People
Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino
Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino
I am an ARC DECRA fellow and group leader at the University of Melbourne. I work at the interface between ecology, evolution and bioinformatics to understand how microbial networks function and evolve.
I am an ARC DECRA fellow and group leader at the University of Melbourne. I work at the interface between ecology, evolution and bioinformatics to understand how microbial networks function and evolve.
She/her. FirstGen. Brazilian-Australian.
She/her. FirstGen. Brazilian-Australian.
Contact:
Contact:
Email: vmarcelino -at- unimelb.edu.au
Email: vmarcelino -at- unimelb.edu.au
We are based at Melbourne Integrative Genomics (MIG) and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.
We are based at Melbourne Integrative Genomics (MIG) and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.
You can usually find me at MIG (building 184):
You can usually find me at MIG (building 184):
Remy Young
Remy Young
PhD student (co-supervised with Prof Forster at the Microbiota and Systems Biology lab, Hudson Inst.)
PhD student (co-supervised with Prof Forster at the Microbiota and Systems Biology lab, Hudson Inst.)
Vinicius Salazar
Vinicius Salazar
PhD student (co-supervised with Prof Lê-Cao and Prof Verbruggen)
PhD student (co-supervised with Prof Lê-Cao and Prof Verbruggen)
Twitter: @vinisalazar_
website: https://github.com/vinisalazar
Megan Spralja
Megan Spralja
MSc student (co-supervised with Prof Lachlan Coin)
MSc student (co-supervised with Prof Lachlan Coin)
Malte Bjørn Hallgren
Malte Bjørn Hallgren
Visiting PhD student from the Technical University of Denmark
Visiting PhD student from the Technical University of Denmark
Interested in joining the lab?
Interested in joining the lab?
If you have recently graduated and are interested in joining the team as a postdoctoral fellow, check out the Mackenzie Fellowships provided by the University of Melbourne. Get in touch if this is something you would like to apply for.
If you have recently graduated and are interested in joining the team as a postdoctoral fellow, check out the Mackenzie Fellowships provided by the University of Melbourne. Get in touch if this is something you would like to apply for.
Prospective students are welcome to get in touch and discuss potential projects. Students with wet and dry lab experience and/or interest will be considered. Minority groups are encouraged! The student will need to apply and win a PhD scholarship from the University of Melbourne.
Prospective students are welcome to get in touch and discuss potential projects. Students with wet and dry lab experience and/or interest will be considered. Minority groups are encouraged! The student will need to apply and win a PhD scholarship from the University of Melbourne.
Students will be based in an exciting research environment at the University of Melbourne. We are embedded within Melbourne Integrative Genomics and the Doherty Institute, where you will find plenty of opportunities to network.
Students will be based in an exciting research environment at the University of Melbourne. We are embedded within Melbourne Integrative Genomics and the Doherty Institute, where you will find plenty of opportunities to network.
I am open to support students in developing their own project ideas. We also have specific projects available:
I am open to support students in developing their own project ideas. We also have specific projects available:
Microbiome ecology, evolution and engineering:
Microbiome ecology, evolution and engineering:
A multitude of microbes lives inside humans and other animal hosts. These microbiomes encode an arsenal of both beneficial and toxic metabolites that play an important but still poorly understood role in the health and evolution of their hosts. Some of our biggest challenges include: 1) limited analytical capacity to process large and complex next-generation sequencing datasets to derive meaningful insights, 2) realistic experimental settings to validate hypotheses about how microbiomes function and influence their host health and disease. I invite students keen on turning these challenges into opportunities to join our team.
A multitude of microbes lives inside humans and other animal hosts. These microbiomes encode an arsenal of both beneficial and toxic metabolites that play an important but still poorly understood role in the health and evolution of their hosts. Some of our biggest challenges include: 1) limited analytical capacity to process large and complex next-generation sequencing datasets to derive meaningful insights, 2) realistic experimental settings to validate hypotheses about how microbiomes function and influence their host health and disease. I invite students keen on turning these challenges into opportunities to join our team.
Opportunities are available for people interested in bioinformatics, computational biology, experimental research or a combination of these areas. Specific projects will be crafted according to the student interests and our team’s resources, and can focus on either fundamental questions (e.g. microbiome and host evolution) or applied outcomes (development of microbiome-based therapies). Motivation, drive and autodidact skills are essential.
Opportunities are available for people interested in bioinformatics, computational biology, experimental research or a combination of these areas. Specific projects will be crafted according to the student interests and our team’s resources, and can focus on either fundamental questions (e.g. microbiome and host evolution) or applied outcomes (development of microbiome-based therapies). Motivation, drive and autodidact skills are essential.
Resilience of gut microbiomes:
Resilience of gut microbiomes:
The human gut is populated by a diverse microbial community with key roles in health and immunity. Loss of the health associated microbes is characteristic of an unhealthy microbiome, which has been linked to diverse diseases, ranging from obesity to asthma and inflammatory bowel disease. Therapies aiming to maintain or build a resilient gut community have therefore an enormous potential in public health. This research project aims to understand the key features of a resilient gut microbiome using gut-on-a-chip technology.
The human gut is populated by a diverse microbial community with key roles in health and immunity. Loss of the health associated microbes is characteristic of an unhealthy microbiome, which has been linked to diverse diseases, ranging from obesity to asthma and inflammatory bowel disease. Therapies aiming to maintain or build a resilient gut community have therefore an enormous potential in public health. This research project aims to understand the key features of a resilient gut microbiome using gut-on-a-chip technology.
The student will first establish the methods to co-culture gut microbes in the gut-on-a-chip system, and then perform experiments to test their resilience to a key stressor involved the breakdown of healthy microbiomes across a range of diseases. Through this project the student will have the opportunity to develop both wet and dry-lab skills, using and being involved in the development of state-of-art technology. Motivation, drive and autodidact skills are essential.
The student will first establish the methods to co-culture gut microbes in the gut-on-a-chip system, and then perform experiments to test their resilience to a key stressor involved the breakdown of healthy microbiomes across a range of diseases. Through this project the student will have the opportunity to develop both wet and dry-lab skills, using and being involved in the development of state-of-art technology. Motivation, drive and autodidact skills are essential.
To apply, please send a cover letter with your interests, your CV and transcripts as a single pdf file to vmarcelino - at - unimelb.edu.au
To apply, please send a cover letter with your interests, your CV and transcripts as a single pdf file to vmarcelino - at - unimelb.edu.au