Dr Claire Jessup
Senior Lecturer
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Claire Jessup is a medical researcher interested in harnessing the power of the immune system to modulate disease. Specific research projects examine the molecular activation of immune cells involved in the treatment of cancer and the development of autoimmune diseases (e.g. Type 1 diabetes).
Dr Jessup heads the Immunomodulation (iMOD) Laboratory within the College of Medicine & Public Health and FHMRI at Flinders University. Her group utilises techniques including flow cytometry, gene therapy, pancreatic islet isolation, immune assays, confocal microscopy and islet transplantation and diabetes models.
Recent research projects include:
- Modulation of T lymphocyte activation during Type 1 diabetes and islet transplant rejection
- Checkpoint inhibitors as an immunotherapy for cancer
- Investigating the interplay between vascular and endocrine cell types during islet transplantation
In addition to her research role, Dr Jessup teaches within the college and supervises PhD research students.
Dr Jessup acknowledges support from generous funding bodies including NHMRC, Diabetes Australia, Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation, FMC Foundation and Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology.
2006 NHMRC CJ Martin Overseas Biomedical Postdoctoral Fellowship – Oxford University
2010 Australian Federation of University Women Postdoctoral Grant
2011 South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Award
2011 Medvet Laboratories Project Grant (Chief Investigator A)
2012 Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Flinders University
2012 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Early Career Researchers
2013 Highest Impact Paper of the Year, CNS – Flinders University
2013 Diabetes Australia Research Grant (Chief Investigator A)
2013 Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Grant (Chief Investigator A)
2016 NHMRC Project Grant (Chief Investigator C)
2020 DVCR Re-entry Fellowship – Flinders University
2022 Innovative Grant Award (Chief Investigator A) – JDRF International
I teach undergraduate immunology and haematology topics at Flinders University.
I teach undergraduate immunology and haematology topics at Flinders University.
Thomas E. Starzl Postdoctoral Fellowship in Transplantation Biology - NOV 2011
PhD Dean's Commendation - APR 2013
Some of our lab's main recent publications: 2017, 2018
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