Dustin Flanagan
Microbiology and Immunology
Doherty Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Dustin Flanagan is a junior research fellow in the Molecular Oncology research group headed by Professor Elizabeth Vincan. Dustin has extensive research expertise in mouse models of gastrointestinal cancers and oncogenic signalling pathways, with a focus on Wnt signalling. Dustin completed his PhD in the Vincan group, studying the function of Wnt receptors, Frizzled, in gastrointestinal stem cells and tumourigenesis. More recently, Dustin has developed novel ex-vivo organoid technologies, which serve as model systems to investigate cell biology in both normal and disease settings.
Research Interest
Host Pathogens Interactions
