Prof Jason Mackenzie

Laboratory Head
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Melbourne

jason.mackenzie@unimelb.edu.au

Research Activities

Intracellular replication and virus host interactions in West Nile virus, dengue virus and Mouse Norovirus infected cells
Virus induced manipulation of innate immune signalling
Changes in lipid metabolism observed during virus infectionInduction of cellular stress responses to virus infection

Techniques/Expertise

General virology - molecular, biological and immunology
Cell biology Microscopy - light and electron microscopy

Collaborations

Prof Skip Virgin (Washington University, St. Louis, USA)
Prof Alexander Khromykh (University of Queensland)
A/Pr Peter White (University of New South Wales)
Prof Cam Simmons (University of Melbourne)
Prof Paul Young (University of Queensland)

Disease Models

Mouse Norovirus infection of (well) mice!

Other Lab Members

DR Turgut Aktepe
Joshua Deerain
Nathan Kenney
Mr Julio Carrera
Alice Trenery
Dr Abdou Hachani

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