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Dr. Kelvin Tuong is a Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader at the Ian Frazer Centre for Children's Immunotherapy Research (IFCCIR), Child Health Research Centre, within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences at The University of Queensland. He holds affiliate positions at the Frazer Institute and Ian Frazer Centre for Childhood Immunotherapy Research. His research bridges molecular biology and computational approaches to study immune cell development in health and disease.
Dr. Tuong completed his education with a Diploma in Biomedical Laboratory Technology from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, followed by a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science (Class I Honours) and a PhD in macrophage cell biology and endocrinology from The University of Queensland.
His research focuses on computational immunology, single-cell analysis of immune cells, pediatric cancer immunity, and deep learning applications for immune receptor analysis. He develops bioinformatics tools (e.g., Dandelion for single-cell BCR analysis) and investigates how adaptive immune receptors can be harnessed for early cancer detection in children. Current projects include building a Pediatric Immune Cell Atlas and developing deep learning models for cancer cell prediction.
Dr. Tuong's publications demonstrate a strong focus on single-cell technologies, computational immunology, and translational applications in cancer and autoimmunity. His work frequently appears in high-impact journals and emphasizes methodological innovation in immune repertoire analysis, cell-cell communication modeling, and multi-omics integration.
He leads the Computational Immunology group at IFCCIR, focusing on pediatric cancer immunity perturbation at cellular resolution. The lab develops computational frameworks to transform immune receptor data into early warning systems for childhood cancers and actively seeks trainees interested in immunology-bioinformatics intersections.
