ProfessorJohn Stambas

Associate Head Of School, Research

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

  • Associate Head Of School, Research
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 522 72487 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Prof. Stambas undertsands the importance of training the next generation of
scientists, science educators or health professionals and as such teaches
immunology to undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science
degree at Deakin University.

Prof. Stambas served as Course Director for the School of Medicine Honours
Program between 2011-2019 and in 2020 was appointed HDR coordinator in the
school. He trains honours, M Phil and PhD students in his laboratory.

- Science

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HMM204 and HMO 303
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Development of air-liquid interface culture systems to investigate influenza pathogenesis.
    Claire Elizabeth Emson - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Identifying host-response pathways that underpin influenza virus infection and immunity
    Nina Kusajda - School of Medicine
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Expression of anti-viral shRNA molecules in transgenic zebrafish
    Brian Clarke - School of Medicine - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Recombinant Influenza virus as HIV vaccine vector
    Mohammed Jasim Mohammed Shallal - School of Medicine - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Pathogenesis of avian influenza: role of the haemagglutinin cleavage site motif
    Jasmina Luczo - School of Medicine - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Delivery of Immunomodulatory miRNAs Using Genetically Modified Influenza Viruses
    Yingju Xia - School of Medicine - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Design and development of Pan-serodiagnostics for Foot-and-mouth disease
    Alyssa Van Dreumel - School of Medicine - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dissecting the early entry steps of HIV-1 infection
    Corinna Pade - School of Medicine - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Gene editing in chickens : Knockdown of Interleukin-6 using CRISPR
    Qi Liu - School of Medicine - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The role of ADAMTS enzymes in influenza virus immunity
    Meagan McMahon - School of Medicine - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of miRNAs in Influenza Virus Pathogenesis and Immunity
    Shasha Zhao - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating the role of ADAMTS proteoglycanases in influenza virus immunity
    Jessie Pedrina - School of Medicine - 2023
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Silencing Host Genes Using RNAi to Impact Virus Growth in vitroMethods for reducing cotton wax.
    Katherine Birrer - School of Medicine - 2012
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    ADAMTS Enzymes and Inflammatory Responses following Influenza Virus Infection
    Claire Elizabeth Emson - School of Medicine - 2024