Research Areas: Immunology

Impact of JAK inhibitors on T-cell exhaustion and other immune regulatory mechanisms

Lab: Immunology

Supervisor(s): Professor Tom Kay

Dr Chris Chiu

Dr Ashley Ovens

Dr Emma van der Westhuizen

How androgens affect blood production

Lab: DNA Repair & Recombination

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Wayne Crismani

CRISPR Blitz: Illuminating Gene Mysteries through Saturation Genome Editing

Lab: DNA Repair & Recombination

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Wayne Crismani

Dr Aleksander Dobric

Mechanisms of Regulatory T cell action in Type 1 Diabetes

Lab: Immunology

Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Sutherland

Do CD4+ T cells that infiltrate human pancreatic islets in type 1 diabetes recognise enterovirus proteins?

Lab: Human Immunology

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Stuart Mannering

What hybrid insulin peptides (HIIPs) are recognised by human islet-infiltrating CD4+ T cells in type 1 diabetes?

Lab: Human Immunology

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Stuart Mannering

Measuring islet-antigen specific regulatory T-cell (Treg) function in human type 1 diabetes.

Lab: Human Immunology

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Stuart Mannering

Clinical research using data and samples from clinical trials

Lab: Immunology

Supervisor(s): Professor Tom Kay

Is autoimmune disease associated with alterations in thymic stromal cell populations?

Lab: RNA & T Cell Biology

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Mark Chong

Inducing T-cell exhaustion to prevent type 1 diabetes

Lab: Immunology

Supervisor(s): Dr Bala Krishnamurthy

Concurrent analysis of T-cell exhaustion in islet and tumour microenvironments in a novel tumour model in NOD mice

Lab: Immunology

Supervisor(s): Dr Gaurang Jhala

Using JAK inhibitors with locally delivered immunosuppression to target islet graft rejection

Lab: Immunology

Supervisor(s): Professor Helen Thomas

Dr Matthew Lacorcia

Dr Seigmund Lai

Dr Dillon Jevon

Dr Jingjing Zhao