Dr Diana Hansen
Group Leader
Infection and Immunity Division
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
hansen@wehi.edu.au
Research Activities
Malaria Immunology with a specific focus on:- Role of chemokines in the induction of pathogenesis and immunity to Plasmodium parasites
- Role of Natural Killer cells and Natural Killer Complex receptors in the control of malarial immunopathogenesis
Techniques/Expertise
Proliferation assaysCytokine/chemokine responses
Flow cytometry
Histology/Immunohistochemistry
Confocal microscopy
Chemotaxis assays
Leukocyte-endothelium interactions
Malaria culture
Collaborations
A/Prof Michael HickeyProf Bill Heath
Dr Christian Engwerda
Dr Anthony Scalzo
Prof Georges Grau
Disease Models
Murine model of severe malariaGenetically Modified Organisms
CXCL10-/- CD1d-/-Other Lab Members
Catherine Nie (PhD Student)Victoria Ryg-Cornejo (Honours Student)
Lewis Murray (Honours Student)
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