Infection and immunity
Our infection and immunity research encompasses the study of microbial pathogens and the response to infection by their hosts.
Specific areas of interest include molecular virology, bacterial pathogenesis, fungal pathogenesis, parasitology and innate immunity.
Theme members represent a core group within the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, a multidisciplinary network encompassing more than 80 research groups at UQ and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
Theme leader: Professor Alex Khromykh
Deputy theme leaders: Dr Michael Brower and Dr Danuska Wijesundara
Research disciplines
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Biotechnology
Inorganic chemistry
Microbiology
Organic chemistry
Physical and computational chemistry
Research themes
Biomolecular chemistry
Infection and immunity
Medicinal chemistry
Molecular genetics and genomics
Nanotechnology and materials chemistry
Science education
Structural biology and biochemistry
Theme members
Professor Paul Bernhardt Inorganic Chemistry - Coordination chemistry
Professor Paul Burn Organic opto-electronics
Professor Jack Clegg Metallo-supramolecular chemistry
Professor James De Voss Biological and synthetic chemistry
Professor Elizabeth Gillam Biocatalysis and Molecular Toxicology
Professor Bostjan Kobe Structural biology of infection and immunity
Professor Gary Schenk Physical Chemistry - Structure, function, mechanism and pharmaceutical potential of metalloenzymes
Professor Craig Williams Organic Chemistry - Synthesis and isolation of complex natural products, method development, medicinal and physical organic chemistry