Dr Nicholas Gherardin
(03) 9035 5744 | n.gherardin@unimelb.edu.au
- Position:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Theme(s):
- Tuberculosis, Immunology, Bacterial and Parasitic Infections, Emerging Infections
- Discipline(s):
- Discovery Research, Clinical and health systems research
- Unit(s):
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology (DMI)
Nick completed a Bachelor of Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne, including Honours in 2011. Nick subsequently undertook a PhD in the Godfrey Lab at the University of Melbourne and the HITRL Lab at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Nick’s PhD studies focussed on antigen-recognition by MR1-restricted T-cells, and the role of unconventional T-cells in myeloma. Nick was awarded his PhD in 2016 and currently works as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Godfrey Lab. Nick’s work focuses on the biology of MR1-restricted MAIT cells, CD1-restricted T-cells and gamma-delta T-cells, exploring their antigen-recognition, effector function, and their roles in cancer.