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Principal investigator: Dr. Debnath Ghosal
Senior Lecturer and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
Email: debnath.ghosal@unimelb.edu.au
Dr. Manasi Mudaliyar
Research Assistant
My research interest lies broadly in understanding the basic physiology and various resistance mechanisms in bacteria.
Outside lab: I enjoy listening to music, dance, painting and watching cricket during my free time.
Last institution: BITS Pilani Hyderabad, India
Dr. Matthew Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Broadly, my research interests are the characterisation of bacterial secretion systems and their roles in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis.
Outside lab: I am the guardian of a rescued Greyhound (Daisy), I enjoy sports such as Soccer and golf, and coffee enthusiast.
Last institution: The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Somavally Dalvi
PhD student
My current research interest involves understanding the structural aspects of the bacterial secretion system and transport of effector via secretion systems.
Outside lab: My penultimate time investment is on reading books: fiction and nonfiction. And, I also geek out about Star Wars, DC and Studio Ghibli productions.
Last institution: Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Mumbai, India
Doulin Shepherd
PhD student
My current research interests focus on identifying the structural changes that allow pore-forming proteins to function and understanding effector protein transport via bacterial secretion systems.
Outside lab: I enjoy hiking, trail running, kirigami and lore heavy tabletop role-playing games (Shadowrun is my current favourite).
Last institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Bindusmita Paul
PhD student
My research interest revolves around obtaining structural and functional insights into disease-causing bacterial systems and interbacterial competitions.
Outside lab: I love to explore different genres of music. Besides that, I also like singing, drawing sketches, and gardening.
Last institution: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Dr. Naveen Vankadari
Postdoctoral Fellow
My research focuses on the structural and functional aspects of viral and bacterial proteins involved in human infection, which poses challenges to immunity and finding potential interventions.
Outside lab: I enjoy travelling, sports, numismatics, and coffee.
Last institution: Monash University, Australia
Qinyu Xia (Sara
Honours Student
Outside lab: I enjoy hiking, cooking, music, dogs, films, and books.
Last institution: The University of Melbourne
Doulin Shepherd
Incoming PhD student
My current research interests focus on identifying the structural changes that allow pore-forming proteins to function and understanding effector protein transport via bacterial secretion systems.
Outside lab: I enjoy hiking, trail running, kirigami and lore heavy tabletop role-playing games (Shadowrun is my current favourite).
Last institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand