Alika Collinge is currently undertaking a PhD in the Respiratory Virology Research Group under the primary supervision of Professor Kirsten Spann. Alika’s PhD project focus is the identification of biomarkers of respiratory virus transmission risk. Prior to joining the Respiratory Virology Group Alika completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Honours) (2020) with QUT in the Tranplant Immunology Group at QIMR-B focussing on investigating allogeneic transplant recipients increased susceptibility to infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Alika then worked as a research assistant within the lab on several projects as well as general lab management. Alika was awarded an Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend for her current research.
Publications:
Takahashi, S., Minnie, S. A., Ensbey, K. S., Schmidt, C. R., Sekiguchi, T., Legg, S. R. W., Zhang, P., Koyama, M.,
Olver, S. D., Collinge, A. D., Keshmiri, S., Comstock, M. L., Varelias, A., Green, D. J., & Hill, G. R. (2024).
Regulatory T cells suppress myeloma-specific immunity during autologous stem cell mobilization and
transplantation. Blood, 143(16), 1656–1669. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2023022000
Minnie, S. A., Waltner, O. G., Ensbey, K. S., Olver, S. D., Collinge, A. D., Sester, D. P., Schmidt, C. R., Legg, S.
R., Takahashi, S., Nemychenkov, N. S., Sekiguchi, T., Driessens, G., Zhang, P., Koyama, M., Spencer, A.,
Holmberg, L. A., Furlan, S. N., Varelias, A., & Hill, G. R. (2023). TIGIT inhibition and lenalidomide
synergistically promote antimyeloma immune responses after stem cell transplantation in mice. The
Journal of clinical investigation, 133(4), e157907. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI157907
Oyong, D. A., Loughland, J. R., Soon, M. S. F., Chan, J. A., Andrew, D., Wines, B. D., Hogarth, P. M., Olver, S.
D., Collinge, A. D., Varelias, A., Beeson, J. G., Kenangalem, E., Price, R. N., Anstey, N. M., Minigo, G., &
Boyle, M. J. (2022). Adults with Plasmodium falciparum malaria have higher magnitude and quality of
circulating T-follicular helper cells compared to children. EBioMedicine, 75, 103784.