Working groups
Liriye completed a PhD at Monash University in 2019 on antimalarial immunity where she identified that antibodies function by fixing and activating serum complement proteins to kill Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites. Liriye is currently a Senior Research Officer in the Malaria Immunity and Vaccines Laboratory at Burnet Institute, investigating immunity induced by preclinical and approved malaria vaccines. She has established high-throughput approaches to quantify antibody functional responses in thousands of samples collected in large clinical trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine conduced in young African children. Her research aims to define whether antibody function is an immunological correlate of protection for malaria vaccines such as RTS,S, and to identify factors associated with the induction and maintenance of protective immunity in children.
• 2019: Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
• 2014: Bachelor of Science (Honours), Monash University
• 2013: Bachelor of Science, Monash University
• 2019- Senior Research Officer, Malaria Immunity and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute
• 2023: Life Sciences Discipline Seminar Series co-convenor, Burnet Institute
• 2021- Review Editor, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
• 2019- Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University
• 2017- Australian Society for Parasitology
• 2016-2018 & 2023- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• 2017: Student Representative, Burnet Institute
Communications Medicine
Alexander W. Harris, Liriye Kurtovic, D. Herbert Opi, Bruce D. Wines, P. Mark Hogarth, Pantelis Poumbourios, Heidi E. Drummer, James G. Beeson
The Lancet Microbe
Gaoqian Feng, Liriye Kurtovic, Alessia Hysa, Katherine O’Flaherty, Bruce D. Wines, Laura D’Andrea, Heidi E. Drummer, P. Mark Hogarth, Freya J. I. Fowkes, James G. Beeson
The Lancet Microbe
Gaoqian Feng, Liriye Kurtovic, Alessia Hysa, Katherine O’Flaherty, Bruce D. Wines, Laura D’Andrea, Heidi E. Drummer, P. Mark Hogarth, Freya J. I. Fowkes, James G. Beeson
The project identifies and prioritises candidate antigens for vaccine development.
We're researching the immune responses induced by the RTS,S vaccine where the burden of malaria is highest: among young children in multiple malaria-endemic African countries.
Vaccination is a highly effective strategy to protect populations against infectious diseases. Highly protective and long-lasting vaccines are needed to reduce the global burden of malaria and enable elimination.