Dr Messina is a Team Leader in the MCRI Infectious Diseases research group where she currently leads the immunology research program with a focus on the clinical and immunological off-target effects of vaccines. Dr Messina completed her PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre investigating crosstalk in cytokine signalling pathways and the role of interferon signalling pathways in tumour immunosurveillance. Her previous research has also included investigating the role of cytokine response pathways in regulatory T cell development and function. Dr Messina co-supervises four PhD students, holds an Honorary Research Fellow appointment with the University of Melbourne and is a member of the Melbourne Children's Graduate Research Committee and MCRI animal ethics committee.
Dr Messina is a Team Leader in the MCRI Infectious Diseases research group where she currently leads the immunology research program with a focus on the clinical and immunological off-target effects of vaccines. Dr Messina completed her PhD at the...
Dr Messina is a Team Leader in the MCRI Infectious Diseases research group where she currently leads the immunology research program with a focus on the clinical and immunological off-target effects of vaccines. Dr Messina completed her PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre investigating crosstalk in cytokine signalling pathways and the role of interferon signalling pathways in tumour immunosurveillance. Her previous research has also included investigating the role of cytokine response pathways in regulatory T cell development and function. Dr Messina co-supervises four PhD students, holds an Honorary Research Fellow appointment with the University of Melbourne and is a member of the Melbourne Children's Graduate Research Committee and MCRI animal ethics committee.
Top Publications
Noé, A, Dang, TD, Axelrad, C, Burrell, E, Germano, S, Elia, S, Burgner, D, Perrett, KP, Curtis, N, Messina, NL.
BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination in children alters cytokine responses to heterologous pathogens and Toll-like receptor agonists.
Frontiers in Immunology
14:
1242380
2024
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Zimmermann, P, Pittet, LF, Jakob, W, Messina, NL, Falquet, L, Curtis, N.
The Effect of Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination on the Composition of the Intestinal Microbiome in Neonates From the MIS BAIR Trial..
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2023
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Noble, CCA, Messina, NL, Pittet, LF, Curtis, N.
Interpreting the Results of Trials of BCG Vaccination for Protection Against COVID-19.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
228(10)
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1467 -1478
2023
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Pittet, LF, Moore, CL, McDonald, E, Barry, S, Bonten, M, Campbell, J, Croda, J, Dalcolmo, M, Davidson, A, Douglas, MW, et al.
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination for protection against recurrent herpes labialis: a nested randomised controlled trial.
EClinicalMedicine
64:
102203
2023
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Stevens, NE, Ryan, FJ, Messina, NL, Blake, SJ, Norton, TS, Germano, S, James, J, Eden, GL, Tee, YC, Lynn, MA, et al.
No evidence of durable trained immunity after two doses of adenovirus-vectored or mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Journal of Clinical Investigation
133(17)
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e171742
2023
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