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Email

andres.diaz@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer (Production Animal Health)
Melbourne Veterinary School
Education
Graduate Certificate
University of Melbourne
Certificate
University of Melbourne
Doctorate (Research)
University of Guelph
Masters (Research)
University of Guelph
ORCID

0000-0003-3004-8518

Dr Andrés Diaz-Méndez

Senior Lecturer (Production Animal Health)
Melbourne Veterinary School

35 Scholarly works
8 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Genomic diversity and natural recombination of equid gammaherpesvirus 5 isolates
    DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105517
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Development of Matrix-Embedded Bovine Tracheal Organoids to Study the Innate Immune Response against Bovine Respiratory Disease
    DOI: 10.3390/organoids2020007
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Whole genome sequence analysis of equid gammaherpesvirus -2 field isolates reveals high levels of genomic diversity and recombination
    DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08789-x
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Genomics and pathogenesis of the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus
    DOI: 10.1111/avj.13197
  • 2021

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Reverse Genetic System for Developing Recombinant Infectious Bronchitis Vaccine
  • 2018

    Research Contracts

    Testing and Development of a ILTV Vaccine
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    The Pathogenesis of Class 9 and Class 10 ILTV in Australian Meat Chickens
Andrés Diaz-Méndez

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
The Team Award for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences The University of Melbourne
2011
The Advancement in Equine Research Award Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
2009
Col. K.L. Campbell Graduate Research Award in Equine Studies The University of Guelph
2004
Malcolm Scholarship The University of Guelph

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Australian strains of the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus predominantly target the respiratory tract rather than the kidneys in specific-pathogen-free chickens
    DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.002213
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Three-dimensional exploration of the chicken embryo, a comparative study of light sheet and histological visualisation
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320483
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Clinical assessment and transcriptome analysis of host immune responses in a vaccination-challenge study using a glycoprotein G deletion mutant vaccine strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus
    DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1458218
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Host-virus interactions during infection with a wild-type ILTV strain or a glycoprotein G deletion mutant ILTV vaccine strain in an ex vivo system
    DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01183-24
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Bovine tracheal organoids for studying Mycoplasma bovis respiratory infections.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110340
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Efficacy of a glycoprotein G-deficient infectious laryngotracheitis virus vaccine delivered in the drinking-water
    DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2025.2559873
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Transcriptomic analyses of host-virus interactions during in vitro infection with wild-type and glycoprotein g-deficient (ΔgG) strains of ILTV in primary and continuous cell cultures
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311874
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Adding yeast extract to culture medium enhances replication of the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus in chicken embryo kidney cells
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2024.114989

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