Leukocyte Recruitment Laboratory

The hypotheses which drive the work in our laboratory are that leukocyte recruitment is of central importance in inflammatory diseases, and the mechanisms whereby leukocytes enter sites of inflammation are highly complex and variable depending on the disease process and tissue involved.
A major focus of this group is the examination of the mechanisms regulating leukocyte trafficking in inflammatory disease, focusing on the contributions of key inflammatory molecules, such as adhesion molecules, cytokines, chemokines, and signalling molecules, and the tissue specificity of these responses.  Much of this work is performed via extensive collaboration with other laboratories within the Centre for Inflammatory Diseases.

	Associate Professor Michael Hickey After completing his PhD at the University of Melbourne, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology in 1996, Michael Hickey worked in the Immunology Research Group at the University of Calgary in Canada (1996-1999) and the Baker Heart Research Institute (2000-2001) as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Read More
	Research Areas The hypotheses which drive the work in our laboratory are that leukocyte recruitment is of central importance in inflammatory diseases, and the mechanisms whereby leukocytes enter sites of inflammation are highly complex and variable depending on the disease process and tissue involved.  Read More
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