Dr Anuj Sehgal

Dr Anuj Sehgal completed his PhD at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh (UK) (2013-2017). Anuj then joined the Immunology team in industry funded preclinical trials at the Institute of Inflammation, Infection and Immunity at the University of Glasgow. In October 2018, Dr Sehgal joined the Mater Research Institute as a Research Officer to continue investigating unique associations between macrophages and stem cell niches across the body, including intestinal stem cells (Sehgal et al., 2018, Nat. Comms) and HSC-niches in the bone marrow and peripheral lymphoid organs (Kaur*, Sehgal* et al. 2021 J. Hem. Onco). In 2022, Anuj diverted from academic research to contract clinical trials at the Wesley Research Institute. In July 2025, Anuj rejoined UQ as a Flow Cytometry research fellow in the Chappell Lab under the ViceBio team, working on cell mediated immune responses in viral preclinical and clinical trials.

Key Publications

Sehgal A, Carter-Cusack D, Keshvari S, Patkar O, Huang S, Summers KM, Hume DA, Irvine KM. Intraperitoneal transfer of wild-type bone marrow repopulates tissue macrophages in the Csf1r knockout rat without contributing to monocytopoiesis. Eur J Immunol. 2023 Aug;53(8):e2250312. doi: 10.1002/eji.202250312. Epub 2023 May 1. PMID: 37059596.

Sehgal A, Irvine KM, Hume DA. Functions of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF1) in development, homeostasis, and tissue repair. Semin Immunol. 2021 Apr;54:101509. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2021.101509. Epub 2021 Nov 4. PMID: 34742624.

Sehgal A, Donaldson DS, Pridans C, Sauter KA, Hume DA, Mabbott NA. The role of CSF1R-dependent macrophages in control of the intestinal stem-cell niche. Nat Commun. 2018 Mar 28;9(1):1272. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03638-6. PMID: 29593242; PMCID: PMC5871851.