Maximilien Evrard is an ARC DECRA Fellow in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Maximilien graduated with a Masters of Science (First Class Honours) from the Paris Diderot University in 2012. He then pursed his PhD studies at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN, A*STAR) Dr Lai Guan Ng’s laboratory, where he discovered committed neutrophil precursors in the bone marrow. After completing his PhD in 2017, Maximilien joined Prof Laura Mackay’s group at the University of Melbourne, where he currently leads studies investigating the differentiation and function of tissue-resident memory T cells, with a particular focus on the intestine.
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Key Achievements
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Maximilien is an early career researcher and has made key contributions to the field of immune cell differentiation during health, infection and cancer, resulting in high impact first-author publications in leading journals such as Immunity and Journal of Experimental Medicine. Since completing his PhD in 2017, Maximilien has been awarded multiple competitive fellowships and grants to investigate the development and function of tissue-resident memory T cells, including a University of Melbourne McKenzie Fellowship (2018), an Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Fellowship (2023), a University of Melbourne project grant (2019) and an ARC Discovery Project grant (2020).
Publications
Research Groups
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Laura Mackay Group
The Mackay Group studies memory T cell responses, with a focus on the signals that control tissue-resident memory T cell differentiation, and a view to harness these cells to develop new treatments against infection, cancer and autoimmune conditions.
Lab Team
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Dr Thomas Burn
Research Officer
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Dr Raissa Fonseca
ARC DECRA Research Fellow
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Dr Luke Gandolfo
Research Officer (Computational Biology)
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Dr Claire Gordon
NHMRC Research Fellow and Infectious Diseases Physician, Austin Health
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Dr Andrea Nguyen
Research Officer
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Dr Kelly Paton
Research Officer
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Dr Tobias Poch
DFG Walter Benjamin Programme Fellow
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Dr Natasha Zamudio
Laboratory Manager
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Brooke Davies
Research Assistant
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Keely McDonald
Research Assistant
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Allison Clatch
PhD Candidate
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James Dosser
PhD Candidate
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Andreas Obers
PhD Candidate
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Maleika Osman
PhD Candidate
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Justine Seow
PhD Candidate
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Joey Kuai
Masters Student
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Rachel Evans
Honours Student
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Lutfi Huq
American Australian Association Visiting Scholar