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- A new regulator of stemness to create dendritic cell factories for immunotherapy
- Advanced methods for genomic rearrangement detection
- Autoimmunity to neutrophils in COVID-19 severity and co-morbidities
- Control of cytokine signaling by SOCS1
- Defining the protein modifications associated with respiratory disease
- Delineating the pathways driving cancer development and therapy resistance
- Developing a new drug that targets plasmacytoid dendritic cells for the treatment of lupus
- Development and mechanism of action of novel antimalarials
- Development of a novel particle-based malaria vaccine
- Dissecting host cell invasion by the diarrhoeal pathogen Cryptosporidium
- Epigenetic biomarkers of tuberculosis infection
- Essential role of glycobiology in malaria parasites
- Evolution of haematopoiesis in vertebrates
- Human lung protective immunity to tuberculosis
- Identifying novel treatment options for ovarian carcinosarcoma
- Interaction with Toxoplasma parasites and the brain
- Interactions between tumour cells and their microenvironment in non-small cell lung cancer
- Investigating the role of mutant p53 in cancer
- Microbiome strain-level analysis using long read sequencing
- Minimising rheumatic adverse events of checkpoint inhibitor cancer therapy
- Modelling spatial and demographic heterogeneity of malaria transmission risk
- Naturally acquired immune response to malaria parasites
- Predicting the effect of non-coding structural variants in cancer
- Structural basis of catenin-independent Wnt signalling
- Structure and biology of proteins essential for Toxoplasma parasite invasion
- T lymphocytes: how memories are made
- TICKER: A cell history recorder for longitudinal patient monitoring
- Targeting host pathways to develop new broad-spectrum antiviral drugs
- Targeting post-translational modifications to disrupting the function of secreted proteins
- Targeting the epigenome to rewire pro-allergic T cells
- Targeting the immune microenvironment to treat KRAS-mutant adenocarcinoma
- The molecular controls on dendritic cell development
- Understanding malaria infection dynamics
- Understanding the genetics of neutrophil maturation
- Understanding the neuroimmune regulation of innate immunity
- Understanding the proteins that regulate programmed cell death at the molecular level
- Using cutting-edge single cell tools to understand the origins of cancer
- When healthy cells turn bad: how immune responses can transition to lymphoma
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News
Iron study combats anaemia with cutting-edge computer simulation
A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world’s low-and-middle income countries would benefit from using iron-containing micronutrient powders to tackle childhood anaemia.
4 August 2020
The enemy within: safeguarding against the spread of intracellular bacteria
Melbourne researchers have revealed the multiple, intertwined cell death systems that prevent the spread of the ‘intracellular’ bacterium Salmonella.
31 July 2020
New c-FIND test accurately diagnoses infection in minutes
Institute researchers have developed a fast, new test for infections and infectious diseases that could transform Australia’s ability to provide targeted clinical care and respond to pandemics and biosecurity threats.
1 July 2020
New light shone on inflammatory cell death regulator
Our researchers have made significant advances in understanding the inflammatory cell death regulatory protein MLKL and its role in disease.
19 June 2020
Events
Wed, 12/08/2020 - 1:00pm to
Wed, 12/08/2020 - 2:00pm
Mon, 24/08/2020 - 2:00pm to
Mon, 24/08/2020 - 3:00pm
Fireside with Prof Mimi Tang: Celebrating Impactful Researchers. Uplifting the ecosystem.
Wed, 26/08/2020 - 1:00pm to
Wed, 26/08/2020 - 2:00pm
Die by any means – flexible usage of cell death pathways ensures host protection against intracellular infection
Join via TEAMS
Including Q&A session
Wed, 02/09/2020 - 1:00pm to
Wed, 02/09/2020 - 2:00pm
Targeting the tumour microenvironment to increase anti-tumour immunity in lung cancer
Online seminar: access Slido and enter code #WEHIWEDNESDAY
Including Q&A session
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