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Cardio-Respiratory
Cardio-Respiratory
Focusing on the impact of diseases and adverse impact on cardio-respiratory function.
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Allen laboratory: Central cardiovascular regulation
Head of Laboratory Professor Andrew Allen
Anatomy and Physiology
Brain networks processing respiratory sensations
Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Anatomy and Physiology
David Stroud laboratory
Head of Research Group Dr David Stroud
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Delbridge laboratory: Cardiac phenomics
Head of Laboratory Professor Lea Delbridge
Anatomy and Physiology
Diabetic cardiomyopathy – an epidemic disease
Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge
Anatomy and Physiology
Effects of hypertension on renal and hindquarter vascular reactivity in vivo and in vitro
Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Endothelin pharmacology in the setting of pulmonary hypertension
Project Leader Professor James Angus
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Functional genomic screens for cardiovascular drug discovery
Research Project Leader Dr Enzo Porrello
Anatomy and Physiology
Human brain networks processing respiratory sensations
Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Anatomy and Physiology
Improving the diagnostic outcomes of patients with mitochondrial disease
Dr David Stroud
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lung Disease Research Laboratory
Head of Laboratory Professor Gary P Anderson
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Manipulating the endocannabinoid system to alter cardiovascular function in hypertension
Dr Makhala Khammy
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Mazzone laboratory: Respiratory Sensory Neuroscience
Head of Research Group Professor Stuart Mazzone
Anatomy and Physiology
Mechanisms of diastolic heart failure
Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge
Anatomy and Physiology
Modeling human heart development using human cardiac organoids
Research Project Leader Dr Enzo Porrello
Anatomy and Physiology
Montgomery laboratory: Metabolic Tissue Cross-Talk
Head of Laboratory Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Anatomy and Physiology
Novel technique to determine the pKA of clonidine at prejunctional α2-adrenoceptors in sympathetic transmission
Project Leader Professor James Angus
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Pathogenesis of chronic lung disease
Head of Laboratory Dr Michelle Hansen
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Porrello laboratory: Cardiac Regeneration
Head of Laboratory Enzo Porrello
Anatomy and Physiology
Post-natal control of cardiac gene regulatory networks
Research Project Leader Dr Enzo Porrello
Anatomy and Physiology
Preclinical pharmacology – cardiovascular efficacy and safety R&D
Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Reassessment of α1-adrenoceptor mechanism in artery contraction: role of ATP and pannexin channels
Project Leader Professor James Angus
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Schneider-Futschik laboratory: Cystic Fibrosis pharmacology
Head of Laboratory Dr Elena Schneider-Futschik
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Sex, adiposity and cardiac vulnerability
Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge
Anatomy and Physiology
Smith laboratory: Cardiac Genetics
Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Kelly Smith
Anatomy and Physiology
The amyloidogenic protease inhibitor Cystatin C in health and disease
Prof Jose Villadangos
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The cardiovascular pharmacology of snake venoms from Papua New Guinea and Australia
Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
The innate immune system in the respiratory tract
Project Leader Professor David Jackson
Microbiology and Immunology
The link between cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration – focus on Alzheimer’s disease
Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Transcriptional profiling of sensory neurons
Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Anatomy and Physiology
Trovafloxacin – an antibiotic with additional properties
Project Leader Professor James Angus
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Understanding the assembly of mitochondrial machines
Dr David Stroud
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Wright laboratory: Cardiovascular Therapeutics Unit
Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Christine E Wright
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Yao laboratory: Cardiovascular Neuroscience
Head of Laboratory Dr Song Yao
Anatomy and Physiology
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