CIIC Research Assistant Tejasri Yarlagadda recently had the opportunity to present at #MIMS2023 held in Noosa and was awarded the best poster prize for her work on understanding the interactions between probiotic bacteria and respiratory viruses in the epithelium of the upper respiratory tract. Tejasri’s research investigates the impact…
The CIIC Allergy Research Group and NACE (The National Allergy Centre of Excellence) currently have a three-year postgraduate scholarship opportunity available In this PhD candidature, the student will have opportunity to join the QUT node of NACE and engage collaboratively with leading national allergy and respiratory physicians and…
Dr Steve Daley, expert immunologist with QUT’s Centre for Immunology and Infection Control is the co-founding scientist at Resseptor Therapeutics, a new Australian biotech company which has launched with an initial AU$2.25 million investment to develop new therapies targeting autoimmune diseases and cancer. Resseptor aims to develop new…
A world-first QUT study led by Professor Ken Beagley from the Centre for Immunology and Infection Control to vaccinate a wild koala population in Elanora on the Gold Coast against deadly chlamydia has exceeded expectations. The Chlamydia bacteria continues to decimate koala populations Australia-wide, causing blindness, infertility, and…
Queenslanders’ with hayfever and asthma are set to benefit from the first high-precision, automated, pollen -monitoring instrument in the southern hemisphere, and its first use in a subtropical region. Professor Janet Davies, National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE) Respiratory and Discovery Hub Lead and QUT (Queensland University…
Professor Janet Davis talks to Brisbane Times’ Stuart Layt about “Bad air day” for hay fever and asthma sufferers” and how the wet weather follow by heat could lead to increase of pollen in an already record pollen season in SEQ. Continue to the article here……
Are you, or someone you know, passionate about a career in allergy research? The National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE) – Australia’s peak allergy research body – is offering PhD Scholarships to help train and mentor the next generation of allergy researchers. This is an exciting opportunity for your PhD topic to focus on allergy…
PhD Candidate Fazeleh Etebar has been selected as a finalist QUT photography competition “Research in Focus”. The images must be original visual representation of unique research methods, practices and findings of QUT research. Blossom of the eye This is a confocal fluorescence microscopy image of mouse retina. The colours…
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…