Dr Tom Schultz
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Frazer Institute
+61 7 344 36970
Researcher biography
Dr Tom Schultz is a molecular immunologist and early career researcher at the UQ Frazer Institute who studies the molecular and cellular biology of innate immune receptors. His research primarily focuses on molecular mechanisms of Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling in the context of mycobacterial and Gram-negative bacterial infection of macrophages.
Journal Articles
Schultz, Thomas E, Mathmann, Carmen D, Domínguez Cadena, Leslie C, Muusse, Timothy W, Kim, Hyoyoung, Wells, James W, Ulett, Glen C, Hamerman, Jessica A, Brooks, Andrew J, Kobe, Bostjan, Sweet, Matthew J, Stacey, Katryn J and Blumenthal, Antje (2025). TLR4 endocytosis and endosomal TLR4 signaling are distinct and independent outcomes of TLR4 activation. EMBO Reports 2250056, 1-27. doi: 10.1038/s44319-025-00444-2
Mathmann, Carmen D., Schultz, Thomas E., Cadena, Leslie C. Dominguez and Blumenthal, Antje (2024). Myddosomes in Toll-like receptor signaling-one to bind and rule them all. Immunology and Cell Biology, 102 (9), 752-756. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12816
Donovan, Meg L., Bielefeldt‐Ohmann, Helle, Rollo, Rachel F., McPherson, Stephen, Schultz, Thomas E., Mori, Giorgia, Kling, Jessica C. and Blumenthal, Antje (2022). Distinct contributions of the innate immune receptors TLR2 and RP105 to formation and architecture of structured lung granulomas in mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Immunology, 169 (1), 13-26. doi: 10.1111/imm.13606
Domínguez Cadena, Leslie C., Schultz, Thomas E., Zamoshnikova, Alina, Donovan, Meg L., Mathmann, Carmen D., Yu, Chien-Hsiung, Mori, Giorgia, Stow, Jennifer L and Blumenthal, Antje (2021). Rab6b localizes to the Golgi complex in murine macrophages and promotes tumor necrosis factor release in response to mycobacterial infection. Immunology and Cell Biology, 99 (10), 1067-1076. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12503
Schultz, Thomas E., Wiesmüller, Karl-Heinz, Lucas, Megan, Dobos, Karen M., Baxter, Alan G. and Blumenthal, Antje (2018). The N-terminal peptide moiety of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis 19 kDa lipoprotein harbors RP105-agonistic properties. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 103 (2), 311-319. doi: 10.1002/JLB.2MA0517-190RR
Donovan, Meg L., Schultz, Thomas E., Duke, Taylor J. and Blumenthal, Antje (2017). Type I Interferons in the Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis: Molecular Drivers and Immunological Consequences. Frontiers in Immunology, 8 (NOV) 1633, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01633
Schultz, Thomas E. and Blumenthal, Antje (2017). The RP105/MD-1 complex: molecular signaling mechanisms and pathophysiological implications. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 101 (1), 183-192. doi: 10.1189/jlb.2VMR1215-582R
Yu, Chien-Hsiung, Micaroni, Massimo, Puyskens, Andreas, Schultz, Thomas E., Yeo, Jeremy Changyu, Stanley, Amanda C., Lucas, Megan, Kurihara, Jade, Dobos, Karen M., Stow, Jennifer L. and Blumenthal, Antje (2015). RP105 engages phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase p110δ to facilitate the trafficking and secretion of cytokines in macrophages during mycobacterial infection. Journal of Immunology, 195 (8), 3890-3900. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500017
Conference Papers
Mathmann, Carmen, Schultz, Thomas, Ongtengco, Cherica Felize J., Dalton, Emma, Domínguez Cadena, Leslie C., Zamoshnikova, Alina, Stow, Jennifer L. and Blumenthal, Antje (2023). Spatiotemporal regulation of rp105 subcellular localization shapes endosomal TLR4 signaling. IMMUNOLOGY 2023 Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, 11 - 15 May 2023. Rockville, MD, United States: American Association of Immunologists. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.210.supp.160.06
Gatica-Andrades, M. D., Nguyen, T. T. K., Schultz, T. E., Wyer, O. J. K., Melo-Bolivar, J., Walker, M. J., Frazer, I. H., Barnett, T. C. and Blumenthal, A. (2014). Interference with Wnt pathway improves host control of Listeria monocytogenes in vivo. British Society for Immunology Annual Congress 2014, Brighton, United Kingdom, 1-4 December 2014. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/imm.12406
Thesis
Schultz, Thomas E. (2018). Characterisation of the molecular mechanisms of RP105-dependent macrophage activation. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.95