Jo-anne Chan
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Public Health
Burnet Institute
Australia
Biography
In 2009, she joined Professor James Beeson’s group at WEHI as a PhD student before moving with the rest of the group to the Burnet Institute. Her PhD project focused on understanding the significance of human antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens and their role in protective immunity.
Research Interest
Jo-Anne completed her PhD and is currently working as a post-doctoral scientist under the supervision of Professor Beeson and Professor Brendan Crabb, with a particular focus on naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte antigens.
Publications
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Host immunity to Plasmodium falciparum and the assessment of emerging artemisinin resistance in a multinational cohort. Ataide R, Ashley EA, Powell R, Chan JA, Malloy MJ, O'Flaherty K, Takashima E, Langer C, Tsuboi T, Dondorp AM, Day NP, Dhorda M, Fairhurst RM, Lim P, Amaratunga C, Pukrittayakamee S, Hien TT, Htut Y, Mayxay M, Faiz MA, Beeson JG, Nosten F, Simpson JA, White NJ, Fowkes FJ PNAS. 2017 Mar; 114(13):3515-3520
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The exported chaperone Hsp70-x supports virulence functions for Plasmodium falciparum blood stage parasites. Charnaud SC, Dixon MWA, Nie CQ, Chappell L, Sanders PR, Nebl T, Hanssen E, Berriman M, Chan JA, Blanch AJ, Beeson JG, Rayner JC, Przyborski JM, Tilley L, Crabb BS, Gilson PR PLoS One. 2017 Jul; 12(7):e0181656
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Patterns of protective associations differ for antibodies to P.falciparum-infected erythrocytes and merozoites in immunity against malaria in children. Chan JA, Stanisic DI, Duffy MF, Robinson LJ, Lin E, Kazura JW, King CL, Siba PM, Fowkes FJ, Mueller I, Beeson JG Eur J Immunol. 2017 Aug; Epub ahead of print
