Members

Jeremy Barr
Monash University, School of Biological Sciences
Interests: Phage-Eukaryotes, Cell Biology, Acinetobacter baumannii phage therapy
jeremy.barr@monash.edu

Scott Beatson
The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences
Interests: Molecular pathogenomics, genomics to investigate multidrug resistant bacteria
s.beatson@uq.edu

Mihnea Bostina
University of Otago, Health Sciences
Interests: Structural biology, viral pathogenesis, molecular virology
mihnea.bostina@otago.ac.nz

Kim Chan
The University of Sydney, School of Pharmacy
Interests: Respiratory drug delivery, aerosol formulation, inhaled phage therapy, respiratory infections
kim.chan@sydney.edu.au

Mark Chan
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Microbiology
Interests: Phage discovery, Phage diagnostics and therapeutics, medical microbiology, quality manufacturing, difficult-to-treat infections
mark.chan3@mh.org.au

Barbara Chang
The University of Western Australia, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Interests: Phage therapy, quorum sensing, Aeromonas hydrophila, Clostridium difficile, Moraxella catarrhalis
barabara.chang@uwa.edu.au

Aleksandra Petrovic Fabijan
The Westmead Institute, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Interests: Phage therapy, sepsis, Staphylococcus aureus, clinical studies
aleksandra.petrovicfabijan@sydney.edu.au

Peter Fineran
University of Otago, Microbiology & Immunology
Interests: Phage resistance mechanisms, CRISPR-Cas, toxin-antitoxin
peter.fineran@otago.ac.nz

Lucy Furfaro
The University of Western Australia, School of Women's and Infant's Health
Interests: Microbiology, phage therapy, Group B Streptococcus
lucy.furfaro@uwa.edu.au

James Harnett
Fonterra, Inc.
Interests: Dairy, cheese, food spoilage

Heather Hendrickson
University of New Zealand, Massey University
Interests: Bacterial evolution, phage discovery, DNA replication termination
h.hendrickson@massey.ac.nz

Chris Huang
Phagelux, Inc.
Interests: Phages, lysins, delivery technologies for antibacterial solutions

Phil Hugneholtz
The University of Queensland, Australia Centre for Ecogenomics
Interests: Microbial ecology and evolution
p.hugenholtz@uq.edu

John Iredell
The University of Sydney, School of Medicine
Interests: Infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, phage therapy
jonathan.iredell@sydney.edu.au

Paul Jaschke
Macquarie University, Department of Molecular Sciences
Interests: Synthetic virus genomes, biosynthesis, engineered genetic systems
paul.jaschke@mq.edu.au

Charlene Kahler
The University of Western Australia, Infection and Immunity
Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis, septic shock,  epidemiology
charlene.kahler@uwa.edu.au

Ipek Kurtboke
University of the Sunshine Coast
Interests: Antibiotic production, phage genome annotation and taxonomy, phage agriculture
ikurtbok@usc.edu.au

Jian Li
Monash University, Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Interests: Antimicrobial resistance, pharmacology, Gram-negative multidrug-resistant pathogens
jian.li@monash.edu

Trevor Lithgow
Monash University, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Interests: Molecular and cellular biology, outer membrane proteins, antibiotic resistance, structural biology
trevor.lithgow@monash.edu

Mike McDonald
Monash University, School of Biological Sciences
Interests: Experimental evolution, horizontal gene transfer, phage ecology and evolution
mike.mcdonald@monash.edu

Sandra Morales
AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation
Interests: Phage therapy, industrial experience for phage preparation, applied molecular biotechnology

Diane Ouwerkerk
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Interests: Ruminant biology
diane.ouwerkerk@daf.qld.gov.au

Leigh Owens
James Cook University, College of Public Health, Medical and Vet Sciences
Interests: Bacteriophage biology of Vibrio harveyi, RNA interference
leigh.owens@jcu.edu.au

Matt Payne
The University of Western Australia, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Interests: Phage therapy, prevention of pre-term birth, Ureaplasma spp., Mycopasma hominis, animal models
matthew.payne@uwa.edu.au

Anton Peleg
The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Department of Infectious Diseases
Interests: Clinical to basic research, hospital-acquired infections, antimicrobial resistance, Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans.
anton.peleg@monash.edu

Steve Petrovski
La Trobe University, College of Science, Health and Engineering
Interests: Phage biology, Actinophages, lysogeny, plasmid biology, wastewater biology
steve.petrovski@latrobe.edu.au

Nico Petty
University of Technology Sydney, ithree institute
Interests: evolution and spread of clinical pathogens, phage therapy, comparative genomics
nicola.petty@uts.edu.au

Jasna Rakonjac
University of New Zealand, Massey University
Interests: Filamentous phage, phage display, bacterial secretion
j.rakonjac@massey.ac.nz

Keith Shearwin
University of Adelaide, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Interests: Synthetic biology, biochemistry, mathematical modelling, lambda phage biology
keith.shearwin@adelaide.edu.au

Keith Potent
Monash University, Translation Research
Interests: Clinical trials, phage engineering, cancer biology
keith.potent@monash.edu.au

Peter Speck
Flinders University, College of Science and Engineering
Interests: Phage therapy, rhinosinusitis of Staphylococcus aureus, virology
peter.speck@flinders.edu.au

Stephanie Trend
Telethon Kids Institute
Interests: Phage therapy, immunophage synergy, cystic fibrosis infections, human milk microbiome, infant microbiome and immune development
Stephanie.Trend@telethonkids.org.au

Joe Tucci
Clinical Pharmacist, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Sciences
Interests: Phage therapy, pharmacogenomics
j.tucci@latrobe.edu.au

Carola Venturini
The University of Sydney, School of Medicine
Interests: Mobile genetic elements, phage therapy, antibiotic resistance
carola.venturini@sydney.edu.au

Karen Weynberg
The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Interests: Synthetic biology, phage therapy, virology, bacterial biofilms
k.weynberg@uq.edu.au

Peter-John Wormald
The University of Adelaide, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Interests: Ear, nose and throat surgeon, translational health, phage therapy of chronic rhinosinusitis
peterj.wormald@adelaide.edu.au