QUT scientists biologists Dr Laura Navone, Professor Robert Speight and CIIC Director & virologist Prof Kirsten Spann has developed a technology that is proven to bind and capture the SARS-CoV-2 virus onto cotton textiles and prevent cell infection. The novel technology has been patented and the finding published in Communications…
In Australia, grass pollen is the main outdoor trigger for hay fever and allergic asthma. Professor Janet Davies who leads QUT CIIC Allergy Research Group and the national AusPollen Partnership, which is an NHMRC funded four year study. AusPollen partners (2016–2020) generated the first standardized pollen records at four sites across…
QUT CIIC researcher Associate Professor Tony Kenna and team will undertake research with US Quoin Pharmaceuticals to investigate a potential treatment for scleroderma, a rare, autoimmune disease. Keep reading……
Congratulations to Sarah Cahill a PhD student at QUT CIIC. Sarah a self-proclaimed bacterial polysaccharide enthusiast from Dr Joanna Kenyon’s lab. Sarah has won a poster prize at the international Acinetovibes conference held virtually on Gathertown…
A big congratulations to Jerry (Chenglong) Wang a PhD student from the Developmental Immunology Research Group. Who was awarded the runner-up poster prize at Queensland Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Postgraduate Symposium. You have worked hard for this so very well done…
Dr Emily Bryan on male reproductive health, in the name of science and breaking down barriers. Check out the video of Dr Bryan talking about men’s health.  …
Koalas in SEQ suffer badly from chlamydia infections, which cause blindness and infertility and are a major contributor to population decline and local extinctions. Koalas have been listed as an endangered species in 2022. The Reproductive Infection and Immunity Research Group at Centre for Immunology and Infection Control at QUT lead…
Koalas in SEQ suffer badly from Chlamydia infections, which cause blindness and infertility and are a major contributor to population decline and local extinctions. Koalas have been listed as an endangered species in 2022. The Reproductive Infection and Immunity Research Group at the Centre for Immunology and Infection Control at QUT …
Congratulations to CIIC Group Leader Dr Elise Pelzer on her promotion to QUT Senior Lecturer. As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and Associate Fellow (Indigenous), Dr Pelzer has a keen interest in improving the contextual relevance of the microbiology and infection control content that she teaches. Dr Pelzer recently…
Great to see CIIC @QUTImmunology Dr Samantha Dando, group leader of the Neuroimmunology and Infection team, awarded a QUT Faculty of Health EMCR Enabler Grant 2021. Many here at the QUT Centre for Immunology and Infection Control are excited about Sam’s research studying brain macrophages and their immune responses of human to…
Good on you Centre for Immunology and Infection Control Postdoc Dr Candice Lee who has recently been awarded both an Arthritis Australia Project Grant for her project “Understanding immunobiology of IL-23/Il-17 pathway for treatment of inflammatory diseases” and a QUT Faculty of Health Enabler Grant 2021…
The Reproductive Infection and Immunity Team, led by Professor Ken Beagley and Dr Alison Carey, along with their collaborator, Asssociate Professor Karla Hutt of Monash University, has just been awarded an NHMRC Ideas grant to research the ability of Chlamydia to infect and damage the ovary, which has never been investigated. The…