ProfessorAlister Ward
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
- Professor of Molecular MedicineFaculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The immune system is vital for maintaining good health. However, much remains to be learnt about how it develops normally, how it is perturbed in disease and how it is subverted during infection. One key facet of the immune system are the various cytokines and their receptors that regulate it. Prof. Ward leads a research team at Deakin University's new Medical School investigating the genes involved in the development of the immune system, including cytokine receptor signalling components, with the aim of understanding their function, evolution, and role in disease. This research utilises multi-disciplinary approach, combining bioinformatics, molecular biology and functional genomics approaches in the zebrafish model. Prof. Ward's group is housed in Deakin's Molecular Medicine Research Facility, which contains a comprehensive suite of equipment to
service molecular biology, cell biology, microscopy and histology at PC2 level, and is supported by Deakin's Aquaculture Facility, which includes breeding tanks, a nursery and an exquisite range of equipment for zebrafish embryo manipulation and analysis, including dedicated microinjectors, fluorescence microscopes and digital cameras.
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSperm Transfection Assisted Gene Editing (STAGE) in Zebrafish.5 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Liongue C,
- Ward A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHGenome editing innovation.1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Liongue C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHLong term physical and psychological consequences of Covid-19 infection. A Comparitive Observational Study in Regional Victoria.21 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Athan E,
- Cooper D,
- Vuillermin P,
- O'Brien D,
- Stambas J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHNeuropathogenesis of viral infections.1 Mar 2020 - 31 Aug 2024People funded by this grant:
- Alister Ward
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAssociate Professor of Infection Systems Epidemiology.17 Jun 2019 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Barry A,
- Ward A
- INFRASTRUCTURENHMRC Equipment Grant 20167 Sep 2016 - 30 Jun 2017People funded by this grant:
- Alister Ward
- GRANTImproving Cancer Diagnostics By Using Chemical Flags - Cancer Research Scholarship4 Dec 2015 - 28 Aug 2020People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Shigdar S
- GRANTAutomated gene expression quantification machine: qRT-PCR1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Gibert Y,
- Ward A
- GRANTIdentifying underlying causes of craniofacial defects in newborns7 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2016People funded by this grant:
- Mcculloch D,
- Ward A,
- Kilpatrick N,
- Forrester M
- GRANTCharacterising the role of interferons in low and highly pathogenic influenza virus infection in the chicken4 Feb 2013 - 5 Feb 2016People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Rohringer A
- INFRASTRUCTUREAnaerobic Bacterial Culture Cabinet1 Jan 2013 - 30 Jun 2014People funded by this grant:
- Alister Ward
- GRANTResearch into the role of Proteins called cytokine receptors in ovarian cancer and the development of novel agents to suppress their effects1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Duan W,
- Mcculloch D
- GRANTDeakin Cancer Research1 Jun 2012 - 31 Dec 2012People funded by this grant:
- Alister Ward
- INFRASTRUCTURENHMRC Equipment Grant 2011 - MMR SRC27 Jun 2011 - 31 Aug 2012People funded by this grant:
- Mercer J,
- Ward A
- GRANTDefining mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle development and muscular dystrophy1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2012People funded by this grant:
- Mcculloch D,
- Stupka N,
- Ward A
- INFRASTRUCTUREEquipment Grant 200913 Nov 2009 - 30 Jun 2010People funded by this grant:
- Alister Ward
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTCONTACT: Consortium for the evaluation of targeted cancer therapies7 Sep 2009 - 31 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Bell R
- GRANTEstablishment of GTRAC9 Jun 2009 - 8 Jun 2011People funded by this grant:
- Alister Ward
- GRANTImpact of subterranean water on the physiology and health of Murray cod (Maccullochella peeli peeli)1 Jul 2006 - 31 Mar 2009People funded by this grant:
- Jones P,
- Desilva S,
- Turchini G,
- Toop T,
- Ward A
- GRANTSocs proteins in development and disease17 Nov 2004 - 30 Jun 2008People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Nicholson S
- GRANTPhD Scholarship - Study of Myeloid Leukaemogenesis in Zebrafish1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2004People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Onnebo S