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DR LUCY SULLIVAN



Contact Details

Organization: Microbiology and Immunology
Position: RESEARCH OFFICER
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Homepage: http://www.microbiol.unimelb.edu.au/people/brooks/
Work: 03 8344-5708
Fax: 03 9347 1540
Room: 522
Level: 05
Building: Microbiology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Non-classical MHC Immunology Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Cambridge Exchange, Research
Italy University of Genoa Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Adelaide University 31-Dec-1996
Bachelor of Science (honours) Adelaide University 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy Adelaide University 31-Dec-2002

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand TSANZ 01-Jan-2009

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The recognition of MHC class 1 molecules by natural killer cells Chief Investigator NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowships 01/01/2003
THE ROLE OF HLA-E IN THE ACTIVATION OF DECIDUAL NATURAL KILLER CELLS Chief Investigator NHMRC Travelling Award for Research Training 01/01/2006
Investigations into novel proteins which stimulate specific immune responses Chief Investigator NHMRC Career Development Awards 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Differential Recognition of CD1d-α-Galactosyl Ceramide by the Vβ8.2 Vβ7 Semi-invariant NKT T Cell Receptors
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Immunity
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 47-59
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  • The shaping of T cell receptor recognition by self-tolerance
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Immunity
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 193-203
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • CD94-NKG2A recognition of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E bound to an HLA class I leader sequence
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Experimental Medicine
    Volume: 205
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 725-35
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  • Subtle changes in peptide conformation profoundly affect recognition of the non-classical MHC class I molecule HLA-E by the CD94-NKG2 natural killer cell receptors
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology
    Volume: 377
    Page numbers: 1297-1303
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  • The major histocompatibility complex class Ib molecule HLA-E at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Tissue Antigens
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 415-424
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The Heterodimeric Assembly of the CD94-NKG2 Receptor Family and Implications for Human Leukocyte Antigen-E Recognition
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Immunity
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 900-911
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A structural perspective on MHC class Ib molecules in adaptive immunity
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Trends in Immunology (formerly Immunology Today)
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 413-420
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  • Structural basis for a major histocompatability complex class 1b-restricted T cell response
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Nature Immunology
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 256-264
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Publications in 2005

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Recognition of the Non-Classical MHC Class I Molecule, HLA-E, by the Adaptive Immune System
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 35th ASI - 14th IHIWS
    Conference Publication: Tissue Antigens
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 443-443
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Persistent expression of CD94/NKG2 receptors by virus-specific CD8 T cells is initiated by TCR-mediated signals
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Immunology
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1333-1341
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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