Dr John Emmins

MIIN Member

Department of Immunology
Monash University
+61399030279
john.emmins@med.monash.edu.au

Research activities:

The pathogenesis of Clostridial infections
Bacterial and fungal infections in marsupials and monotremes
Immunopathology in porcine parasitic infections

Techniques/Expertise:

Various assays associated in determining immune response parameters
Histological immunopathology

Collaborators:

Dr Andrew Bean (Livestock industries CSIRO)
Professor Richard Boyd (MISCL)
Dr Michael Hickey (Monash Medical Centre)
Dr Richand Wittington (University of Sydney)
Professor Julian Rood (Department of Microbiology)

Animal Disease Models:

Mouse model for Clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene)

Existing websites:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/immunology/