Mr David Vincent Romero

PhD Student
Infection and Immunity Division
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

romero.d@wehi.edu.au

Research Activities

Currently elucidating differential DNA methylation from Tuberculosis patient samples to determine epigenetic risk factors that contribute to TB progression 

Techniques/Expertise

  • Culture propagation and maintainance (bacterial, algae, malaria, tuberculosis, monocytes, macrophages)
  • Human monocyte isolation
  • DNA, RNA and protein extraction and purification 
  • Western blotting, qPCR, multiplex assays, ELISA, ChIP
  • Bioinformatic Analyses using R, CWL, and Linux

Other Lab Members

A/Prof Anna Coussens
Dr George Ashdown
Dr. Kha Phan
Evelynn Huang
Niketa Chauhan

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