
Dr
Andrew
Flies
Dr
Andrew
Flies
Associate Professor of Immunology
Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
Biography
Andrew Flies completed a BSc in Computer Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2002,
with minors in Chemistry and Math. He earned his PhD from Michigan State University in Dec 2012.
His focus since 2014 has been on the development of vaccines and immunology tools for Tasmanian
devils. He currently an ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor at the Menzies Institute for Medical
Research at the University of Tasmania and leads the Wild Immunology Group. His team is developing
a viral vector-based vaccine that can be distributed in edible baits to vaccinate wild devils in the
Tasmanian landscape.
UTAS: https://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/menzies/andrew-flies
Website: https://wildimmunity.com/ Research interests
Wildlife vaccines Projects you're working on
Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease vaccines Discipline
Bio-manufacturing Immunology – B-cells Molecular biology Host species
Wildlife Pathogen
Viruses Viruses›Adenovirus Stage of vaccine development
Antigen discovery and immunogen design Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery