Research Projects
Throughout life exposure to a vast array of pathogens shapes our immune system to establish a repertoire of specific memory T cells that can be...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Mifsud
For decades the immune system and the nervous system were thought to be completely cut off from one another. This was thought to be the explanation...
Supervisor: Leon Smyth
Bats carry and transmit numerous deadly viruses to humans and harbour many unique immunological adaptations allowing them to host viruses without...
Supervisor: Dr. Joshua A. Hayward
Almost 40%-50% of melanoma patients do not respond or can develop resistance to current checkpoint inhibition immunotherapy. While antigen-based...
Supervisor: Chen Li
Prostate cancer is a global health challenge. Many patients with prostate cancer have positive outcomes, but some patients develop aggressive tumours...
Supervisor: Dr Mitchell Lawrence
Dendritic cells (DCs) are sentinel immune cells endowed with the unique capacity to initiate antigen specific immunity and tolerance. Owning their...
Supervisor: MICHAEL CHOPIN, PHD
Caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) is a simple, safe, inexpensive bedside neuromodulation technique that has been shown to induce a wide range of...
Supervisor: Dr Steven Miller
A new frontier in biomedical research will involve watching individual proteins work in real time, in living organs. Traditionally, researchers have...
Supervisor: Professor Kieran Harvey