Dr Hayley Newton
Group Leader
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Melbourne
hnewton@unimelb.edu.au
Research Activities
Research in our laboratory is focused on understanding the interaction between intracellular bacterial pathogens and the human host cell. We study Coxiella burnetii and Legionella species. These human pathogens establish very different vacuolar niches within the host yet they both employ the Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System to achieve intracellular replication. We focus on the cohorts of effector proteins that mediate intracellular survival and replication of these pathogensTechniques/Expertise
Genetic manipulation of pathogenic bacteriaInvestigation of molecular aspects of host-pathogen interaction
Immunofluorescence microscopy
Protein-protein interactions
Genetically Modified Organisms
Coxiella burnetii, Legionella pneumophila, Legionella longbeachaeOther Lab Members
Dr Patrice NewtonChen Ai Khoo
Eleanor Latomanski
Miku Kuba
Bhavna Padmanabhan
Laura Fielden
Nicole Lau
Yi Wei Lee
