🔬 Pushing the boundaries of translational research at Westmead

One of the strengths of PrecisionGo is our ability to connect world-leading facilities and research groups across the Westmead Health Precinct.

A great example is the Mucosal Immunology and HIV Research Group, led by Professor Andrew Harman. Their team partners with surgeons to access fresh human tissues - arriving in the lab within 15 minutes of surgery - providing the most physiologically relevant models possible for studying infection and immunity.

By combining these tissues with advanced single-cell technologies (flow cytometry, RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics and proteomics), the team has:
✨ Discovered brand-new immune cell types
✨ Mapped how HIV first interacts with immune cells at epithelial surfaces
✨ Shown how dendritic cells transport HIV to its primary targets, CD4 T cells
🖼️ The image below shows one of these discoveries: newly identified epithelial dendritic cells (in green) sampling HIV (in red) on the epithelial surface of human inner foreskin, just 30 minutes after virus exposure.

This kind of research highlights why core facilities and collaborative expertise matter -they generate the insights that make precision medicine possible.

At PrecisionGo, we’re proud to support and integrate these cutting-edge capabilities, helping to accelerate discoveries that improve health outcomes worldwide.