Golo Ahlenstiel
Associate Professor
immunogenetics
The University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
After completing his doctoral degree in immunogenetics at the University of Bonn, Germany, Golo Ahlenstiel received research fellowship awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA) and from the German Research Foundation (DFG, Germany) to work in the Rehermann laboratory at the NIH on the immunopathogenesis of viral hepatitis, in particular the role of innate immunity in HCV infection. He know heads the Immunology Group at Storr Liver Centre at the The Westmead Institute for Medical Research with a focus on innate immunity in the liver and drivers of inflammation in chronic liver and gastrointestinal disease. Golo Ahlenstiel is currently also a Staff Specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Westmead Hospital.
Research Interest
Golo Ahlenstiel undertakes basic science and translational research in chronic liver and gastrointestinal disease as well as liver cancer. His research studies drivers of chronic inflammation in liver and gastrointestinal tract with a focus on innate immunity using state of the art GWAS, multicolour flow cytometry and genomics.
