Lee completed a BSc(Hons) at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Botany. He then completed a PhD in the laboratories of Associate Professor Stuart Ralph and Professor Geoff McFadden, followed by a postdoctoral position with Dr Michael Duffy, both at the University of Melbourne. His research has combined equal parts bioinformatics and wet-lab work, including transcriptomics, whole-genome sequencing, molecular and cell biology, and CRISPR-Cas9. His projects have investigated the role and mechanism of alternative splicing in apicomplexans, and the function of histone modifications and epigenetic regulation of transcription in the malaria parasite.
He joined Professor James Beeson's lab in 2021 to research the immune response to Plasmodium vivax malaria, including research into monoclonal-antibody technology.
Nucleic Acids Research
Lee M. Yeoh
Nature Communications
Chiara Drago, Lee M. Yeoh, D. Herbert Opi, Lee M. Yeoh, Chiara Drago, D. Herbert Opi
Nature Communications
Chiara Drago, Lee M. Yeoh, D. Herbert Opi, Lee M. Yeoh, Chiara Drago, D. Herbert Opi
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Vaccination is a highly effective strategy to protect populations against infectious diseases. Highly protective and long-lasting vaccines are needed to reduce the global burden of malaria and enable elimination.
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