Cancer in Biomedicine

Characterising the molecular mechanisms responsible for cancer progression, predisposition and resistance to treatment.

Groups / Projects Research Lead Dept / Centre
Adaptive remodelling of metabolism during liver regeneration Project Leader Dr Andrew Cox
Analysing genetic roles of RNA-binding proteins and alternative splicing in Drosophila stem cells Project Leader Professor Gary Hime
Barrow laboratory: Tissue immunosurveillance strategies Head of Laboratory Dr Alexander David Barrow
Brown laboratory: Cancer metabolism Head of Laboratory Dr Kristin Brown
Cheng laboratory: Stem cell and organ size control regulation Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Louise Cheng
Clinical Proteomics Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum
Coding the future: next-gen bioinformatic tools for nanopore data Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
Cox laboratory: Metabolic Regulation of Growth Head of Laboratory Dr Andrew Cox
Defining new roles for the Hippo signalling pathway in skeletal muscle Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic
Developing innovative animal and cell culture models to study and treat muscular dystrophies Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic
Development of effector regulatory T cells Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies
Towards understanding new therapies for obesity and diabetes: discovering new regulators of lipid metabolism Research Project Leader Professor Matthew Watt
Dolcetti Laboratory: Clinical and Translational Immunotherapy Head of Laboratory Professor Riccardo Dolcetti
Eckersley-Maslin laboratory: Stem cell and cancer epigenetics Head of Laboratory Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin
EMT regulators in intestinal and germline stem cells Project Leader Professor Gary Hime
Exploring new roles for the TGFβ signalling network as a key regulator of skeletal muscle in health and disease Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic
Genetics of blood brain barrier formation Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan
Gregorevic laboratory: Muscle Research and Therapeutics Head of Laboratory Professor Paul Gregorevic
Hime laboratory: Stem cell genetics and Drosophila models of human disease Head of Laboratory Professor Gary Hime
Hogan laboratory: Vascular Cell and Developmental Biology Head of Laboratory Professor Ben Hogan
How do dietary nutrients affect the ability of stem cells and stem cell-derived tumours to grow and divide? Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng
How do neural stem cells maintain quiescence? Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng
How do neurons maintain their specialised status? Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng
How do tumours compete for resources to grow? Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng
Immunosurveillance pathways in brain cancer Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow
Investigating the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex to Protect Muscles from Wasting Conditions Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
Investigating the role of cachexia in the response to surgical tumour resection in mice Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
Kallies laboratory: Molecular immunology Head of Laboratory Professor Axel Kallies
Koay Laboratory: Unconventional T cells in Immunity and Disease Head of Laboratory Dr Hui-Fern Koay
Learning from skeletal muscles to develop new treatments for cancer Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic
Live imaging of cellular signalling in vascular development and disease models Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan
Lynch laboratory: Basic and clinical myology Head of Laboratory Professor Gordon Lynch
Mackay laboratory: Tissue-resident memory T cells; lymphocyte differentiation; peripheral immunity Lab Head, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Dame Kate Campbell Fellow Professor Laura Mackay FAHMS
Mantamadiotis laboratory: Brain Cancer Molecular Biology Dr Theo Mantamadiotis
Menden laboratory: Computational biomedicine Head of Laboratory Michael P. Menden
Metabolic reprogramming of skeletal muscle stem cells Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in natural killer cells Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in plasmacytoid dendritic cells Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow
Molecular mechanisms controlling lymphangiogenesis Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan
Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum
Mueller laboratory: Visualising the immune system in action Head of Laboratory Professor Scott Mueller
Novel regulators of germline stem cells Project Leader Professor Gary HIme
Parker laboratory: Structural biology and computational Design Head of Laboratory and Director, Bio21 Institute Professor Michael Parker
Precursor exhausted T cells in chronic infection and tumors Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies
Project 1. Development of improved cancer vaccines to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy combination strategies Project Leader Professor Riccardo Dolcetti
Project 2. Identification and characterisation of novel classes of therapeutically relevant tumour neo-antigens Project Leader Professor Riccardo Dolcetti
Resident memory T cells (Trm) Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies
Rouiller laboratory: Molecular nanomachines and mechanisms of disease Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller
Sex-specific regulation of adipose tissue immune cells Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies
Shakeel laboratory: Structural genome regulation Lab Head & Principal Research Fellow A/Prof Shabih Shakeel
The Bonn and Melbourne Research and Graduate School Melbourne Coordinator Dr Marie Greyer
Therapeutic potential of skeletal muscle plasticity and slow muscle programming for muscular dystrophy Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
Transcriptional regulation of intestinal organoid differentiation Project Leader Professor Gary Hime
Transcriptional reprogramming of metabolism in liver cancer Project Leader Dr Andrew Cox
Unravelling the mysteries of E3 ubiquitin ligase in regulating skeletal muscle size and function Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic
Villadangos laboratory: Immunology and cell biology Head of Laboratory Professor Jose Villadangos
Watt laboratory: Metabolism and Diabetes Head of Laboratory Professor Matthew Watt

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