Systems Biology

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Application of genomics to public health and clinical microbiology	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden
Blood Atlas: Understanding cell state and differentiation using genomics data from blood cells	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells
Brown laboratory: Behavioural neuropharmacology	Head of Laboratory Dr Robyn M Brown
Cell state and cell fate: Systems biology approaches to understanding cell identity	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells
Clark laboratory: Transcriptomics and Neurogenetics	Head of Laboratory Dr Mike Clark
Clinical Proteomics	Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum
Coding the future: next-gen bioinformatic tools for nanopore data	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
Deciphering the mysteries of human brain development	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
Delbridge & Weeks laboratory: Cardiac Phenomics & Signalling	Head of Laboratory Professor Lea Delbridge Co-Lead of Laboratory Dr Kate Weeks
Developing a novel class of therapeutics for muscle wasting and frailty	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker
Diabetic cardiomyopathy – an epidemic disease	Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge Dr Kate Weeks
Towards understanding new therapies for obesity and diabetes: discovering new regulators of lipid metabolism	Research Project Leader Professor Matthew Watt
Enterococcus faecium	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden
Exercise-induced liver-muscle cross-talk and mitochondrial adaptations	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Functional neuroanatomy of genitourinary vasculature	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne
Harrap laboratory: Genetic physiology	Head of Laboratory Professor Stephen Harrap
Hatters laboratory: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration	Head of Laboratory Professor Danny Hatters
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
Howden laboratory: Molecular epidemiology, genomics and pathogenesis of antimicrobial resistant bacteria	Head of Laboratory | Director of MDU Professor Ben Howden
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
McConville laboratory: Microbial Metabolism	Head of Laboratory Professor Malcolm McConville
McQuade laboratory: Gut-Barrier & Disease	Head of Laboratory Dr Rachel McQuade
Mechanisms of diastolic heart failure	Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge Dr Kate Weeks
Menden laboratory: Computational biomedicine	Head of Laboratory Michael P. Menden
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
Mycobacterium ulcerans	Project Leader Professor TIm Stinear
Neuropsychiatric disorder gene characterisation with Nanopore sequencing	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark
Pain management using ultrasound-guided local anaesthetic techniques	Head of Laboratory Professor Jason Ivanusic
Parker laboratory: Metabolic Proteomics & Signal Transduction	Head of Laboratory A/Prof Benjamin Parker
Scott Laboratory: Microbial glycoproteomics and host pathogen interactions	Head of Laboratory Dr Nichollas Scott
Scott Laboratory: Neural Circuits and Behaviour	Head of Laboratory Professor Ethan Scott
Sex, adiposity and cardiac vulnerability	Research Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge Dr Kate Weeks
Skeletal muscle signal transduction related to exercise, metabolic disease and human health	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker
Staphylococcus aureus & Enterococcus faecium	Project Leader Professor Tim Stinear
Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis	Project Leader Professor Ben Howden
Stinear laboratory: Bacterial pathogenomics	Head of Laboratory Professor Tim Stinear
Stroud laboratory: Rare disease functional genomics	Head of Research Group A/Prof David Stroud
Systems genetics of muscle metabolism	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker
The Bonn and Melbourne Research and Graduate School	Melbourne Coordinator Dr Marie Greyer
The heart as a central player in tissue cross-talk	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
The role of protein modifications on muscle development	Research Project Leader Dr Benjamin Parker
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
Understanding metabolic cross-talk in health and disease - Focus on type 2 diabetes and fatty liver	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery
Watt laboratory: Metabolism and Diabetes	Head of Laboratory Professor Matthew Watt
Wells laboratory: Stem cell systems	Head of Laboratory Professor Christine Wells

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