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Biography
Professor Nicole La Gruta is head of the T cell development and function laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Monash University. She completed postdoctoral studies at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in Memphis, Tennessee, before returning to Melbourne in 2002 as part of Prof Peter Doherty’s laboratory at the University of Melbourne. Nicole was appointed at Monash University in 2016 where she undertakes a comprehensive program of research to elucidate the key determinants of robust T cell immunity in the context of virus infection and autoimmune disease. She also has a keen interest in understanding the molecular basis of T cell dysfunction in the elderly. It is hoped that a better understanding of the drivers of optimal and dysfunctional T cell responses will inform the targeted design and application of T cell-based vaccines and therapeutics.
Research interests
My laboratory investigates the determinants of effective T cell responses, T cell ageing, and T cell mediated autoimmunity
External positions
Affiliate member, The University of Melbourne
2016 → …Keywords
- T cells
- Ageing
- T cell receptors
- immunodominance hierarchy
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Projects 2012 2021
Limiting the impact of influenza
Turner, S., La Gruta, N., Chen, W., Kedzierska, K., Jackson, D., Brown, L. E. & Doherty, P. C.
1/01/15 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Research Output 1998 2019
CD4 + T help promotes influenza virus-specific CD8 + T cell memory by limiting metabolic dysfunction
Cullen, J. G., McQuilten, H. A., Quinn, K. M., Olshansky, M., Russ, B. E., Morey, A., Wei, S., Prier, J. E., La Gruta, N. L., Doherty, P. C. & Turner, S. J., 5 Mar 2019, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 10, p. 4481-4488 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Most viral peptides displayed by class I MHC on infected cells are immunogenic
Croft, N. P., Smith, S. A., Pickering, J., Sidney, J., Peters, B., Faridi, P., Witney, M. J., Sebastian, P., Flesch, I. E. A., Heading, S. L., Sette, A., La Gruta, N. L., Purcell, A. W. & Tscharke, D. C., 19 Feb 2019, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 8, p. 3112-3117 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Age-Related Decline in Primary CD8+ T Cell Responses Is Associated with the Development of Senescence in Virtual Memory CD8+ T Cells
Quinn, K. M., Fox, A., Harland, K. L., Russ, B. E., Li, J., Nguyen, T. H. O., Loh, L., Olshanksy, M., Naeem, H., Tsyganov, K., Wiede, F., Webster, R., Blyth, C., Sng, X. Y. X., Tiganis, T., Powell, D., Doherty, P. C., Turner, S. J., Kedzierska, K. & La Gruta, N. L., 19 Jun 2018, In : Cell Reports. 23, 12, p. 3512-3524 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Clonally diverse CD38+HLA-DR+CD8+ T cells persist during fatal H7N9 disease
Wang, Z., Zhu, L., Nguyen, T. H. O., Wan, Y., Sant, S., Quiñones-Parra, S. M., Crawford, J. C., Eltahla, A. A., Rizzetto, S., Bull, R. A., Qiu, C., Koutsakos, M., Clemens, E. B., Loh, L., Chen, T., Liu, L., Cao, P., Ren, Y., Kedzierski, L., Kotsimbos, T. & 10 others, 26 Feb 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 1, 12 p., 824.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Understanding the drivers of MHC restriction of T cell receptors
La Gruta, N. L., Gras, S., Daley, S. R., Thomas, P. G. & Rossjohn, J., Jul 2018, In : Nature Reviews Immunology. 18, p. 467-478 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review