Brad Gilbertson
Microbiology and Immunology
Doherty Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Brad Gilbertson is a senior research officer in Professor Lorena Brown’s laboratory. He completed his Bachelor of Science (Honours) and PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2002. His early research with Associate Professor Christina Cheers investigated changes in cytokine production during chronic mycobacterial infection with a focus on specific versus bystander activation of T lymphocytes during infection. He joined the influenza laboratory of Professor Brown in 2004 where he set up the reverse genetics system to generate reassortant influenza viruses. He used these viruses as a tool to determine the viral target of a novel inhibitor of influenza virus found in mouse saliva. Current projects include understanding the factors that govern influenza gene reassortment with a particular focus on investigating the co-segregation of influenza PB1 and NA gene segments during reassortment/packaging.
Research Interest
Influenza
