Biomedical Neuroscience

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Understanding the plasticity of skeletal muscle in health and disease	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
A gut feeling about new therapies for glioma	Joint Project Leaders Dr Lincon Stamp & Dr Marlene Hao
Allen laboratory: Central cardiovascular regulation	Head of Laboratory Professor Andrew Allen
Angiotensin and chemoreceptor function	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen
Autologous stem cell therapies in Australia	Project Leader Professor Megan Munsie
Blood Atlas: Understanding cell state and differentiation using genomics data from blood cells	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells
Bornstein laboratory: Enteric neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Professor Joel C Bornstein
Brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Building a urogenital nervous system connectome	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne
Cell state and cell fate: Systems biology approaches to understanding cell identity	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells
Cheng laboratory: Stem cell and organ size control regulation	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Louise Cheng
Clark laboratory: Transcriptomics and Neurogenetics	Head of Laboratory Dr Mike Clark
Coding the future: next-gen bioinformatic tools for nanopore data	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
Contemplating stem cells in society	Project Leader Dr Claire Tanner
Control of colon function in health and disease	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness, Dr Madeleine Di Natale
Crack laboratory: Neuropharmacology	Head of Laboratory Professor Peter Crack
Peter Crouch laboratory	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crouch
Deciphering the mysteries of human brain development	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
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
Towards understanding new therapies for obesity and diabetes: discovering new regulators of lipid metabolism	Research Project Leader Professor Matthew Watt
Disorders of the stomach, gastroparesis and other challenges	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Madeleine Di Natale, Professor John Furness
Exercise-induced liver-muscle cross-talk and mitochondrial adaptations	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
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
Factors that accelerate photoreceptor death: The role of purines	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher
Fletcher laboratory: Visual neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher
Functional neuroanatomy of genitourinary vasculature	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne
Furness laboratory: Digestive physiology and nutrition	Head of Laboratory Professor John Furness
Genetics of blood brain barrier formation	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan
Glial cells as a source of progenitor cells in degenerative disease	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher
Gooley laboratory: Receptor structural biology	Head of Laboratory Professor Paul Gooley
Gregorevic laboratory: Muscle Research and Therapeutics	Head of Laboratory Professor Paul Gregorevic
Griffin laboratory: Protein biophysics and structural biology	Head of Laboratory Dr Michael Griffin
Growth factors and peptide mimetics	Project Leader Dr Susan Northfield
Gunnersen laboratory: Neuron development and plasticity	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Jenny Gunnersen
Gut-brain communication: How the stomach and brain communicate	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Madeleine Di Natale, Professor John Furness
Hatters laboratory: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration	Head of Laboratory Professor Danny Hatters
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 our genes cause neuropsychiatric disorders?	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
How do tumours compete for resources to grow?	Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng
How does GM-CSF prevent brain damage after traumatic injury?	Head of Laboratory Dr Jenny Gunnersen Project Leader Dr Sandy Shultz
Hoyer laboratory: Translational neuropharmacology	Head of Laboratory Professor Daniel Hoyer
Human brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Hypothalamic modulation of basal sympathetic activity	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen
Identifying factors that improve gastrointestinal function in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
Innate immunity and neural injury	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack
Insulin on the Brain	Research Project Leader Dr Garron Dodd
Is the “shed” form of Sez-6 proteins responsible for their synapse-promoting effects?	Head of Laboratory Dr Jenny Gunnersen Project Leader Dr Kathryn Munro
Ivanusic laboratory: Pain and sensory mechanisms	Head of Laboratory Professor Jason Ivanusic
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
Lawson laboratory: Transmissible neurodegeneration	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson
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
Mapping the distribution of angiotensin receptors in the brain	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen
Mature and developing synaptic transmission between defined classes of enteric neurons	Research Project Leader Dr Jaime Foong
Mazzone laboratory: Respiratory Sensory Neuroscience	Head of Research Group Professor Stuart Mazzone
McQuade laboratory: Gut-Barrier & Disease	Head of Laboratory Dr Rachel McQuade
Menden laboratory: Computational biomedicine	Head of Laboratory Michael P. Menden
Molecular mechanisms controlling lymphangiogenesis	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan
Molecular mechanisms that contribute to skeletal pain	Head of Laboratory Professor Jason Ivanusic
Montgomery laboratory: Metabolic Tissue Cross-Talk	Head of Laboratory Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Mueller laboratory: Visualising the immune system in action	Head of Laboratory Professor Scott Mueller
Murray laboratory: Myelin biology	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Simon Murray
Muscle wasting in multiple system atrophy	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch
Neural control of intestinal inflammation – therapies for inflammatory bowel disease	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness, Dr Madeleine Di Natale
Neuroanatomy of human visceral systems	Professor Janet Keast
Neuropsychiatric disorder gene characterisation with Nanopore sequencing	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
Novel heteromeric receptors: ghrelin receptors and dopamine receptors working together	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness
Novel technique to determine the pKA of clonidine at prejunctional α2-adrenoceptors in sympathetic transmission	Project Leader Professor James Angus
Oxidative stress and neural injury	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack
Pain management using ultrasound-guided local anaesthetic techniques	Head of Laboratory Professor Jason Ivanusic
Parker laboratory: Structural biology and computational Design	Head of Laboratory and Director, Bio21 Institute Professor Michael Parker
Patient voices: An analysis of patients’ information-based priorities and needs	Project Leader Professor Megan Munsie
Prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target discovery in stroke	Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum
Project 1. Should we worry about prion associated heart disease?	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson
Project 2. COVID-19 associated brain injury and inflammation	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson
Relaxin family peptide hormones	Project Leader Associate Professor Tony Hughes
Rouiller laboratory: Molecular nanomachines and mechanisms of disease	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller
Ruparelia Laboratory: Muscle Growth, Regeneration and Ageing	Head of Laboratory Dr Avnika Ruparelia
Scott Laboratory: Neural Circuits and Behaviour	Head of Laboratory Professor Ethan Scott
Solving a Major Complication of Parkinson’s Disease: Targeting Debilitating Constipation Through Novel Pharmacology	Joint Heads of Laboratory Professor John Furness & Dr Myat Noe (Cherish) Han
Stamp & Hao laboratory: Plasticity of the enteric nervous system	Joint Heads of Laboratory Dr Lincon Stamp & Dr Marlene Hao
Stroke	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack
The Enteric Neural Circuitry Activated During Bacterial-toxin Induced Diarrhoea	Research Project Leader Dr Jaime Foong
The heart as a central player in tissue cross-talk	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
The INSL5/ relaxin (RXFP4) receptor axis: How the large intestine is controlled	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness
The link between cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration – focus on Alzheimer’s disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright
The Role of enteric neurons in gastrointestinal symptoms associated with Autism Spectrum disorders	Research Project Leader Dr Elisa Hill-Yardin
The role of glia in inner retinal changes during retinal degeneration	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher
The role of glial cells in retinal vascular disease	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher
The role of microglia in age-related macular degeneration	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher
The Stemformatics Stem Cell Atlas	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells
Tissue communication in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) and liver fibrosis	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Transcriptional profiling of sensory neurons	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone
Traumatic brain injury	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack
Understanding metabolic cross-talk in health and disease - Focus on type 2 diabetes and fatty liver	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Understanding the aetiology of hypertension	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen
Understanding the role of angiotensin in the rostral ventrolateral medulla	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen
Unravelling the complexities of the stomach’s control systems	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Madeleine Di Natale, Professor John Furness
Unravelling the mysteries of E3 ubiquitin ligase in regulating skeletal muscle size and function	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic
What is the function of Sez6L2 in the forebrain?	Head of Laboratory Dr Jenny Gunnersen Project Leader Dr Kathryn Munro
Wilkinson-Berka laboratory: Retinal vascular biology and inflammation	Head of Laboratory Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka
Yao laboratory: Cardiovascular Neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Dr Song Yao

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