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Professor David Tarlinton (Photo: supplied)

Defining Plasma Cell Turnover at Homeostasis and after Immunisation to Reveal the Determinants of Longevity.

Hosted by: Associate Professor Anselm Enders

Biography

Professor David Tarlinton was awarded a BSc from the University of Sydney in 1981 and a PhD in 1989 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University, supervised by Professor Len Herzenberg. He was a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Klaus Rajewsky in Cologne, Germany, and then with Professor Gus Nossal at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) in Melbourne Australia, where he became a lab head and NHMRC Research Fellow in 1996. Professor Tarlinton continued working at WEHI till 2016, reaching the level of Principle Research Fellow and Professor at the University of Melbourne. He then accepted the position of Professor and Head of Department of Immunology and Pathology at Monash University, which he continues to hold. He has been in receipt of continuous NHMRC support since becoming eligible in 1996.

Professor Tarlinton’s career research focus is the development, differentiation and survival of B lymphocytes and the formation and maintenance of immune memory, including antibody secreting plasma cells. Since moving to Monash, his work has expanded to include longitudinal studies on graft rejection in human organ transplant recipients.

Hed has published over 190 papers, is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) and a member of the American Association of Immunologists. He is a recipient of the ASI Miller Travel Award, the Australia Museum Eureka Prize in Basic Research, the US Lupus Research Alliance Distinguished Innovator award and a life member of Claire Hall, Cambridge, UK. He is an adviser to several immunology journals and chairs a grant review panel for the European Research Council.