Research Groups
There are 18 research groups in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The areas of research are broad and cover bacteriology, virology, immunology and biotechnology. The main research interests of each group are listed below and further details can be accessed from the links.
| Research Group | Research Interests | Find an Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Billman-Jacobe | Mycobacteria | Find an Expert - Billman-Jacobe |
| Brooks | Innate immunity; anti-viral immunity | Find an Expert - Brooks |
| Brown | Immunology; virology; vaccinology | Find an Expert - Brown |
| Carbone | Immune response to herpes simplex virus | Find an Expert - Carbone |
| Coulson | Rotavirus pathogenesis and immunity | Find an Expert - Coulson |
| Doherty | CD8 T Cell receptors and responses | Find an Expert - Doherty |
| Doherty/Turner | CD8 T cell receptor structure and diversity CD8+ effector function/differentiation and memory |
Find an Expert - Turner |
| Doherty/Kedzierska/La Gruta | Virus specific CD8+ T cells and receptors |
Find an Expert - Kedzierska Find an Expert - La Gruta |
| Godfrey | NKT cell development and function | Find an Expert - Godfrey |
| Hartland | Molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions | Find an Expert - Hartland |
| Heath | CD8 T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, self tolerance and immunity | Find an Expert - Heath |
| Jackson | Synthetic vaccine design | Find an Expert - Jackson |
| Kent | HIV vaccines; immune responses to HIV-1; immunotherapy | Find an Expert - Kent |
| McCluskey | Autoimmunity; celiac disease; T-cell signalling; Ag presentation; hepatitis C virus | Find an Expert - McCluskey |
| Purcell | Viral RNA elements, regulation of HIV replication, HIV antibody vaccine | Find an Expert - Purcell |
| Robins-Browne | Pathogenesis of bacterial infections | Find an Expert - Robins-Browne |
| Stinear | Bacterial pathogenomics | Find an Expert - Stinear |
| Strugnell | Bacterial pathogenesis and host responses | Find an Expert - Strugnell |