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Led by Infection, Immunity and Cancer (IIC) researchers Professor Alyssa Barry and Professor Eugene Athan, CIIDIR will foster cross-disciplinary collaboration to conduct innovative, locally relevant and internationally important research. This work will enhance the prevention, control and treatment of some of our most challenging infectious diseases like staphylococcal infections, COVID-19 and Buruli ulcer and immune-mediated diseases such as food allergies, asthma and childhood-onset diabetes).

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Research Pillars

Molecular Microbiology

Fundamental research on host-pathogen and medical device interactions to uncover biological pathways that are critical for infection and inflammation.

Immunity and Inflammation

Basic and translational research on immunity and inflammation, and microbial diversity (pathogens and microbiome) to inform vaccine and biomarker development and therapeutic interventions.

Population Health and Biology

Epidemiology and surveillance to understand patterns of disease and disease transmission in human populations, and development of innovative approaches for surveillance.

Clinical and Public Health Research

Clinical studies of infectious disease and immune disorders. Including implementation and operational research on public health interventions.

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On April 29, CIIDIR (alongside @ASImmunology, @Deakin, IMPACT and @BarwonHealth) hosted a ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ in #Geelong.

Read more about #DayofImmunology at CIIDIR: https://ciidir.com.au/news/2025/05/ciidir-celebrates-day-of-immunology-2025/

For #WorldMalariaDay, April 25, we asked some of our malaria researchers, "๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€?".

As we acknowledge #WorldMalariaDay on April 25, we celebrate a recent publication by Dr @MyoThetNaung who developed a new computer-based method to understand diversity of #malaria antigens being tested for #vaccine candidates.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://ciidir.com.au/news/2025/04/exploring-new-targets-for-the-next-generation-of-malaria-vaccines/

๐ŸŽ‰Join us for Day of Immunology 2025! ๐ŸŽ‰
๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฏ๐—ฝ๐—บ

A/Prof. Daniel O'Brien will present on paradoxical reaction in Buruli ulcer treatment.

Register here (or scan the QR code): https://www.immunology.org.au/events/-ASI-Public-Event-VIC-DoI-Discovery-Tour-at-CIIDIR-Deakin-University-Barwon-Health-2025/

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CIIDIR celebrates Day of Immunology 2025

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