Dr Josef Wagner
Dr Josef Wagner
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Role
Senior Research Officer
Research area
Infection, Immunity and Global Health
Group
Enteric Diseases
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Josef is a senior data scientist specializing in the analysis of human and non-human microbiome and virome sequence data.
He completed his PhD in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and has since worked at several leading research institutions, including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, the Wellcome Sanger Institute (2014–2018), and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne.
He completed his PhD in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and has since worked at several leading research institutions, including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, the Wellcome Sanger Institute (2014–2018), and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne.
Josef is a senior data scientist specializing in the analysis of human and non-human microbiome and virome sequence data.
He completed his PhD in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and has since worked at several leading...
He completed his PhD in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and has since worked at several leading...
Josef is a senior data scientist specializing in the analysis of human and non-human microbiome and virome sequence data.
He completed his PhD in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and has since worked at several leading research institutions, including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, the Wellcome Sanger Institute (2014–2018), and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne.
He completed his PhD in Stem Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and has since worked at several leading research institutions, including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, the Wellcome Sanger Institute (2014–2018), and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne.
Top Publications
- Kean, IRL, Wagner, J, Wijeyesekera, A, de Goffau, M, Thurston, S, Clark, JA, White, DK, Ridout, J, Agrawal, S, Kayani, R, et al. Temporal Fluctuations of Gut Microbiota and Bile Acid Metabolism in Critically Ill Children. 2026 view publication
- de Goffau, M, Jallow, A, Sanyang, C, Prentice, A, Parkhill, J, Pereira, D, Wagner, J. The gut microbiome of 7-37 month old children from The Gambia shows the development of a distinct non-industrial Prevotella-based trophic network. 2026 view publication
- Heida, FH, Kooi, EMW, Wagner, J, Nguyen, T-Y, Hulscher, JBF, Zoonen, AGJF, Bos, AF, Harmsen, HJM, Goffau, MC. Weight Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome in Preterm Infants: Results of a Prospective Observational Study. 2026 view publication
- Shmeleva, EV, de Agüero, MG, Wagner, J, Enright, AJ, Macpherson, AJ, Ferguson, BJ, Smith, GL. Smallpox vaccination induces a substantial increase in commensal skin bacteria that promote pathology and enhance immunity. 2026 view publication
- Wagner, J, Handley, A, Donato, CM, Lyons, EA, Pavlic, D, Ong, DS, Bonnici, R, Bogdanovic-Sakran, N, Parker, EPK, Bronowski, C, et al. Early-life gut microbiome associates with positive vaccine take and shedding in neonatal schedule of the human neonatal rotavirus vaccine RV3-BB.. Nat Commun 16(1) : 3432 2025 view publication
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