During injury or infection, our body’s immune system protects us by launching inflammation.
But uncontrolled inflammation drives diseases such as gout, diabetes, neurodegenerative disease and cancer. Learn more about our current research.
The Inflammasome Lab is defining the molecular and cellular processes of inflammation. We seek to unravel the secrets of inflammasomes – protein complexes at the heart of inflammation and disease – to allow for new therapies to fight human diseases. Learn more about us.
Our research findings have been published in top journals including Science Immunology, Nature Medicine, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Nature Chemical Biology and Cell Reports. Read more about our research discoveries and see a complete list of publications from the lab.
An overview of current projects in the lab
A little bit more about our lab...
Our diverse team
Our team is very international, with 19 researchers from 8 different countries around the world. We welcome and value diversity in all its forms.
Collaborations
We collaborate with researchers from The University of Queensland, as well as other national and international teams.
Conferences and seminars
We regularly present our research findings at major meetings and conferences around the world. See the blog for upcoming meetings.
Multiple techniques
We use cutting-edge techniques in molecular, cellular and in vivo biology, as well as microbiology and genetics. We value multidisciplinary approaches.
We are a part of the Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine Division, and the Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland. Professor Kate Schroder is an NHMRC L2 Leadership Fellow, an Affiliated Senior Lecturer of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences Faculty of Science, and an Affiliate of the Queensland Brain Institute.
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