Precision Biosciences Innovation Hub

Our people

Meet the experts working in our interdisciplinary team.

Dr Salah Elias

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Sandra Wilks

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Applied biofilm research
  • Medical devices
  • Infection prevention

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Dr Tomislav Cernava

Assoc Prof in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Research interests

  • Plant-microbe interactions
  • Plant and environmental microbiomes
  • Microbiome genes (M genes)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Vincent O'connor

Professor of Neurochemistry

Research interests

  • Molecular mechanism of synaptic function and dysfunction
  • Synaptic degeneration
  • Genetic models of synaptic and neuronal dysfunction

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Professor Vladimir Jiranek

Professor

Research interests

  • Microbiology of beverage fermentations 
  • Cell-cell interations and filamentous/invasive growth in yeast
  • How has yeast evolved to survive in nature and interact with insects 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr William King

Lecturer in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Research interests

  • Root microbiome
  • Microbial interactions
  • Microbiome manipulation

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Dr Yihua Wang

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Cell Signalling in Disease
  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Crosstalk
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis

Accepting applications from PhD students

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