Laura Mackay
Laura K. Mackay FAHMS is an internationally-recognised immunologist, Professor of Immunology at the University of Melbourne and a Laboratory Head at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.[4][5]
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| Alma mater | University of Birmingham (PhD) |
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| Fields | Immunology |
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In 2022, Mackay was the youngest ever Fellow elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[6][7] Mackay is listed as an esteemed scientist in the Encyclopaedia of Australian Science and Innovation.[8] Her research on tissue-resident memory T cells has been featured by the University of Melbourne.[9] She has been interviewed by Science on diversity in STEM[10] and ABC Radio National Science Show on the influence of science on public good.[11]
Awards, honours and recognition
- 2016 – Tall Poppy Award from Australian Institute of Policy and Science[12]
- 2018 – Michelson Prize for Human Immunology and Vaccine Research[2]
- 2019 – Gottschalk Medal[13]
- 2019 – Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher[1]
- 2019 – Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year[3]
- 2022 – Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences[14]
Selected publications
- Laura K. Mackay (27 September 2021). "Lymphocytes in lockdown". Nature Reviews Immunology. 21 (10): 617–617. doi:10.1038/S41577-021-00616-W. ISSN 1474-1733. Wikidata Q110894834.
- Susan N. Christo; Maximilien Evrard; Simone L. Park; et al. (23 August 2021). "Discrete tissue microenvironments instruct diversity in resident memory T cell function and plasticity". Nature Immunology. 22 (9): 1140–1151. doi:10.1038/S41590-021-01004-1. ISSN 1529-2908. Wikidata Q110894838.
- Simone L. Park; Laura K. Mackay (22 March 2021). "Decoding Tissue-Residency: Programming and Potential of Frontline Memory T Cells". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 13 (10): a037960. doi:10.1101/CSHPERSPECT.A037960. ISSN 1943-0264. PMC 8485744. PMID 33753406. Wikidata Q110894844.
- Laura K. Mackay; Azad Rahimpour; Joel Z I Ma; et al. (27 October 2013). "The developmental pathway for CD103(+)CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells of skin". Nature Immunology. 14 (12): 1294–1301. doi:10.1038/NI.2744. ISSN 1529-2908. PMID 24162776. Wikidata Q42259563.
- Laura K Mackay; Heather M Long; Jill M Brooks; Graham S Taylor; Carol S Leung; Adrienne Chen; Fred Wang; Alan B Rickinson (18 December 2009). "T cell detection of a B-cell tropic virus infection: newly-synthesised versus mature viral proteins as antigen sources for CD4 and CD8 epitope display". PLOS Pathogens. 5 (12): e1000699. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PPAT.1000699. ISSN 1553-7366. PMC 2788701. PMID 20019813. Wikidata Q33519520.
References
- "2019 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- "Laura Mackay, Ph.D." Human Vaccines Project. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- Department of Industry, Science (16 October 2019). "2019 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year". Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- "Professor Laura Mackay | Doherty Website". www.doherty.edu.au. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- "Prof Laura Mackay". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- Riley, Robyn. "Immunologist's remarkable journey to high accolade". Herald Sun. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- Weeden, Emilia (19 October 2022). "Professor Laura Mackay becomes youngest fellow elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences". School of Biomedical Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Mackay, Laura - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- Melbourne, Andrew Trounson, University of (5 August 2018). "The cells giving our immune system more punch". Pursuit. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "The importance of diversity in STEM: A conversation with Dr. Laura Mackay". www.science.org. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Science and the public good". ABC Radio National. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Dr Laura Mackay". AIPS. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Mackay, Laura – Biographical entry". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Shanahan, Rachel (14 October 2022). "Professor Laura Mackay". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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