies to tackle multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. Current serious bacterial pathogens...
Supervisor: Dr Julien Tailhades

The Lieschke group studies the haemopoietic system and leukocytes. The haemopoietic system is a collection of organs and tissues (bone marrow,...

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