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  • Name

    Stephanie Gras
  • Email

    Stephanie.gras@monash.edu
  • Country/Region

    Australia
  • Institute

    Monash University
  • Career Stage

    Tenured Faculty
  • Website

    http://graslab.com.au/
  • Research Interests

  • Profile

    A/Prof Stephanie Gras is a Laboratory head and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at Monash University within the Biomedicine Discovery Institute. She is leading a laboratory of about 10 members working on the T cell response towards infections with a primary focus on HIV and influenza. Her lab focused on the understanding of the molecular mechanism and key event of an effective immune response.
    She has successfully secured funding from both the ARC and NHMRC to support her lab, as well as been as been awarded the Dean’s award for Early Career researcher, and the Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science. Stephanie has been extremely successful at presenting her work at both national and international meetings, as well as publishing in high profile journals. 
    Stephanie has also a passion for science communication with the scientific community as well as the public.