Thomas is currently a postdoc with the HIV & Mucosal Immunity lab at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research. Initially, his study involved characterising anogenital T cells by flow cytometry as targets for early HIV transmission, but having learned analytic programming during COVID, he now studies all aspects of human tissue immunology with high parameter bioinformatic approaches. Recently, he’s been developing and applying bioinformatic methods to investigate immune cells in inflamed and uninflamed human tissues using spatial technologies (IMC, Cosmx & Visium) and particularly interested in describing lymphoid follicles in rectal tissues as early sanctuaries for pathogens during viral transmission.
