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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

Brings energy and passion to every lesson.

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About Silke

Dr Silke Neumann holds the position of Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Otago's Faculty of Medicine. She earned her Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and PhD from the University of Otago, with her doctoral thesis titled "Long peptide vaccines for the treatment of melanoma," completed in 2014. Initially working in the School of Pharmacy, her research career focuses on the role of inflammation in disease progression, particularly in cancer and stroke. Key interests include immune responses, innate immune cells, stroke immunology and immune therapy, immunotherapy for cancer, and the immunoproteasome in cancer-immune interplay. She employs advanced methods such as cell-based assays and flow cytometric analysis.