Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine

Vignesh Ambothi Rathinasamy

Research Fellow
vignesh.ambothirathinasamy@jcu.edu.au

Yide Wong

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
yide.wong@jcu.edu.au

Richard Keene

Adjunct Professor
richard.keene@jcu.edu.au

Roslyn Hickson

Conjoint Professor
roslyn.hickson@jcu.edu.au

Suchandan Sikder

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
suchandan.sikder1@jcu.edu.au

Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
harindra.sathkumara@jcu.edu.au

Jamie Seymour

Professor, Promotional Chair
jamie.seymour@jcu.edu.au

Tom Burkot

Adjunct Professor
tom.burkot@jcu.edu.au

Alex Loukas

Director, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
alex.loukas@jcu.edu.au

Roland Ruscher

Senior Research Fellow
roland.ruscher@jcu.edu.au

Hookworm peptide therapeutic for oral treatment of IBD (Old ID 26317)

Roland Ruscher

01 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2022

We intend to develop an orally delivered peptide that can modulate the immune system and be develope...

Novel therapeutics for diabetes sourced from Northern Australian biota. (Old ID 27321)

Roland Ruscher

01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2022

The aim of this project is to develop lead diabetes drug candidates from hookworm saliva and build a...

TB vaccination-challenge study. (Old ID 27368)

Socorro Miranda-Hernandez

19 Aug 2021 - 31 Mar 2022

This project will test the efficacy of new tuberculosis vaccine formulations developed by Lipotek Pt...

Evaluation of BCGΔBCG1419c:ESAT6-PE25SS in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models of TB (Old ID 27605)

Socorro Miranda-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...

Evaluation of BCGΔBCG1419c:ESAT6-PE25SS in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models of TB (Old ID 27605)

Andreas Kupz

01 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2023

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern that causes more than 1.5 million deaths each yea...

Antimicrobial properties of molecular isolates from tropical fauna and flora (Old ID 26468)

Andreas Kupz

01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020

Since the introduction of antibiotics, the burden of disease from infectious diseases has significan...

Plasmodium vivax transmission blocking studies in the South Pacific (Old ID 23455)

Tom Burkot

01 Dec 2018 - 30 Nov 2022

This project is aimed at better understanding transmission of P. vivax, the world's most widely spre...

JCU Mosquito Trap Development (Old ID 23664)

Tom Burkot

01 May 2018 - 30 Apr 2020

To design and validate traps that are low cost and sensitive enough for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albo...

Stronger surveillance and systems support for rapid identification and containment of resurgent or resistant vector borne pathogens in Papua New Guinea. (Old ID 26446)

Tom Burkot

01 Feb 2019 - 16 Jan 2023

This project is aimed at stronger surveillance and systems support for rapid identification and cont...

Stopping the Asian Tiger Mosquito from reaching mainland Australia with sugar baits (Old ID 26693)

Tom Burkot

01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020

Aedes albopictus, a documented vector of dengue, Zika and chikungunya, is one of the fastest spreadi...

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

2004
Entomological Society of America
Researchers:Tessa Knox

Spontaneous fermentation of traditional sago starch in Papua New Guinea

2009
Academic Press
Researchers:Andreas KupzJeffrey Warner

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

2011
American Association of Immunologists
Researchers:Socorro Miranda-Hernandez

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

2012
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Researchers:Socorro Miranda-Hernandez

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

2013
Akadémiai Kiadó
Researchers:Andreas Kupz

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

2013
Akademiai Kiado
Researchers:Andreas Kupz

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

2013
National Academy of Sciences
Researchers:Andreas Kupz

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

2012
Public Library of Science
Researchers:Andreas Kupz