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 Andrii Slonchak and Dr Rhys Parry
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 Stephen Barker - Evolutionary genetics and genomics of parasitic arthropods
Dr Seweryn Bialasiewicz - Microbial ecology of the human body
Professor James Fraser - Sex virulence and evolution in pathogenic fungi
Professor Bostjan Kobe - Structural biology of proteins involved in infection and immunity
Professor Avril Robertson - Drug design and development, medicinal chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry
Professor Ben Schulz - Viral glycobiology
Associate Professor Mariusz Skwarczynski - Development of vaccines and immunostimulators