Peter Williamson - University of Sydney

Dr. Williamson completed his PhD in Immunology & Immunogenetics in Animal Science at the University of Sydney and his post doc at the University of Pennsylvania in the Division of Immunobiology at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He returned to Australia to establish a laboratory in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney medical school with interests in lymphocyte molecular genetics and cell biology, and host-pathogen interactions with the immune system. In 2003, he moved to Faculty of Veterinary Science to take up a position as a Principal Research Fellow in functional genomics for the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Innovative Dairy Products (the Dairy CRC). Currently he serves as a member of the Dairy CRC executive leadership group, and is a project leader for lactation genomics and leader of a sub-program in dairy bioactives.