Samuel Forster
Research Group Head
Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Dr Samuel Forster leads the Microbiota and Systems Biology Laboratory within the Centre of Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases. Dr Forster completed his PhD with Professor Paul Hertzog investigating the whole transcriptome response to type I interferon signalling in macrophages. At the completion of his PhD, Dr Forster was awarded a NHMRC CJ Martin Biomedical Fellowship to undertake post-doctoral research at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute with Dr Trevor Lawley. In Cambridge, Dr Forster’s work resulted in the development of methods to culture the majority of human gastrointestinal microbiota, advanced algorithms for metagenomics analysis and identification of rationally selected bacteriotherapy candidates. His research has resulted in publications in numerous prestigious journals including Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communications, EMBO Journal and Bioinformatics. Research within Dr Forster’s laboratory combines microbiology, immunology and computational biology to understand the role of gastrointestinal microbiota and determine ways to modify these communities to improve human health.
Research Interest
His research has resulted in publications in numerous prestigious journals including Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communications, EMBO Journal and Bioinformatics.
