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Thursday March 20, 2025

Congratulations to Mee Ling Munier 2024 ASI Gordon Ada Travel Awardee   We warmly congratulate Mee Ling Munier winner of the 2024 ASI Gordon Ada Travel Award -- Supporting mid career ASI members who wish to travel for career related purposes I am a Senior Research Fellow and group leader of the Vaccine Immunogenomics group within the Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. The broad aim of my research is to understand and characterise the human immune response to vaccination and viral infection.  We utilise ...
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Tuesday March 18, 2025

Congratulations to Laura Cook 2022 ASI Gordon Ada Career Advancement Awardee   We warmly congratulate Laura Cook winner of the 2022 ASI Gordon Ada Career Advancement Award Supporting mid career ASI members who wish to travel for career related purposes I am an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator and Senior Research Officer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Doherty Institute. My group is pursuing studies of immune regulation, with a focus on regulatory T cells. We are particularly interested in mechanisms that enhance ...
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Tuesday March 04, 2025

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update     An update from Sumaira Hasnain ASI Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Coordinator and Chair, EDI Committee    It is with great pleasure that I write my first column in my capacity as the new Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Chair at the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology. Having served as the Deputy Chair for the past year, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the outgoing EDI Chair, Prof. Diana Hansen, and her predecessor, Dr Kylin ...
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Monday March 03, 2025

Congratulations to Charis Teh, 2024 ASI Margaret Baird Awardee   We warmly congratulate Charis Teh winner of the Margaret Baird Women in Immunology ASI Award    Cracking the code for cancer treatment is the ultimate goal. My team is getting closer to this by identifying the 'kill switch' that makes regulatory T (Treg) cells self-destruct and harnessing the knowledge for new Treg-based immunotherapies.  My journey in immunology and cell death biology has taken me through world-renowned laboratories: I completed my PhD under Professors Christopher Goodnow and Anselm Enders at ...
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