Prof Gabrielle Belz
Chair of Immunology, Laboratory Head
Immunology
University of Queensland
g.belz@uq.edu.au
Research Activities
Transcriptional/molecular regulation of peripheral lymphocyte differentiation - particularly antigen-specific effector and memory T cell generation and maintenance.Induction of protective immunity in acute and persistent infections.
Differentiation, activation and maintenance of dendritic cells in pathogen infections.
Techniques/Expertise
In vivo models of infection - isolation, phenotyping and functional analysis of T cells and dendritic cells; molecular analysis (including bioinformatics, microarrays, various sequencing approaches) of immune cells, retroviral transduction, transgenic/knockin - conditional and reporter mice.Collaborations
Axel KalliesStephen Nutt
Philip Stevenson
Roy Robbins-Brown
Eugene Maraskovsky
Nick Wilson
Charles Hardy
Dr Marc Pellegrini
Prof Magdalena Plebanski
Disease Models
Influenza virus, Herpes simplex I virus, Murine γ-herpesvirusGenetically Modified Organisms
Genetically Modified Pathogens:
Animal models of pathogen infections including Influenza virus, Herpes simplex I virus, Murine γ-herpesvirus
Genetically Modified Animals:
Transgenic mice/knockin - conditional and reporter mice
Other Lab Members
Frederic MassonAdele Mount
Mary Camilleri
Jacob Jackson
Lucie Rankin
Janet Yeo
