Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of innate immunity and inflammation with a focus on inflammasome biology and inflammasome signalling in human disease.
Current Research Opportunities
- Investigating the function of CARD-only proteins and PYD-only proteins in human inflammasome regulation
- Investigating the function of CARD-only proteins and PYD-only proteins in human inflammasome regulation
Public outreach & key achievements
- Research Australia Griffith University Discovery Award winner (2016), awarded in recognition of important and impactful research discovery. International Endotoxin
- Innate Immunity Society (IEIIS) Young Investigator Award (2012), presented in recognition of outstanding research achievements.
Research students
| PhD Title | Characterising ferritin as a damage-associated molecular pattern in inflammasome-mediated inflammation in the acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Examining the Thermal Biology of Innate Immunity |
| Country | England |
| PhD Title | The context-dependent interactome of endogenous human NLRP3 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Investigating inflammasome regulation in human myeloid cells |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | MRC funded postdoctoral researcher in the Coll Lab at WWIEM |
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