Andreas Kupz

Andreas Kupz

Principal Research Fellow/ Associate Professor

Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Australia

Email: Andreas.kupz@jcu.edu.au  

 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Investigator

 

Research Keywords:

Vaccine, BCG, Animal Models, TB

 

Biography:

I hold an Diplom (equivalent to MSc) in biology from Humboldt-University in Berlin and a PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of Melbourne. I performed postdoctoral training at the Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany as an NHMRC CJ Martin Research Fellow and am now leading the TB Immunology Group at AITHM in Cairns, Australia as an NHMRC Investigator.

My research interests include microbiology, immunology and vaccine development with particular focus on the intracellular pathogenic microbes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella enterica and Toxoplasma gondii.

 

Related Websites:

JCU Research Portfolio

 

Key Publications:

  • Kupz A, et al. Nat Immunol. 2012 Jan 8;13(2):162-9.
  • Kupz A, et al. PNAS. 2013 Feb 5;110(6):2252-7.
  • Helmstetter C, et al., Immunity. 2015 Jan 20;42(1):108-22.
  • Kupz A, et al. J Clin Invest. 2016 Jun 1;126(6):2109-22.
  • B.-Santos E, et al. Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Nov 9;20(5):584-595.
  • Perdomo C, et al. mBio. 2016 Nov 22;7(6). pii:e01686-16.
  • B.-Bompadre M, et al. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Oct 17;13(10):e1006676.
  • Bachem A, et al. Immunity. 2019 Aug 20;51(2):285-297.e5.
  • Muruganandah V, et al. Sci Adv. 2020 6, eaaz1767.
  • Sathkumara HD, et al. PNAS 2020 25;117(34):20848-20859..