People
Principal investigator
Travis Beddoe
Professor
Head of Department
Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Timothy Cameron
Tim.Cameron@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Gemma Zerna
Students
Lily Tran
PhD Student 2018
Alexandra Knox
PhD student 2021
Meysam Afarmajani
PhD Student 2020
Danielle Wiles
PhD Student 2021
Hoda Salah
PhD Student 2020
Danielle Ackerly
PhD Student 2022
Chloe Sherbourne
Masters student 2021
Olivia Ducommun
Honours Student 2023
Alumni
Gemma Zerna: Phd student (2018-2022) Thesis title: "Enhancing Liver Fluke Therapeutic Efficacy Through Vaccine Formulation"
Jaclyn Swan: PhD student (2017-2021) Thesis title: "Investigating the Sweeter Side of Fasciola spp: Host Parasite Interactions, Glycosylation Machinery, and N-Glycan Analysis"
Nur Nasuha: Master's student (2019-2020) Thesis title: "Teladorsagia circumcincta Galectin-Mucosal Interactome in Sheep"
Nickala Best: PhD student (2016-2019) Thesis title: "Improving Biosecurity in Australian Agriculture: The Development, Deployment and Industry Response to Field Based DNA Tests, using the Sheep Pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus and Footrot as a Disease Model. "
Jessica Wilkie: Master's student (2017-2019) Thesis title: "Vaccine Antigens and Adjuvants Against Fasciola and Avian Rotavirus"
Rachel Kelly: Honour's student (2019) Thesis title: "The optimisation of a loop mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect Fasciola spp. environmental DNA from water"
Leah Short: Honour's student (2020) Thesis title: "Characterisation of Yr-Ytx as a novel AB5 toxin and its potential use in mucosal vaccines"