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Garry MyersProfile page
Visiting Professor
School of Life Sciences
BIO
Garry Myers is the Director of the Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection (AIMI, formerly the iThree Institute) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
He completed his PhD on chlamydial biology in 1998 at the University of Sydney (Faculty of Medicine) via the Menzies School of Health Research (Darwin, NT). He did postdoctoral training at The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland, working on microbial genomics and pathogenesis, with numerous high-impact publications, including Science, Nature Biotechnology and Genome Research.
In 2005 he was invited to join the TIGR Faculty. In 2007, along with twelve other TIGR Faculty, he was a co-founder of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland).
In June 2014, he relocated to the iThree Institute at the University of Technology Sydney; in 2019 he was appointed the Director of the Institute, and is also co-leading the AusGEM initiative (www.ausgem.net).
He completed his PhD on chlamydial biology in 1998 at the University of Sydney (Faculty of Medicine) via the Menzies School of Health Research (Darwin, NT). He did postdoctoral training at The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland, working on microbial genomics and pathogenesis, with numerous high-impact publications, including Science, Nature Biotechnology and Genome Research.
In 2005 he was invited to join the TIGR Faculty. In 2007, along with twelve other TIGR Faculty, he was a co-founder of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland).
In June 2014, he relocated to the iThree Institute at the University of Technology Sydney; in 2019 he was appointed the Director of the Institute, and is also co-leading the AusGEM initiative (www.ausgem.net).
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorAustralian Institute for Microbiology & Infection (AIMI), University of Technology Sydney, Australia8 Jan 2021 - present
- DirectorUniversity of Technology Sydney, iThree Institute, Sydney, AustraliaDec 2019 - present
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Technology Sydney, iThree Institute, Sydney, AustraliaMay 2014 - 1 Jan 2020
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY ORGANISATIONAL UNITS MEMBERSHIP
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Sydney, Australia
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision