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NHMRC R.D. Wright Career Development Fellow |
Location: Department of Microbiology, Building 76, level 1, Room 153, Monash University, Clayton
Tel: +61 3 99029159
Fax: +61 3 99029222
E-mail: anton.peleg@monash.edu
MBBS (Hons), 1998 Monash University
PhD (Deans Award), Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2010, University of Queensland
MPH, 2009, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
FRACP, 2005, Australian College of Physicians
Collaborations:
Dr. Ana Traven (Dept of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
- Candida albicans virulence
Ass/Prof Ben Howden (Austin Centre for Infection Research, Austin Hospital)
- Pathogenic and resistance mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus
Assoc/Prof Graham Lieschke (Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University)
- Study of host-pathogen interactions using Zebrafish
Research Activities:
Our research program focuses on the mechanisms of pathogenesis of important hospital-acquired pathogens. More specifically, Acinetobacter baumannii, an emerging gram-negative bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, a gram-positive bacterium, and Candida albicans, the most common human fungal pathogen. We combine bacterial and fungal genetic techniques with exciting in vivo infection model systems (mammalian and non-mammalian [Caenorhabditis elegans and Zebrafish) to characterise the role of novel genes in virulence and antimicrobial resistance. Our over-arching goal is to identify new targets that may be amenable for future drug development, with a focus on microbial virulence, persistence and adaptation.
