Laura Rikard-Bell

Honours Student

Working groups

Infection, Inflammation and Innate Immunity

Laura.rikard-bell@student.burnet.edu.au

Background

Laura is an honours student at the Burnet Institute and a recent graduate from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science. Her project focusses on enhancing apoptosis of HIV-infected macrophage in order to facilitate an HIV cure.

Qualifications

2024: Geoffrey Stewardson Travel Fellowship
2022: BSc, University of Melbourne, Australia

Burnet publications

15 Mar 2025

Afucosylated broadly neutralising antibodies targeting HIV envelope elicit enhanced NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity against HIV-infected CD4+ T cell and macrophage targets

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Morgane M. Brunton-O’Sullivan, Olaf G. Wilhelm, Christine Jordan, Hans Kek, Laura Rikard-Bell, Pantelis Poumbourios, Bruce D. Wines, Anthony Jaworowski, Anna C. Hearps, Hans Kek

15 Mar 2025

Afucosylated broadly neutralising antibodies targeting HIV envelope elicit enhanced NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity against HIV-infected CD4+ T cell and macrophage targets

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Morgane M. Brunton-O’Sullivan, Olaf G. Wilhelm, Christine Jordan, Hans Kek, Laura Rikard-Bell, Pantelis Poumbourios, Bruce D. Wines, Anthony Jaworowski, Anna C. Hearps, Hans Kek

15 Mar 2025

Afucosylated broadly neutralising antibodies targeting HIV envelope elicit enhanced NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity against HIV-infected CD4+ T cell and macrophage targets

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Morgane M. Brunton-O’Sullivan, Olaf G. Wilhelm, Christine Jordan, Hans Kek, Laura Rikard-Bell, Pantelis Poumbourios, Bruce D. Wines, Anthony Jaworowski, Anna C. Hearps, Hans Kek