Stefan’s ARC DECRA Fellowship

Congratulations Stefan on securing an ARC DECRA Fellowship. This is an incredibly competitive scheme and a prestigious career development award.  

Well done and richly deserved! 

Project Title: Elucidating ATPase function during NLRP3 inflammasome assembly

Humans and animals are constantly exposed to all kinds of microbes, which inhabit their external environment as well as body surfaces such as the skin and gut. We are, however, able to co-exist with these microbes, because our immune system constantly samples the environment and protects us from these everyday encounters. This proposal will reveal how an important immune process senses and responds to microbes. By delivering fundamental knowledge of how animals normally co-exist with microbes, this project will deliver new immunological paradigms. Expected outcomes and benefits of this proposal include high-impact publications, international collaboration, world-class training for young scientists and new knowledge for future commercialisation.