Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine

Brian Cooke

Brian Cooke

Amanda Murphy

Amanda Murphy

Tessa Knox

Tessa Knox

Justin Sexton

Justin Sexton

Adeshina Adekunle

Adeshina Adekunle

Brogan Amos

Brogan Amos

Rachael Ryan

Rachael Ryan

Emma McBryde

Emma McBryde

Juergen Reichardt

Juergen Reichardt

Tanya Russell

Tanya Russell

Macrobiome Therapeutics Research Contract
Suchandan Sikder
23 Oct 2025 - 31 Jan 2027
This project involved Macrobiome contracting JCU to undertake R&D activities relating to the clinical development of two hookworm-derived proteins (MBT001 and MBT002) that are candidate drugs for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this project is to acquire further data on the drug mechanism(s) of action (MOA) and efficacy is various pre-clinical models of colitis, as well as bioinformatically linking the MOA with the appropriate human disease population to target in future clinical trials.
Centre of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis Control on both sides of our border. (Old ID 26555)
Emma McBryde
01 Jan 2019 - 31 Oct 2024
This is a capacity building project on tuberculosis research including clinical trials, genomics, immunology and modelling for policy decision support. It involves researchers at USyd, U Melb, Monash and JCU. My role is in mathematical modelling of tuberculosis and this work will provide a network of tuberculosis researchers with which to collaborate.

Heterogeneous infectiousness in mathematical models of tuberculosis: a systematic review

Investigating the identification of atypical sugarcane using NIR analysis of online mill data

Rapid progress toward elimination of Strongyloidiasis in North Queensland, tropical Australia, 2000-2018

Validating Indigenous status in a regional Queensland hospital emergency department dataset with patient‐linked data

Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Hookworms evade host immunity by secreting a deoxyribonuclease to degrade neutrophil extracellular traps

A systematic approach to simultaneously evaluate safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of novel tuberculosis vaccination strategies

Immune signature against Plasmodium falciparum antigens predicts clinical immunity in distinct Malaria endemic communities

Lipopeptide-based oral vaccine against hookworm infection

A novel population of memory-activated natural killer cells associated with low parasitaemia in Plasmodium falciparum-exposed sickle-cell trait children

Title: PhD in Infectious diseases and Immunology , James Cook University
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: M.Sc in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, University of Colombo
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: B.Sc (Hons) in Biomedical Science , University of Greenwich
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: TEDx Presentation - Eradicating Tuberculosis
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
End Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: Pecha Kucha presentation - Eradicating Tuberculosis
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Science Meets Parliament
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: B.Sc Biotechnology, Bharathiar University
Reseracher: Vignesh Ambothi Rathinasamy (Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2003
End Date: 01 Jan 2006
Title: M.Sc Biotechnology, Bharathiar University
Reseracher: Vignesh Ambothi Rathinasamy (Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2006
End Date: 01 Jan 2008
Title: Ph.D in Agriculture, La Trobe University
Reseracher: Vignesh Ambothi Rathinasamy (Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2012
End Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: Queensland Flying Scientists Program
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
End Date: 01 Jan 2020