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Email

jsilke@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Professorial Fellow
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences - Admin
Education
PhD
University of Zurich
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Cambridge
Bachelors Degree
King's College London
ORCID

0000-0002-7611-5774

Prof John Silke

Honorary Professorial Fellow
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

40 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    ANCHR regulates TRAIL-mediated apoptosis with implications for liver injury
    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2026.e45090
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Infection-induced glucose starvation triggers NINJ1-dependent macrophage lysis and Candida escape.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-74195-6
  • 2026

    Journal article

    IAP-based biodegraders can convert necroptosis to apoptosis and eliminate cancer driving protein complexes
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2026.03.005
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The PANoptosis hypothesis examined
    DOI: 10.1038/s41580-026-00970-4
  • 2024

    Journal article

    RIPK3 cleavage is dispensable for necroptosis inhibition but restricts NLRP3 inflammasome activation
    DOI: 10.1038/s41418-024-01281-x
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Mind bomb 2 limits inflammatory dermatitis in Sharpin mutant mice independently of cell death
    DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad438
  • 2014

    Journal article

    RIPK1 regulates RIPK3-MLKL-driven systemic inflammation and emergency hematopoiesis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.04.019
John Silke

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2016
NHMRC Fellowship (NHMRCF)
2015
2015 Citation & Innovation Award Thomson Reuters Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Caspase-8-driven apoptotic and pyroptotic crosstalk causes cell death and IL-1β release in X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) deficiency
    DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021110468
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Interferon-γ primes macrophages for pathogen ligand-induced killing via a caspase-8 and mitochondrial cell death pathway
    DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.01.003
  • 2020

    Journal article

    A missense mutation in the MLKL brace region promotes lethal neonatal inflammation and hematopoietic dysfunction
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16819-z
  • 2020

    Journal article

    A regulatory region on RIPK2 is required for XIAP binding and NOD signaling activity
    DOI: 10.15252/embr.202050400

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