Professor Nicholas King
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Professor of Viral Immunopathology
D06 - Blackburn Building
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Themes | Research interests | Grants | PhD & Masters' project opportunities | Keywords | International links | Publications
Research interests
We are interested in the neurotropic flavivirus, West Nile virus, and how our immune response, in trying to get rid of virus infection, lethally damages the host nervous system in this response.
We are studying the pathogenesis of West Nile virus encephalitis to understand which components cause lethal damage in the brain and which are crucial for virus clearance.
We are also investigating early immune responses to infection in specialised organs and sites, including the brain, the skin, the genitourinary tract, the embryo and the eye, as being the key to modulating this process before damage occurs.
PhD and Masters' project opportunities
Understanding how Flaviviruses interact with the host immune system to cause disease
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Role of Inflammation in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Twigg S, King N, McLennan S
NHMRC Project Grants ($476,325 over 3 years)
Immune modifying particles - a novel therapeutic strategy to treat West Nile Virus encephalitis
King N, Getts D
NHMRC Project Grants ($532,260 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
Keywords
Neurosciences; Sexually transmitted diseases; Infection and immunity; Virus diseases; Immunology
International links
Germany. (University of Muenster) Collaborative Research into diagnostic imaging approaches to viral encephalitis.
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