Journal of Neonatal Biology

Antonio Ferrante

Biography

Dr Antonio Ferrante is the Professor and Head of Paediatric Immunopathology, SA Pathology at the Women’s and Children’s Campus. He is Professor in Paediatrics, Discipline of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health and Professor in Microbiology and Immunology, School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Adelaide. He is also professor of Immunopharmacology in School of Pharnaceutical and medical Science, University of South Australia. He is the Theme Leader for Developmental and Genetic Immunology, Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide. Professor Ferrante’s research interest focuses on basic and translation research in immunology pertaining to babies and children’s health. This includes diagnosis and treatment of primary immunodeficiency disorders, allergy and other inflammatory disorders. His skills are in immunobiology, cytokine function and lipid mediators in inflammatory diseases. This experience extends to understanding intracellular signalling pathways in these diseases; MAP kinases, PKC and phospholipases. He presently runs a molecular service for the diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency diseases.

Research Interest

Neonatal studies