A/Professor Johnson Mak

MIIN Executive Member

Burnet Institute
+61392822217
mak@burnet.edu.au

Research Activities:

Virus Assembly
Virus-Host interaction at the cellular and molecular levels

Techniques/Expertise:

Virus purification
RNA analysis through chemical probing
Molecular virology
Rearrangement of lipid membrane during viral assembly
Establishing expertise to introduce genetic information into primary cells
Establish the first level 3 deconvolution microscopy facility

Collaborations:

David Harrich (Molecular Virologist at Queensland Institute of Medical Research)
Andy Poumbourios, Heidi Drummer and Gilda Tachedjian (Molecular Virologists at Burnet Institute, Melbourne)

Existing Websites:

www.burnet.edu.au

Lab Group Personnel:

Candida Pereria
Marcel Hijnen
Penny Buxton
Kate Jones
David Hawkes
Redmond Smyth
Martijn Langereis
Yashar M Sadigh
Michael Roche
Raul Chavez
Jessica Wade