Mali Camberis
Head of the Project Management Office, Project Manager - Mules Research Group
BSc (VUW), CertMgmtStudies (VUW)
Mali is the Head of the Malaghan's Project Management Office and is responsible for overseeing both strategic and departmental projects across the Institute. She also serves as the Project Manager for the Mules Lab.
Mali joined the Malaghan Institute in 1996, working under Professor Graham Le Gros as a research scientist. In 2015, she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Management Studies and, in 2019, became the Team Leader for the Hookworm Therapies Team, coordinating the first Hookworm Therapy study in New Zealand. Drawing on her extensive experience across both scientific and operational areas, Mali took on the role of Head of the Project Management Office in 2024.
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Publications
2025
Wong Y, Rosa BA, Becker L, Camberis M, LeGros G, Zhan B, Bottazzi ME, Fujiwara RT, Ritmejeryte E, Laha T, Chaiyadet S, Taweethavonsawat P, Brindley PJ, Bracken BK, Giacomin PR, Mitreva M, Loukas A (2025). Proteomic characterization and comparison of the infective and adult life stage secretomes from Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 19(1):e0012780.
2024
Mules TC, Vacca F, Cait A, Yumnam B, Schmidt A, Lavender B, Maclean K, Noble SL, Gasser O, Camberis M, Le Gros G, Inns S (2024). A Small Intestinal Helminth Infection Alters Colonic Mucus and Shapes the Colonic Mucus Microbiome. Int J Mol Sci. 25(22):12015.
Wang H, Barry K, Zaini A, Coakley G, Moyat M, Daunt CP, Wickramasinghe LC, Azzoni R, Chatzis R, Yumnam B, Camberis M, Le Gros G, Perdijk O, Foong JPP, Bornstein JC, Marsland BJ, Harris NL (2024). Helminth infection driven gastrointestinal hypermotility is independent of eosinophils and mediated by alterations in smooth muscle instead of enteric neurons. PLoS Pathog. 20(8):e1011766.
Mules TC, Tang JS, Vacca F, Yumnam B, Schmidt A, Lavender B, Maclean K, Noble SL, Waugh C, van Ginkel R, Camberis M, Le Gros G, Inns S (2024). Modulation of intestinal epithelial permeability by chronic small intestinal helminth infections. Immunol Cell Biol. 102(5):396-406
2023
Mules TC, Lavender B, Maclean K, Vacca F, Noble SL, Yumnam B, Te Kawa T, Cait A, Tang J, O'Sullivan D, Gasser O, Stanley J, Le Gros G, Camberis M, Inns S (2023). Controlled Hookworm Infection for Medication-free Maintenance in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot, Double-blind, Randomized Control Trial. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Jun 15