Peleg Laboratory
Mechanisms Of Disease Caused By Hospital-Acquired Pathogens
Mechanisms Of Disease Caused By Hospital-Acquired Pathogens
Our research program focuses on the mechanisms of pathogenesis of important hospital-acquired pathogens and the identification of novel therapeutic targets. More specifically, multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, including Acinetobacter baumannii, and the Gram-positive bacterial pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus.
We're part of the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and a member of the Infection Program and the Department of Microbiology.
Professor Anton Peleg
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We combine bacterial genetic techniques with exciting in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo infection model systems (mammalian and non-mammalian [eg. Zebrafish]) to characterise the role of novel genes in virulence and antimicrobial resistance. Our over-arching goal is to identify new targets that may be amenable for future drug development, with a focus on microbial virulence, persistence and adaptation.
We are committed to excellence in research.
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