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Dr Marcela Montes de Oca

Research Officer

About

My research journey started at QIMR Berghofer which fostered my curiousity and love for immunology. I developed a keen interest in T cell responses during infection and inflammation. I was awarded my PhD in 2016 at The University of Queensland and completed my post-doctoral training at The University of York, United Kingdom from 2019 - 2021. My research largely focuses on modulating immune responses for therapeutic benefit in the context of infectious diseases (2016 – 2022), cancer (2022 – 2023), autoimmune diseases (2023 – 2024) and more recently stem cell transplantation.

I am passionate about cellular immunology, multiparametric flow cytometry, high-dimensional analysis, science communication and working in a collegial environment towards a common goal.

I have been fortunate to work alongside talented, hard-working individuals from multi-disciplinary teams, so if my work is of interest to you, please feel free to contact me.

Research Skills

in vivo models of disease

multi-parametric flow cytometry

Cellular metabolism

Tissue culture (human and mouse)

scRNASeq

Retroviral transduction

in vivo imaging

Area of Interest

Immunology | Cancer | Infection | Science Communication

Professional Associations

  • The University of Queensland
  • British Society for Immunology
  • European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Australasian Society for Immunology
  • Australian Academy of Science - EMCR

Funding

QIMR Berghofer SEED Grant - IL-27 signalling regulates glycolysis in Th1 cells to limit pathology during L. donovani infection. (https://doi.Org/10.1371/journal.Ppat.1008994)

Gallery

A day in the life of a scientist at Raceview State School
Cytokines and splenic remodelling during Leishmania donovani infection - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cytox.2020.100036
Blimp-1-Dependent IL-10 Production by Tr1 Cells Regulates TNF-Mediated Tissue Pathology - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005398

Publications

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