AMANDA PATCHETT

Amanda is an immunologist with a keen interest in understanding the complex interactions between immune systems and infectious diseases at the molecular level. Having trained in medical research at the University of Tasmania, Amanda was motivated by the remarkable diversity in immune systems across the animal kingdom to apply her expertise in animal health. She completed a PhD and postdoctoral fellowship at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research studying Tasmanian devil immunology from 2014 to 2021. By combining immunological and molecular techniques, Amanda’s PhD and postdoctoral research investigated the molecular nature of devil facial tumour disease and contributed to the design of candidate vaccines in devils. In 2022, Amanda joined the CSIRO in Hobart as a research scientist in aquaculture where she leads projects developing vaccines against fish pathogens and uses gene editing and molecular technologies to understand mucosal immunity.