Professor

Kathy Belov

AO FAA

Kathy Belov
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Kathy Belov is acknowledged for her ground-breaking work using genetics and genomics to trace the evolution of mammalian immunity to overturn the paradigm that marsupials and monotremes have primitive immune systems. She has shown that lineage specific evolutionary innovations provide marsupials and monotremes with additional defence mechanisms and that these offer exciting drug leads for humans and other animals. After determining the role that the Major Histocompatibility Complex plays in the spread of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease, Belov led the genetic management of the recovery program to successfully increase immune fitness of wild populations through genetic rescue. She continues to work with government agencies to boost the immunogenetic resilience of native species threatened by disease.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3105 GENETICS
    • 310507 Genetic Immunology
    • 310509 Genomics
    • 60411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
  • 3109 ZOOLOGY
    • 310905 Animal Immunology
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3204 IMMUNOLOGY
    • 320406 Immunogenetics (incl. Genetic Immunology)
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4104 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
    • 410401 Conservation and biodiversity

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Marsupials
  • Antibacterial Discovery
  • Disease Resistance
  • Immunology
  • Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation Biology
  • Animal Biology
  • Disease Gene Identification
  • DNA Sequencing
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Genomics
  • Antibodies
  • Cancer Immunology
  • Mammals

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