Cecile King

Associate Professor Cecile King, Ph.D., joined the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales Sydney in 2021. CK received her Ph.D. in Immunology from UWA and completed her postdoctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA. She joined the faculty of the Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia in 2005. CK continues to be intrigued by how the immune system maintains tolerance to self and has made important contributions to our understanding of adaptive immune responses and autoimmunity. CK’s current research focus is RNA at the immune interface: Understanding both immune recognition of RNA and immune regulation by non-coding RNA and transposable elements. RNA at the immune interface: Understanding both immune recognition of RNA and immune regulation by non-coding RNA and transposable elements. Project 1: The role of retrotransposons in regulation of immune responses. This project will take a genome-wide approach to analyse the role of retrotransposons in the regulation of the immune system. Project 2: RNA sensing in health and disease. This project will probe the underlying mechanisms of RNA sensing by the immune system and how autoimmune disease associated mutations in RNA recognition pathways influence immune responses.