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Emeritus Professor Joe Wolfe
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Classical Physics,
Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves,
Human Biophysics,
Biophysics
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BSc (UQ, 1974), PhD (ANU, 1979), BA (UNSW, 1988). Postdocs at Cornell, CSIRO, ANU. Invited professorship at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris.
Using Biomedical Engineering to Personalise Heart Disease Treatment
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Research project seeking students: Stents are meshed wired scaffolds implanted into narrowed arteries to prevent heart attacks and strokes. They still fail in 1 in 10 patients besides being the most common treatment for the largest cause of death world-wide.
Switching on Brain Transporters to Switch off Brain Seizures
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Brain function is a delicate balance of neuronal excitation and inhibition. The schematic diagram above illustrates inhbitory neuronal responses mediated via the neurotransmitter GABA, and how these are affected by the neuronal Cl- transporters KCC2 and NKCC1.