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Associate Professor Thomas Robert Cox

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer and related disorders, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cel, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall), Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Chemotherapy
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Cancer and Related Disorders

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Biological sciences

Keywords:

extracellular matrix

cancer metastasis

cancer

metastatic breast cancer

The Matrix and Metastasis Lab is based at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research Kinghorn Cancer Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Professor Till Boecking

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biological Physics, Enzymes, Colloid and Surface Chemistry
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences

Till Böcking leads the Molecular Machines Group in the EMBL Australia Node for Single Molecule Science.

Associate Professor Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine (incl. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering), Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Functional Materials, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology

Dr Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biophysics, Cell Physiology, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cel, Cell Development, Proliferation and Death
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

Keywords:

cytoskeleton

molecular motor proteins

cell biology

cellular biophysics

fluorescence microscopy

keywords: quantitative methods

Dr. Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan is an EMBL Australia Group Leader at Single Molecule Science, School of Medical Sciences.

Doctor David Anthony Jacques

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Virology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Keywords:

structural biology

human immunodeficiency virus proteins

x-ray crystallography

host-pathogen interactions

virology

David leads the Structural Virology Group at the EMBL Australia Node for Single Molecule Science.

Dr Jeffrey Hamilton Stear

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cancer Cell Biology, Cell and Nuclear Division
Keywords:

cell biology

Professor Andrew Stewart Day

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Paediatrics, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Child Health

Dr Andrew Day is a Conjoint Professor with the School of Women's & Children's Health. Society Memberships & Professional Activities:

Dr Laura Jane Sharpe

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and cell biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Keywords:

biochemistry

I am a part-time Post-Doctoral Research Associate, in Prof Andrew Brown's Lab in the School of BABS. I have been w

Professor Bernard W Stewart

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Paediatrics, Cancer and related disorders, Epidemiology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Child Health

Dr Bernard Stewart is a Conjoint Professor with the School of Women's & Children's Health. Society Memberships & Professional Activities:

Professor Kyle Lee Hoehn

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Physiology - Systems
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Keywords:

mitochondrial function

metabolism

non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

liver cancer

obesity

ageing

acetyl-coa carboxylase

diabetes

Research Program

Dr Blake John Cochran

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Endocrinology, Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases), Cell Metabolism

The objective of my research is to characterise the role of cholesterol in the mechanisms of disease development and progression.

Professor Sally Dunwoodie

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination), Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Fetal Development and Medicine, Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)
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Inherited Diseases (incl. Gene Therapy)

Cardiovascular System and Diseases

Reproductive System and Disorders

Keywords:

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (nad)

niacinamide

Professor Sally Dunwoodie Deputy Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) Director, VCCRI Innovation Centre

Associate Professor Stuart Grant Turville

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Virology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Infectious Diseases, Cellular Immunology
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Infectious Diseases

Associate Professor Matthew Baker

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biophysics, Bacteriology, Biological Physics, Synthetic Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Statistical Mechanics, Physical Combinatorics and Mathematical Aspects of Condensed Matter, Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Evolutionary Biology
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Biological sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Physical sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences

Dr Matt Baker is a Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales.

Associate Professor Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cell Metabolism, Signal Transduction
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Diabetes

Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

Keywords:

type 2 diabetes

cellular signalling pathways

Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer undertook his PhD with Professor Dick Denton at Bristol University (UK), where he investigated insulin signal transduction and the regulation of fat cell metabolism.

Dr Zhihong Xu

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy), Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy)
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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pancreatic stellate cells

I obtained my PhD degree at UNSW Sydney. My research interests focus on pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic stellate cells.

Dr Chai Ann Ng

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)
Keywords:

structure & function of ion channels

My research program uses high-throughput automated patch-clamp electrophysiology to assess the function of genetic variants found in ion channels expressed in the heart a

Dr Siiri Iismaa

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases), Receptors and Membrane Biology
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Cardiovascular System and Diseases

Keywords:

myocardial infarction

coronary heart disease

induced pluripotent stem cells

whole-genome sequencing

cardiac biology

cardiac regeneration

spontaneous coronary artery dissection

I am an internationally respected and highly regarded scientist at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute with research interests in cardiovascular diseases, which are the leading cause of pre

Dr Omid Faridani

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches), Medical Biotechnology, Biotechnology not elsewhere classified, Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Diagnosis, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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I am a group leader at the School of Medical Sciences and a visiting group leader at the Garvan Institute of Medical Resear

Dr Lindsay Edward Wu

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Protein Targeting and Signal Transduction, Cell Metabolism, Reproduction
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Ageing and Older People

Health Related to Ageing

Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing

Diabetes

Endocrine organs and diseases (incl. diabetes)

Cancer and Related Disorders

Reproductive System and Disorders

Keywords:

cell metabolism

biochemistry & molecular biology

assisted reproductive technology

reproduction

oocytes

The Laboratory for Ageing Research is works on fundamental

Professor Murray Killingsworth

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Research Interests:

Professor Paul Marie Gerard Curmi

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Proteins and Peptides, Biological Physics
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences

Paul Curmi is a structural biologist and molecular biophysicist. His laboratory focuses on the structure and function of proteins: macromolecules that are

Associate Professor Vladimir Sytnyk

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Cell Neurochemistry, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall), Cellular Nervous System, Neurobiology
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing

Nervous System and Disorders

Biography Education 1996: Specialist degree, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Emeritus Professor John Whitelock

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:

Nanoparticle interactions with the vasculature

Field of Research (FoR):

Biomaterials

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

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Cardiovascular System and Diseases

Nanoparticles are extensively explored for many cell contacting application such as drug delivery and diagnostic imaging with their safety a topic of much debate and largely related to accumulation within cells.