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- TBK inhibitors to treat rheumatoid arthritis
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- Dr Matthew Call
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- Dr Michael Low
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- Professor Suzanne Cory
- Professor Terry Speed
- Professor Tony Burgess
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- Professor Warren Alexander
- Education
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- Student research projects
- 3D and 4D imaging of thymic T cell differentiation
- Activating https://www.wehi.edu.au/node/add/individual-student-research-page#Parkin to treat Parkinson’s disease
- Bioinformatics methods for detecting and making sense of somatic genomic rearrangements
- Characterising regulatory T cells in coeliac disease
- Computational melanoma genomics
- Deep profiling of blood cancers during targeted therapy
- Defining the role of necroptosis in platelet production and function
- Determining the migration signals leading to protective immune responses
- Developing mucolytics to treat chronic respiratory diseases
- Developing new tools to visualise necroptotic cell death
- Development of live-cell, automated microscopy techniques for studying malaria
- Development of tools to inform malaria vaccine design
- Discovering new genetic causes of primary antibody deficiencies
- Discovery of novel drug combinations for the treatment of bowel cancer
- Dissecting the induction and integration of T cell migration cues
- Drug targets and compounds that block growth of malaria parasites
- Effects of nutrition on immunity and infection in Asia and Africa
- Eosinophil and neutrophil heterogeneity
- Eosinophil maturation
- Epigenetic regulation of systemic iron homeostasis
- Functional differences between young and old platelets
- Generation of cytokine antagonists
- Genetic dissection of mechanisms of Plasmodium invasion
- Genomic characterisation of epigenetic regulators involved in X inactivation
- Home renovations: understanding how Toxoplasma redecorates its host cell
- How the epigenetic regulator SMCHD1 works and how to target it to treat disease
- Human monoclonal antibodies against malaria infection
- Identification of malaria parasite entry receptors
- Identification of new therapeutic opportunities for pancreatic cancer
- Identifying disease-causing haplotypes with hidden Markov models
- Interleukin-11 in gastrointestinal bacterial infections
- Investigating mechanisms of cell death and survival using zebrafish
- Investigating new paths to selective modulation of potassium channels
- Let me in! How Toxoplasma invades human cells
- Long-read sequencing for transcriptome and epigenome analysis
- Macro-evolution in cancer
- Mapping DNA repair networks in cancer
- Mapping how multiple malaria episodes are related
- Modelling gene regulatory systems
- Modulation of immune responses by immunosuppressive chemokines
- Molecular basis for inherited Parkinson’s disease mechanism of PINK1
- Mucus at the molecular level
- Novel cell death and inflammatory modulators in lupus
- Plasmodium vivax host-parasite interactions: impact on immunity
- Predicting drug response in cancer
- Programming T cells to defend against infections
- Reconstructing the immune response: from molecules to cells to systems
- Regulation of cytokine signalling
- Screening for regulators of jumping genes
- Target identification of potent antimalarial agents
- Targeting the immune system in cancer
- The role of interleukin-11 in acute myeloid leukaemia
- Transmembrane control of type I cytokine receptor activation
- Uncovering the roles of long non-coding RNAs in human bowel cancer
- Understanding retinal eye diseases with retinal transcriptomic data analysis
- Understanding the role of stromal cells in pancreatic cancer growth
- Unravelling the tumour suppressor network in models of lung cancer
- Utilising pre-clinical models to discover novel therapies for tuberculosis
- Zombieland: evolution of a dead enzyme that kills cells by necroptosis
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Executive
The Institute is managed by the Director and Deputy Directors. These positions are supported by Scientific and Professional Services management.
Professor Doug Hilton, Director
Professor Alan Cowman, Deputy Director, Scientific Strategy
Ms Samantha Ludolf, Deputy Director, Strategy and Operations
Professor David Vaux, Deputy Director, Science Integrity and Ethics
Scientific
Professor Gordon Smyth, Division Head, Bioinformatics
Professor Warren Alexander, Joint Division Head, Cancer and Haematology
Professor Nicos Nicola, Joint Division Head, Cancer and Haematology
Professor David Vaux, Division Head, Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Associate Professor Guillaume Lessene, Division Head, ACRF Chemical Biology
Professor Phil Hodgkin, Division Head, Immunology
Professor Alan Cowman, Division Head, Infection and Immunity
Professor Ian Wicks, Division Head, Inflammation
Professor Jerry Adams, Joint Division Head, Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Professor Andreas Strasser, Joint Division Head, Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Professor Stephen Nutt, Division Head, Molecular Immunology
Professor Doug Hilton, Division Head, Molecular Medicine
Professor Melanie Bahlo, Joint Division Head, Population Health and Immunity
Professor Ivo Mueller, Joint Division Head, Population Health and Immunity
Professor Geoff Lindeman, Joint Division Head, ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer
Professor Jane Visvader, Joint Division Head, ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer
Associate Professor Matt Call, Joint Division Head, Structural Biology
Associate Professor Peter Czabotar, Joint Division Head, Structural Biology
Associate Professor Oliver Sieber, Acting Division Head, Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine
Dr Andrew Webb, Acting Division Head, Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine
Professional Services
Mr Stan Balbata, Internal Auditor
Dr Keely Bumstead O'Brien, Head, Scientific Education
Mr Michael Carolan, Chief Information Officer
Mr Joel Chibert, Chief Financial Officer
Mr Steve Droste, Facilities Manager
Ms Wendy Hertan, Head, Library and Information Management
Ms Carolyn MacDonald, Head, Communications and Marketing
Ms Elizabeth McMahon, Head, People and Culture
Ms Julie Mercer, Grants Manager
Dr Helene Martin, Head, Laboratory Operations
Ms Catherine Parker, Planning Manager
Mr Rodd Perrin, Manager, Project Management Office
