Lisa Connor

I am a cellular immunologist with an interest in the host-pathogen interface. The research I carried out during my PhD at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research with Dr Jo Kirman and post-doctoral fellowship at the Trudeau Institute, NY, USA, with Dr David Woodland, focused on vaccination against respiratory diseases tuberculosis and influenza.

After returning to New Zealand in 2012, my research interests turned to dendritic cells, where I investigated dendritic cell instruction of immune cell fate with Prof. Franca Ronchese at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research. In 2017 I was awarded a Sir Charles Hercus fellowship from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to examine the impact of the tissue microenvironment on Dendritic cell function. In 2018 I established my research lab in the School of Biological Sciences.