Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine

TB vaccination-challenge study. (Old ID 27368)
Andreas Kupz
19 Aug 2021 - 31 Mar 2022
This project will test the efficacy of new tuberculosis vaccine formulations developed by Lipotek Pt...
Does leaving an untreated box jellyfish tentacle on a victim increase the amount of venom delivered? (Old ID 27569)
Jamie Seymour
11 Apr 2022 - 11 Apr 2023
We wish to determine if the number of stinging organelles discharging from tentacles of the box jell...
Evaluation of BCGΔBCG1419c:ESAT6-PE25SS in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models of TB (Old ID 27605)
Ana Maria Valencia Hernandez
01 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern that causes more than 1.5 million deaths each yea...
Pathogen Genomics North Queensland (Old ID 26564)
Emma McBryde
03 Jul 2019 - 03 Dec 2020
This project will develop pathogen genomics to improve time to best treatment of serious infectious ...
Development of disulfide-rich peptides for drug design (Old ID 19353)
Norelle Daly
01 Mar 2012 - 31 Dec 2016
Peptides are an outstanding source of potential drug candidates for therapeutic applications because...
Pre-clinical development of a liver fluke growth factor for treating non-healing wounds (Old ID 23529)
Alex Loukas
01 Aug 2017 - 30 Jun 2020
This research proposal aims to develop more effective treatments for wound healing, improving treatm...
Enhancing Australian biodiscovery molecule generation, storage and access. (Old ID 28931)
Alex Loukas
24 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
The project aims to establish the Australian Biodiscovery Network with the following integrated infr...
Statistical Data Mining Algorithms for Optimising Analysis of Spectroscopic Data from On-line NIR Mill Systems: Improving System Calibrations for Quality Measures (Old ID 22492)
Justin Sexton
01 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2019
NIR spectroscopy is a rapid, non-invasive method for determining cane quality attributes (e.g. CCS, ...
Tools to diagnose carcinogenic liver fluke infection (Old ID 26496)
Alex Loukas
01 Mar 2020 - 28 Feb 2023
This program aims to develop molecular tests to diagnose carcinogenic infections with parasitic live...
Carcinogenic liver fluke infection: Gene editing- and vaccination-mediated approaches to interrupt host-parasite communication (Old ID 24789)
Alex Loukas
01 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2023
Long term infection with liver fluke - a food-borne parasitic worm - leads to cholangiocarcinoma (CC...

Entomological investigations in a focus of dengue transmission in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, by using the sticky ovitraps

Spontaneous fermentation of traditional sago starch in Papua New Guinea

Role for MyD88, TLR2 and TLR9 but not TLR1, TLR4 or TLR6 in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Immature murine NKT cells pass through a stage of developmentally programmed innate IL-4 secretion

Impact of metal ion homeostasis of genetically modified Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 and K12 (W3110) strains on colonization properties in the murine intestinal tract

Colonization resistance against genetically modified Escherichia coli K12 (W3110) strains is abrogated following broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment and acute ileitis

Contribution of Thy1+ NK cells to protective IFN-γ production during Salmonella Typhimurium infections

Salmonella typhimurium's transthyretin-like protein is a host-specific factor important in fecal survival in chickens

Different bacterial pathogens, different strategies, yet the aim is the same: evasion of intestinal dendritic cell recognition

NLRC4 inflammasomes in dendritic cells regulate noncognate effector function by memory CD8⁺ T cells

Title: Centre for Tropical Biosecurity Executive Committee
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Member of the organizing committee for the Queensland Immunology Networking Symposium
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2025
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: PhD in Tropical Public Health, University of Queensland; Viet Nam National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology; Australia Centre for International Health and Nutrition
Reseracher: Tessa Knox (Principal Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
End Date: 01 Jan 2007
Title: Masters of Health Communications, University of Sydney
Reseracher: Tessa Knox (Principal Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
Title: James Cook University, Rising Stars ECR Leadership Award
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: Australasian Society of Immunology International Postgraduate Travel Award to attend Keystone Symposium on tuberculosis
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: Dean's Award for Excellence in PhD Research; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences; The University of Melbourne
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2012
Title: PhD Travel Award from the Australasian Society for Immunology
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Pfizer PhD Oration Award
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2011