Research project

Bioengineering to combat the tuberculosis pandemic

Project overview

We will combine engineering and biological approaches to investigate the host-pathogen interaction and identify new therapeutic targets.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Paul Elkington

Director of Inst. for Medical Innovation
Research interests
  • tuberculosis
  • immunopathology
  • diagnosis
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Other researchers

Professor Xunli Zhang PhD, DIC, FRSC, CChem, CEng

Professor of Bioengineering
Research interests
  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
  • Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
  • Nanomaterials
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Research outputs

Mohamed Ahmed, Jared Mackenzie, Liku Bekele Tezera, Robert Krause, Barry Truebody, Diana Garay Baquero, Andres Vallejo Pulido, Katya Govender, John Adamson, Hayden Fisher, Jonathan W. Essex, Salah Mansour, Paul Elkington, Adrie J. C. Steyn & Alasdair Leslie, 2022, Communications Biology, 5(1317)
Type: article
NF Walker, F Karim, MY Moosa, S Moodley, M Mazibuko, K Khan, TR Sterling, YF van der Heijden, AD Grant, Paul Elkington, A Pym & A Leslie, 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 226(5), 928-932
Type: article
Paul Elkington, Marta Polak, MT Reichmann & Alasdair Leslie, 2021, Trends in Molecular Medicine, 28(2), 143-154
Type: review
Alasdair Munro, Jacqui Prieto, Emmanouil Mentzakis, Mohammed AM Mansour, Nitin Mahobia, Peter Baker, Sarah Herbert, Trevor Smith, Matthew Hine, Joann Hall, Angie McClarren, Mike Davidson, Julie Brooks, Jane Fisher, David Griffiths, Hywel Morgan, Corrado Giulietti, Saul Faust & Paul Elkington, 2021, Frontiers in Medical Technology, 3(October 2021), 1-13
Type: article
Tommaso Geraldo Morelli, Kohei Fujita, Gil Redelman-Sidi & Paul Elkington, 2021, Thorax
Type: article
Michaela T. Reichmann, Liku Bekele Tezera, Andres Vallejo Pulido, Milica Vukmirovic, Rui Xiao, James Reynolds, Sanjay Jogai, Susan Wilson, Benjamin Marshall, Mark Jones, Alasdair Leslie, Jeanine M. D'Armiento, Naftali Kaminski, Marta Polak & Paul Elkington, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131(15), 1-16
Type: article
Quig Miow, Andres Vallejo Pulido, Yu Wang, Jia Hong, Chen Bai, Felicia Teo, Alvin Wang, Hong Loh, Tuan Tan, Ying Ding, Hoi She, Suay Gan, Nicholas Paton, Josephine Lum, Alicia Tay, Cynthia Chee, Paul Tambyah, Marta Polak, Yee Wang, Amit Singhal, Paul Elkington, Jon S. Friedland & Catherine W.M. Ong, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131(15)
Type: article