Microbiology and Immunology

Jenny Elliman

Jenny Elliman

Daniel Browne

Daniel Browne

Hillary Vanderven

Hillary Vanderven

Jessica Watt

Jessica Watt

Ellen Ariel

Ellen Ariel

Subir Sarker

Subir Sarker

Catherine Rush

Catherine Rush

Yaoqin Hong

Yaoqin Hong

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...

Burkholderia pseudomallei triggers altered inflammatory profiles in a whole-blood model of type 2 diabetes-melioidosis comorbidity

Use of biomarkers to identify therapy targets and diagnostic markers for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Influence of temperature and exposure time on the infectivity of Bohle iridovirus, a ranavirus

Bacteriophage adenine methyltransferase: a life cycle regulator? Modelled using Vibrio harveyi myovirus like

Circulating bone marrow derieved osteo-progenitors in vasculature contributes towards vascular calcification

Everolimus limits aortic aneurysm in the apolipoprotein E-deficient mouse by downregulating C-C chemokine receptor 2 positive monocytes

Endogenous Brevidensovirus-like elements in Cherax quadricarinatus: friend or foe?

Melioidosis in animals

Growth, osmoregulatory responses and changes to the lipid and fatty acid composition of organs from the mud crab, Scylla errata, over a road salinity range

Teaching driving research: a case study using a novel microsporidium found in western king prawns off the Townsville coast

  • 2013
  • Researchers:Jenny Elliman
Title: Plant pathogen threatens rare parrot, Phys.org
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Title: Plant pathogen threatens rare parrot, Mirage News
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 20 Sep 2023
Title: Australian Parrot Potentially Faces Extinction Threats From Previously Unidentified Viruses, Forbes
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 17 Jan 2024
Title: British Society for Immunology
Reseracher: Catherine Rush (Associate Professor)
Title: Critically Endangered Australian parrot faces multi-virus threat, Rare Bird Alert
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 16 Jan 2024
Title: Bachelor of Science with Honours, thesis title; Synthetic and metal ion transport studies involving lipophilic N2O2-donor macrocyclic ionophores
Reseracher: Jenny Elliman (Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1991
Title: Disease threat emerges for critically endangered parrot, The Canberra Times
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 12 Jan 2024
Title: Queensland science in the news, Queensland Government
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 16 Jan 2024
Title: Post-doctoral scientist, University of Siena
Reseracher: Catherine Rush (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1994
End Date: 01 Jan 1996
Title: Wildlife Health Australia
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022