Cardio-Respiratory

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Allen laboratory: Central cardiovascular regulation	Head of Laboratory Professor Andrew Allen
Brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Delbridge & Weeks laboratory: Cardiac Phenomics & Signalling	Head of Laboratory Professor Lea Delbridge Co-Lead of Laboratory Dr Kate Weeks
Diabetic cardiomyopathy – an epidemic disease	Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge Dr Kate Weeks
Effects of hypertension on renal and hindquarter vascular reactivity in vivo and in vitro	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Endothelin pharmacology in the setting of pulmonary hypertension	Project Leader Professor James Angus
Functional neuroanatomy of genitourinary vasculature	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne
Human brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Keast-Osborne Laboratory: Neural and Bioelectronic Control of Pelvic Organs	Joint Head of Lab Prof Janet Keast Joint Head of Lab A/Prof Peregrine Osborne
Lung Disease Research Laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Gary P Anderson
Mazzone laboratory: Respiratory Sensory Neuroscience	Head of Research Group Professor Stuart Mazzone
Mechanisms of diastolic heart failure	Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge Dr Kate Weeks
Montgomery laboratory: Metabolic Tissue Cross-Talk	Head of Laboratory Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Novel technique to determine the pKA of clonidine at prejunctional α2-adrenoceptors in sympathetic transmission	Project Leader Professor James Angus
Pathogenesis of chronic lung disease	Head of Laboratory Dr Michelle Hansen
Preclinical pharmacology – cardiovascular efficacy and safety R&D	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Reassessment of α1-adrenoceptor mechanism in artery contraction: role of ATP and pannexin channels	Project Leader Professor James Angus
Schneider-Futschik laboratory: Rare and complex lung disease	Head of Laboratory A/Prof Elena Schneider-Futschik	Lung Health Research Centre
Sex, adiposity and cardiac vulnerability	Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge Dr Kate Weeks
Smith laboratory: Cardiac Genetics	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Kelly Smith
The cardiovascular pharmacology of snake venoms from Papua New Guinea and Australia	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
The link between cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration – focus on Alzheimer’s disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Transcriptional profiling of sensory neurons	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Trovafloxacin – an antibiotic with additional properties	Project Leader Professor James Angus
Yao laboratory: Cardiovascular Neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Dr Song Yao

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