Microbiology and Immunology
Jenny Elliman
- Senior Lecturer
- jennifer.elliman@jcu.edu.au
Daniel Browne
- Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology
- daniel.browne@jcu.edu.au
Hillary Vanderven
- Senior Lecturer, Immunology/Infectious Disease
- hillary.vanderven@jcu.edu.au
Jessica Watt
- Lecturer, Biomedicine
- jessica.watt1@jcu.edu.au
Ellen Ariel
- Adjunct Professor
- ellen.ariel@jcu.edu.au
Subir Sarker
- Associate Professor, Microbiology
- subir.sarker@jcu.edu.au
Catherine Rush
- Associate Professor
- catherine.rush@jcu.edu.au
Yaoqin Hong
- Lecturer, Microbiology
- yaoqin.hong@jcu.edu.au
Sequence identification of a new virus impacting the crayfish industry for RNAi intervention. (Old ID 22431)
Jenny Elliman
01 Dec 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
The crayfish industry is set to bloom as hatchery technology has started to sustainably produce cray...
Development of a preventive strategy for rheumatic heart disease using an experimental model (Old ID 19355)
Catherine Rush
01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2016
Based on animal studies, we aim to demonstrate that the worsening of heart damage seen in patients w...
Investigating a potential viral aetiology for the development of multi-focal chondro-osseous proliferations in lovebirds
Subir Sarker
01 Aug 2024 - 01 Aug 2026
From the year June 2017 – 2024, 25 lovebirds (Agapornis roseicolli) presented for multi-focal, proli...
Understanding the virome and microbiome of the Australia's most endangered psittacine parrots
Subir Sarker
03 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
This project focuses on understanding the virome and microbiome of Australia’s most endangered psitt...
Melioidosis on the move: Informing the public health response.
Catherine Rush
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2029
Melioidosis is an often fatal infectious disease acquired from the environment and cases are rising ...
SARS_CoV2 Immune Landscape in the Tropics
Daniel Browne
27 Jan 2025 - 26 Jan 2026
COVID-19 continues to pose a significant health risk in tropical regions of Australia, where high-ri...
Leveraging native soil microbiota to target melioidosis pathogens in Northern Queensland
Catherine Rush
01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Melioidosis is a serious disease caused by the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bps). It is...
Leveraging native soil microbiota to target melioidosis pathogens in Northern Queensland
Yaoqin Hong
01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Melioidosis is a serious disease caused by the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bps). It is...
Tackling Antibiotic Resistance with Structure Destabilizing Compounds
Yaoqin Hong
01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to global health, with the World Health Organizatio...
Isolation and examination of a bacteriophage of a pathogenic strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei
- 2010
- Researchers:Jenny Elliman
Development of a short course on molecular techniques with application for the aquaculture industry
- 2011
- Researchers:Jenny Elliman
Induction and characterization of lysogenic bacteriophages from Streptococcus iniae
- 2013
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Researchers:Jenny Elliman
Urocortin 2 is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm and mediates anti-proliferative effects on vascular smooth muscle cells via corticotrophin releasing factor receptor 2
- 2014
- Portland Press
- Researchers:Iyke EmetoJoseph MoxonCatherine RushJonathan Golledge
Proteomic and genomic analyses suggest the association of Apolipoprotein C1 with abdominal aortic aneurysm
- 2014
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Researchers:Joseph MoxonIyke EmetoCatherine RushJonathan Golledge
Short-chain fatty acids increase expression and secretion of stromal cell-derived factor-1 in mouse and human re-adipocytes
- 2014
- Hellenic Endocrine Society
- Researchers:Venkat VangavetiCatherine Rush
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01 Jan 2024
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01 Jan 2009
Title:
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Postgraduate Award, University of Melbourne
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01 Jan 2014
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01 Jan 2023
