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Si Ming received a Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2013, focusing on inflammasomes in host defense against Salmonella infection. He obtained postdoctoral training at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA, where he studied immune signaling pathways related to host response in infections and cancer. Currently, as a CSL Centenary Fellow and NHMRC Leadership Fellow at the Australian National University, his laboratory focuses on innate immunity, host defense against infectious diseases, and the development of chronic diseases such as cancer. Si Ming has been recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher producing multiple highly-cited papers over the past decade and ranks in the top 1% of citations in his field. His work has garnered various prestigious awards, including the Shimadzu Research Medal from the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2025, and he has supervised numerous Ph.D. and honors students in research related to molecular mechanisms of inflammasome activation and immune responses in relation to bacterial infections and cancer.
Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Currently serving as a fellow focusing on research related to innate immunity and host defense.
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