Fathima is a Senior Research Assistant experienced in innate immunology working on mRNA cancer vaccine development and therapeutic target discovery
Fathima graduated from a Bachelor of Advanced Science (UQ, Hons I) in 2021 focussed on investigating therapeutics for targeting neuroinflammation in Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (Neonatal Brain Injury). Fathima pursued her interest in immunological research as a research assistant with the Macrophage Biology/Innate Immunology laboratory at the UQ-Mater Research Institute. She developed a wide range of skills and expertise both in immunology and molecular biology during this time. Following a desire to develop a career in cancer immunotherapies Fathima has joined the Cheetham Group as a Senior Research Assistant.
Key Publications
Keshvari S, Masson JJR, Ferrari-Cestari M, Bodea LG, Nooru-Mohamed F, Tse BWC, Sokolowski KA, Batoon L, Patkar OL, Sullivan MA, Ebersbach H, Stutz C, Parton RG, Summers KM, Pettit AR, Hume DA, Irvine KM. Reversible expansion of tissue macrophages in response to macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF1) transforms systemic lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Feb 1;326(2):E149-E165. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00347.2023. Epub 2023 Dec 20. PMID: 38117267.
Seo GY, Neal ES, Han F, Vidovic D, Nooru-Mohamed F, Dienel GA, Sullivan MA, Borges K. Brain glycogen content is increased in the acute and interictal chronic stages of the mouse pilocarpine model of epilepsy. Epilepsia Open. 2022 Jun;7(2):361-367. doi: 10.1002/epi4.12599. Epub 2022 Apr 22. PMID: 35377551; PMCID: PMC9159246.