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The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9035 3555

Address: 792 Elizabeth Street 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Join us now to watch the first instalment of Conversations on COVID-19: The Global View, a new University of Melbourne series of discussions with experts from around the globe, exploring how the pandemic is reshaping our world. Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the US-based National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will be joining University of Melbourne Professor Shitij Kapur, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Professor Sharon Lewin AO, Director of The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, for an engaging look at the role of the fearless expert in a time of pandemic. Catch the discussion on the University of Melbourne's YouTube now unimelb.me/3mhtNCI

25.01.2022 Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to have been cured of HIV, left a lasting legacy when he passed away from leukemia in September. This World AIDS Day, Dr Jori Symons reflects on Timothy’s generous contribution to science and tireless advocacy that has influenced the course of HIV history. https://www.doherty.edu.au/news-even/news/timothy-ray-brown... The University of Melbourne The Royal Melbourne Hospital

24.01.2022 A new project led by Doherty Institute Director, Professor Sharon Lewin and Deputy Director of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Professor Deborah Williamson, that aims to develop and implement an ethical framework for HIV phylogenetic analysis in Australia has received an NHMRC Partnerships Grant worth just over $500,000. https://www.doherty.edu.au//new-project-looking-at-hiv-phy Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

24.01.2022 Research into developing a greater understanding of the immune response to COVID-19 has received a significant boost with a million dollar Medical Research Future Fund Grant. The two-year project, led by The University of Melbourne Professor Katherine Kedzierska, a laboratory head and world-leading influenza researcher aims to define protective and long-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and find out why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others. https://www.doher...ty.edu.au//million-dollar-mrff-boost-for- Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

23.01.2022 A history lesson from Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty on the people behind some of Australia's most renowned medical research institutes, and how he came to meet his research partner for his Nobel Prize winning work, Professor Rolf M Zinkernagel. https://www.doherty.edu.au//people-and-the-institutions-th #SettingItStraight... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

23.01.2022 This time last week, we were excited to announce, with our partners at the Burnet Institute and The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, that a n...ew Australian hub for infectious diseases and global health will be established in our world-leading Melbourne Biomedical Precinct thanks to an investment by the Victorian Government! Learn more go.unimelb.edu.au/49ni See more

22.01.2022 Sorry Melbourne. The chance of reaching an average of 5 COVID-19 cases by mid-October is under 50%. New from Professor Jodie McVernon, Director of Doherty Epidemiology and Professor James McCaw, The University of Melbourne for The Conversation. doherty.edu.au//sorry-melbourne-the-chance-of-reaching-an-... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital #COVID19

22.01.2022 A huge thank you to the Year 4 students at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School who recently sent letters and beautiful illustrations to the Doherty Institute team. Your messages of support and hope mean so much to us. Thank you! Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

21.01.2022 Meet Professor Sammy Bedoui: unravelling the complexities of the immune system. Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

21.01.2022 In the latest issue of Setting it Straight, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty takes us back to a time that predates recombinant DNA technology, gene sequencing, the polymerase chain reaction, gene-knockouts and gene-insertions, and monoclonal antibodies, to delve into the history of H-2 genetics. https://www.doherty.edu.au//of-mice-men-and-women-in-the-d Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

21.01.2022 This year it’s fitting that the 111th Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three virologists for their discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) Canada’s Michael Houghton and the USA’s Harvey Alter and Charles Rice. In the latest issue of Setting it Straight, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty explains the impact of and history behind hepatitis C virus. https://www.doherty.edu.au//setting-it-st/a-virology-nobel... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital #SettingItStraight

18.01.2022 Researchers have charted the activity of tens of thousands of genes in mouse immune cells over the course of an infection to create the first full dynamic map of how cells learn to fight microbes, and then preserve a memory of this for future infections. Led by The University of Melbourne's Dr Ashraful Haque, a Laboratory Head at the Doherty Institute, and Dr. Sarah Teichmann, Head of Cellular Genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the findings could help scientists devel...op new vaccines and therapeutics for a range of diseases by guiding their research into a particular set of immune cells, known as CD4+ T cells, that are essential for generating immunity. The research was published in Nature Immunology today. https://www.doherty.edu.au//novel-map-reveals-how-immune-c Artwork by Dr. Philippa M. Saunders, Doherty Institute and University of Melbourne.

18.01.2022 The prevention and control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Australia has been significantly bolstered thanks to almost $17 million in funding awarded to researchers at the Doherty Institute by the Commonwealth Government. https://www.doherty.edu.au//doherty-institute-researchers- Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb ... @The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

17.01.2022 "Dr Harvey J Alter M.D. is a giant in the viral hepatitis field." As the 2020 #NobelPrize for Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Dr Harvey J Alter, together with Dr Michael Houghton and Dr Charlie Rice, for their co-discovery of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), Professor Revill Peter shares the significance of this work in the field. https://www.doherty.edu.au//distinguished-virologists-awar

17.01.2022 Doherty Institute Director, Professor Sharon Lewin, shares a wrap up of the recent panel discussion, Conversations on COVID-19: The Global View hosted by The University of Melbourne. Professor Lewin joined Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the panel for a discussion moderated by Professor Shitij Kapur, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb. https://www.doherty.edu.au//professor-sharon-lewin-convers

17.01.2022 Meet Associate Professor Noleen Bennett - infection prevent and control consultant. doherty.edu.au//meet-the-team-associate-professor-noleen-b Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb ... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

17.01.2022 This week Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty is Setting it Straight on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and how it's central to T cell-mediated immunity. Read the latest issue of Setting it Straight: https://www.doherty.edu.au//surveillance-of-self-the-major Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

16.01.2022 Australians are being encouraged to donate to the All for Billie campaign to raise funds and awareness for enterovirus research. The campaign is being launched in honour of Billie Bigham, who lost her life to enterovirus myocarditis when she was 11 days old three days after her diagnosis. November marks the anniversary of her passing. The campaign aims to raise $30,000 to fund enterovirus research through The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation for the National Enterovirus... Reference Laboratory at the Doherty Institute, to analyse the enteroviruses circulating in Australia using full genome sequencing. Learn more about Billie's story and the campaign below. https://www.doherty.edu.au//remembering-billie-donations-t The Royal Melbourne Hospital

16.01.2022 Take heart Melbourne, ten is the new five. "As Daniel Andrews signals significant steps will be taken to ease Victoria's COVID rules on Sunday, there is ever more pointed attention to the number five. Five is the target set for the rolling 14-day case average that will allow us to move to the next step of easing restrictions on our journey to social and economic recovery." theguardian.com//take-heart-melbourne-its-time-for-the-nex... New from Professor Jodie McVernon, Director of Doherty of Epidemiology, and Professor James McCaw, University of Melbourne. Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

16.01.2022 Researchers from the Doherty Institute have received more than $3.9 million in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project 2021 scheme. Eight significant projects have been supported through the funding, including research investigating protein glycosylation (the chemical addition of sugars to proteins) and another unravelling the complexities of cell death pathways. Congratulations to all involved.... https://www.doherty.edu.au//doherty-institute-researchers- The University of Melbourne The Royal Melbourne Hospital

15.01.2022 Meet Dr Sebastian Duchene: Shining a light on the genetic detective work required to map the evolution and outbreak of COVID-19. doherty.edu.au//meet-the-team-dr-sebastian-duchene-uses-co Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb ... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

15.01.2022 It is scary enough being treated for COVID-19 why would a patient also consider being part of a research trial? Dr Megan Rees, Chief Investigator and and Nanette Trask, Consumer Representative from the AustralaSian COVID-19 Clinical Trial (ASCOT) explain: https://www.doherty.edu.au//ascot-blog-it-is-scary-enough- The Royal Melbourne Hospital... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb #COVID19 #clinicaltrials See more

14.01.2022 We kept quiet yesterday as we had a Zoom surprise planned, but the cat is out of the bag. A very happy 80th birthday to our patron and namesake, Laureate Professor Peter Doherty. We gathered some wonderful birthday messages from all around the world, and had quite the cake delivered! doherty.edu.au//nobel-laureate-professor-peter-doherty-cel... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

14.01.2022 This week Professor Peter Doherty talks cakes, COVID-19 and killer T cells at work in the latest issue of Setting it Straight. Learn more about how the cellular assassins of immunity, variously known as the ‘killer’ T cells or the CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), do their job in a virus infection like COVID-19. https://www.doherty.edu.au//hitting-the-virus-production-f... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

13.01.2022 Fantastic article by Professor Sharon Lewin and Dr Mark Dybul, Co-director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, and Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University, discussing the need to put HIV cure on the policy agenda. #worldaidsday2020 The Royal Melbourne Hospital Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb

12.01.2022 A long-term study of household #COVID19 infections has received $1.5m in funding from the NHMRC Partnership Projects scheme. Coordinated by Apprise Centre of Research Excellence, the First Few X (FFX) project aims to provide fresh insights from Australia's COVID-19 outbreak. https://www.doherty.edu.au//nhmrc-supports-long-term-house

11.01.2022 Join us tomorrow for World #AIDS Day, exploring the impact of #COVID19 on people living with #HIV. With three incredible events held virtually, you can join us from anywhere in the world. Register here:... https://livingpositivevictoria.org.au//world-aids-day-20/ #WAD2020 Living Positive Victoria Burnet Institute

09.01.2022 On the nose: preventing influenza infection by targeting immune cells in nose and throat. New research from Dr Linda Wakim. When immunised with an intranasal vaccine, the vaccine ends up in the adenoids and tonsils. This is the site where the vaccine immune response is mounted but until now, nobody really knew what happens to the vaccine once it gets there, Dr Wakim said. Find out more:... doherty.edu.au//on-the-nose-preventing-influenza-infection Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

09.01.2022 Check out what's been happening underground at the Parkville Station site, located next to the Doherty Institute.

08.01.2022 What can previous pandemics teach us about COVID-19? Professor Ben Cowie and Professor Peter Revill share their insights from viral hepatitis, including the significance of community, collaboration and a cascade of care. The Royal Melbourne Hospital The University of Melbourne... https://www.doherty.edu.au//what-viral-hepatitis-can-teach

08.01.2022 Meet Chantel Lin, Program Manager for antimicrobial resistance at the Doherty Institute. Chantel supports vital projects that focus on capacity building and training across the Asia-Pacific region for antimicrobial resistance, including for laboratory diagnostics and surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control and animal health. Learn more in our latest Q&A: https://www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/news/chantel-lin... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

07.01.2022 Sharon Lewin AO and RMIT University win the prestigious 2020 Melbourne Achiever Award Sharon Lewin AO, FRACP PhD FAHMS The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection... and Immunity MIT University win 2020 Melbourne Achiever Award. The Committee for Melbourne’s prestigious 2020 Melbourne Achiever Awards were announced today, honouring Professor Sharon Lewin AO and RMIT University for their outstanding contributions to Melbourne. The recipients accepted the Award at the Committee’s Governor’s virtual Round Table E-Room event today, after Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Office of the Governor - Victoria and Committee for Melbourne Patron addressed the Committee’s members with an inspiring oration about Melbourne’s Road to Recovery. Chairman Mr Scott Tanner presented the awards in a virtual ceremony. Thank you, Bianca Hall, The Age https://www.theage.com.au//doherty-chief-awarded-top-gong-

07.01.2022 Why do some COVID-19 tests come back with a ‘weak positive’, and why does it matter? When we get a test result for a disease like COVID-19, we naturally expect ...it to be either positive or negative. But the results of these tests are not so black and white. The Doherty Institute's Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan and Jennifer MacLachlan explain. https://www.doherty.edu.au//why-do-some-covid-19-tests-com Published by The Conversation today. Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital #COVID19 #COVIDtesting

06.01.2022 Today is World Polio Day and we are reflecting on our efforts in responding to a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea. doherty.edu.au//identifying-a-polio-outbreak-in-papua-new- The Royal Melbourne Hospital ... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb See more

06.01.2022 We are exploring the lessons learned from other infectious disease pandemics to see how it can help with the COVID-19 response. Today, we ask what can tuberculosis teach us about how to respond to COVID-19. Written by Associate Professor Justin Denholm, Director of the Victorian Tuberculosis Program.... doherty.edu.au//what-can-tb-teach-us-about-how-to-respond- The Royal Melbourne Hospital Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb

04.01.2022 Congratulations to University of Melbourne's Professor Roy Robins-Browne and Professor Tim Stinear, who have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to Australia's health and medical research landscape as fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. https://www.doherty.edu.au//doherty-institute-researchers- The University of Melbourne... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more

04.01.2022 Eleven First Nations-led projects have been awarded to support effective responses to COVID-19 for First Nations communities. Employing a First Nations-led process, the projects were awarded funding through the Apprise Centre of Research Excellence based on a generous donation from the Paul Ramsay Foundation.... Learn more about this approach and research in the article below. https://www.doherty.edu.au//first-nations-led-research-pro #COVID19 #covid19australia #FirstNations

03.01.2022 Here is the next article in our series looking at what previous pandemics can teach us about COVID-19. From the world's leading HIV researchers and clinicians, including Professor Sharon Lewin: Leveraging the advances for HIV for COVID-19, originally published in The Lancet. doherty.edu.au//leveraging-the-advances-for-hiv-for-covid-... Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb The Royal Melbourne Hospital

03.01.2022 In the latest issue of Setting it Straight, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty compares our immune system and nervous system responses, and how they work to detect and protect us against invaders like SARS-CoV-2. https://www.doherty.edu.au//setting/sensing-and-responding Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb... The Royal Melbourne Hospital #COVID19 #SettingItStraight See more

02.01.2022 Nobel laureate Professor Peter Doherty explains T cell recognition and the understanding of T cell receptors over time as technology has progressed, in the latest issue of Setting it Straight. https://www.doherty.edu.au//setting-it-/t-cell-recognition Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb... The Royal Melbourne Hospital See more