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Email

wei.zhao1@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow
Department of Infectious Diseases
Education
Doctorate
National University of Singapore
ORCID

0000-0003-4337-4064

Dr Wei Zhao

Research Fellow
Department of Infectious Diseases

16 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Developing CRISPR Cas13 Antiviral Therapeutics for Respiratory Pathogens of Pandemic Potential
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Hepatitis B surface antigen is upregulated by HIV Tat in an HIV–hepatitis B virus co-infection model system
    DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00809-25
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Opportunities and challenges for hepatitis B cure in people living with HIV and hepatitis B virus
    DOI: 10.1002/jia2.70015
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Efficient mRNA delivery to resting T cells to reverse HIV latency
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60001-2
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    In Vivo Analysis of Lung Targetting LNP
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Predictors of liver disease progression in people living with HIV-HBV co-infection on antiretroviral therapy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105054
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    mRNA-based Antiviral Therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2 Using Cas13
Wei Zhao

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    HIV DNA persists in hepatocytes in people with HIV-hepatitis B co-infection on antiretroviral therapy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104391
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Markers of Immune Activation and Inflammation Are Associated with Higher Levels of Genetically-Intact HIV in HIV-HBV Co-Infected Individuals
    DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00588-22
  • 2022

    Conference Proceedings

    De novo design of CRISPR-Cas13b enables efficient silencing of SARS-CoV-2 variants and tumour pathogenic RNAs with near single-base precision
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.12.057
  • 2021

    Journal article

    BET inhibition blocks inflammation-induced cardiac dysfunction and SARS-CoV-2 infection
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.026
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Intrahepatic CXCL10 is strongly associated with liver fibrosis in HIV-Hepatitis B coinfection
    DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PPAT.1008744
  • 2019

    Conference Proceedings

    HBV-related inflammation is linked to the level of genetically intact HIV proviruses
    DOI: 10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30083-2

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