
Dr Marcel Batten
Dr Marcel Batten is the Cancer Ecosystems Program Manager as well as Project Manager for the Swarbrick Lab, including supporting the Breast Cancer Atlas Consortium. Marcel has a PhD and significant experience in immunology and immuno-oncology research. She undertook postdoctoral training at Genentech Inc., San Francisco, before becoming a Laboratory Head in Immunology the Garvan Institute, and later, Immuno-Oncology Researcher with the Melanoma Institute Australia. Her expertise centres on characterisation of novel immune signalling mediators and optimisation of adaptive immune responses. She has served in a project management capacity with the Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australia, The University of Sydney Cancer Research Network, and the University of Sydney Research Networks Office.
Selected Publications
See all publications- 2020Journal of clinical immunology10.1007/s10875-020-00804-8
Everolimus-Induced Remission of Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma Secondary to Cryptic Splicing Mediated CTLA4 Haploinsufficiency.
- 2017Immunology and cell biology10.1111/imcb.1031
GPR65 inhibits experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through CD4 T cell independent mechanisms that include effects on iNKT cells.
- 2017Cell reports10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.044
Cytosolic Recognition of RNA Drives the Immune Response to Heterologous Erythrocytes.
- 2016Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)10.4049/jimmunol.1600652
IL-27 Directly Enhances Germinal Center B Cell Activity and Potentiates Lupus in Sanroque Mice.
- 2016Immunity10.1016/j.immuni.2016.05.007
Genetic Coding Variant in GPR65 Alters Lysosomal pH and Links Lysosomal Dysfunction with Colitis Risk.