Overview
Background
Dr. Larisa Labzin studies how our innate immune system detects viral infections and how it decodes different signals to mount an appropriate immune response. Dr. Labzin's interest in innate immunity started during her honours training with Prof. Matt Sweet at the IMB, looking at how inflammatory signalling is regulated in macrophages. After gaining more experience while working as a research assistant for Prof. Sweet, she moved to Germany to the University of Bonn for her PhD. At the Univeristy of Bonn, Dr. Labzin investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of High-Density Lipoprotein with Prof. Eicke Latz. Here she discovered novel regulatory pathways that control inflammation. Dr. Labzin then moved to Cambridge, UK as an EMBO postdoctoral fellow to work with Dr. Leo James at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Biology. In Dr. James' lab Dr. Labzin focused on how viruses are sensed by the innate immune system to trigger inflammation. In particular, Dr Labzin investigated how antibodies change the way viruses trigger inflammation. While in Cambridge, Dr. Labzin was awarded an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to return to Australia. Larisa returned to the IMB in September 2019 to work with Prof. Kate Schroder. Dr. Labzin is an IMB Fellow and leads an independent research team studying inflammation in response to influenza and SARS-CoV-2.
Availability
- Dr Larisa Labzin is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Molecular Medicine, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn
Research interests
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How antibodies modulate innate immune sensing
Innate sensing of viruses is studied mainly in the context of naive infection. We want to understand how pre-existing immunity, in the form of antibodies, changes the inflammatory response to viruses.
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Human macrophage responses to viruses
Viruses trigger strong inflammatory responses. We are studying the molecular pathways in human macrophages that are triggered during viral infection
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Conservation of Innate Immunity across species
Many species are important viral reservoirs. Yet little is understood about innate immunity in these species. We are studying key innate pathways signal in non-human species.
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How innate immune cells respond to dying cells
Many cells die during infection. How innate immune cells sense cell damage and respond accordingly is poorly understood. We are studying how cells interpret signs of danger to mount an effective immune response
Research impacts
Dr. Labzin is heavily involved in public outreach and in communicating immunology to the wider public. Dr Labzin explains how the immune system works, how vaccines work and attempts to encourage vaccine uptake. Dr Labzin's research is elucidating how the immune system contributes to disease during viral infection. Key to this is understanding why different people respond differently to viral infections. Dr Labzin's research aims to identify new pathways to target, so that we can best treat viral infections, reducing sick days, symptoms and serious complications.
Works
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2024
Conference Publication
Understanding changes in host cell calcium signalling during coronavirus infection
Chan, Shao Ming, Monteith, Gregory, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah, Labzin, Larisa and Robitaille, Mélanie (2024). Understanding changes in host cell calcium signalling during coronavirus infection. OPTIONS XII for the Control of Influenza, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 September - 2 October 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
A high-throughput method to monitor live-cell calcium signalling changes during coronavirus infection.
Chan, Shao Ming, Monteith, Gregory, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah, Labzin, Larisa and Robitaille, Mélanie (2024). A high-throughput method to monitor live-cell calcium signalling changes during coronavirus infection.. 17th International Meeting of the European Calcium Society, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 31 August - 4 September 2024.
2024
Journal Article
Mechanisms of antibody-dependent enhancement of infectious disease
Wells, Timothy J., Esposito, Tyron, Henderson, Ian R. and Labzin, Larisa I. (2024). Mechanisms of antibody-dependent enhancement of infectious disease. Nature Reviews Immunology. doi: 10.1038/s41577-024-01067-9
2024
Journal Article
Hyaluronic acid turnover controls the severity of cerebral cavernous malformations in bioengineered human micro-vessels
Yordanov, Teodor E., Keyser, Mikaela S., Enriquez Martinez, Marco A., Esposito, Tyron, Tefft, Juliann B., Morris, Elysse K., Labzin, Larisa I., Stehbens, Samantha J., Rowan, Alan E., Hogan, Benjamin M., Chen, Christopher S., Lauko, Jan and Lagendijk, Anne K. (2024). Hyaluronic acid turnover controls the severity of cerebral cavernous malformations in bioengineered human micro-vessels. APL Bioengineering, 8 (1) 016108, 016108. doi: 10.1063/5.0159330
2023
Conference Publication
Gene expression of calcium signalling modulators in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Akison, Mia C., Eschke, Kathrin, Monteith, Gregory, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah, Labzin, Larisa and Robitaille, Mélanie (2023). Gene expression of calcium signalling modulators in SARS-CoV-2 infection. ASCEPT Annual Scientific, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 20-23 November 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Developing a human cell model to study calcium signalling during coronavirus infection.
Chan, Shao Ming, Monteith, Gregory, Roberts-Thomson, Sarah, Labzin, Larisa and Robitaille, Mélanie (2023). Developing a human cell model to study calcium signalling during coronavirus infection.. ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 20-23 November 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Caspase-4 dimerisation and D289 auto-processing elicit an interleukin-1β-converting enzyme
Chan, Amy H., Burgener, Sabrina S., Vezyrgiannis, Kassandra, Wang, Xiaohui, Acklam, Jadie, Von Pein, Jessica B., Pizzuto, Malvina, Labzin, Larisa I., Boucher, Dave and Schroder, Kate (2023). Caspase-4 dimerisation and D289 auto-processing elicit an interleukin-1β-converting enzyme. Life Science Alliance, 6 (10) e202301908, 1-11. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202301908
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”
Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. mBio, 14 (3), e0081523. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00815-23
2023
Journal Article
Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release
Labzin, Larisa I., Chew, Keng Yih, Eschke, Kathrin, Wang, Xiaohui, Esposito, Tyron, Stocks, Claudia J., Rae, James, Patrick, Ralph, Mostafavi, Helen, Hill, Brittany, Yordanov, Teodor E., Holley, Caroline L., Emming, Stefan, Fritzlar, Svenja, Mordant, Francesca L., Steinfort, Daniel P., Subbarao, Kanta, Nefzger, Christian M., Lagendijk, Anne K., Gordon, Emma J., Parton, Robert G., Short, Kirsty R., Londrigan, Sarah L. and Schroder, Kate (2023). Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release. Science Signaling, 16 (782) eabq1366, eabq1366. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”
Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. mSphere, 8 (3), e0016523. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00165-23
2023
Journal Article
Stoking inflammasome fires in the COVID-19 neighborhood
Labzin, Larisa I. and Schroder, Kate (2023). Stoking inflammasome fires in the COVID-19 neighborhood. Cell Host and Microbe, 31 (2), 168-170. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.01.008
2023
Journal Article
Inflammatory cell death: how macrophages sense neighbouring cell infection and damage
Wang, Xiaohui and Labzin, Larisa I. (2023). Inflammatory cell death: how macrophages sense neighbouring cell infection and damage. Biochemical Society Transactions, 51 (1), 303-313. doi: 10.1042/bst20220807
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse”
Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse”. Journal of Virology, 97 (5). doi: 10.1128/jvi.00451-23
2022
Journal Article
Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells
Zhu, Yanshan, Chew, Keng Yih, Wu, Melanie, Karawita, Anjana C., McCallum, Georgina, Steele, Lauren E., Yamamoto, Ayaho, Labzin, Larisa I., Yarlagadda, Tejasri, Khromykh, Alexander A., Wang, Xiaohui, Sng, Julian D. J., Stocks, Claudia J., Xia, Yao, Kollmann, Tobias R., Martino, David, Joensuu, Merja, Meunier, Frédéric A., Balistreri, Giuseppe, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Bowen, Asha C., Kicic, Anthony, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M. and Short, Kirsty R. (2022). Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells. PLoS Biology, 20 (8) e3001728, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001728
2021
Journal Article
Dysregulated inflammation during obesity: driving disease severity in influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 infections
Hulme, Katina D., Noye, Ellesandra C., Short, Kirsty R. and Labzin, Larisa I. (2021). Dysregulated inflammation during obesity: driving disease severity in influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 infections. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 770066, 770066. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.770066
2021
Journal Article
Endothelial cells are not productively infected by SARS‐CoV‐2
Schimmel, Lilian, Chew, Keng Yih, Stocks, Claudia J., Yordanov, Teodor E., Essebier, Patricia, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Santos Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Cooper, Caroline, Noronha, Lucia, Schroder, Kate, Lagendijk, Anne Karine, Labzin, Larisa I., Short, Kirsty R. and Gordon, Emma J. (2021). Endothelial cells are not productively infected by SARS‐CoV‐2. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (10) e1350, e1350. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1350
2019
Journal Article
Antibody and DNA sensing pathways converge to activate the inflammasome during primary human macrophage infection
Labzin, Larisa I., Bottermann, Maria, Rodriguez‐Silvestre, Pablo, Foss, Stian, Andersen, Jan Terje, Vaysburd, Marina, Clift, Dean and James, Leo C. (2019). Antibody and DNA sensing pathways converge to activate the inflammasome during primary human macrophage infection. EMBO Journal, 38 (21) e101365, e101365. doi: 10.15252/embj.2018101365
2019
Journal Article
Anti-commensal IgG Drives Intestinal Inflammation and Type 17 Immunity in Ulcerative Colitis
Castro-Dopico, Tomas, Dennison, Thomas W., Ferdinand, John R., Mathews, Rebeccah J., Fleming, Aaron, Clift, Dean, Stewart, Benjamin J., Jing, Chenzhi, Strongili, Konstantina, Labzin, Larisa I., Monk, Edward J.M., Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh, Bryant, Clare E., Clare, Simon, Parkes, Miles and Clatworthy, Menna R. (2019). Anti-commensal IgG Drives Intestinal Inflammation and Type 17 Immunity in Ulcerative Colitis. Immunity, 50 (4), 1099-1114.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.02.006
2018
Journal Article
Innate immunity and neurodegeneration
Labzin, Larisa I., Heneka, Michael T. and Latz, Eicke (2018). Innate immunity and neurodegeneration. Annual Review of Medicine, 69 (1), 437-449. doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-050715-104343
2017
Journal Article
A method for the acute and rapid degradation of endogenous proteins
Clift, Dean, McEwan, William A., Labzin, Larisa I., Konieczny, Vera, Mogessie, Binyam, James, Leo C. and Schuh, Melina (2017). A method for the acute and rapid degradation of endogenous proteins. Cell, 171 (7), 1692-1706. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.10.033
Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating how antibodies against Influenza A Virus modulate macrophage sensing and signalling pathways and outputs.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kate Schroder, Associate Professor Kirsty Short
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Doctor Philosophy
Molecular pathways by which human epithelia and macrophages sense and respond to Influenza A virus infection.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kate Schroder, Associate Professor Kirsty Short
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the vascular dysfunction in COVID-19
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Gordon, Dr Keng Chew
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanisms of virus-induced NLRP1 Inflammasome Signalling
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stefan Emming, Professor Kate Schroder
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Doctor Philosophy
he intersection between calcium signaling pathways and viral infection
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gregory Monteith, Dr Melanie Robitaille
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