Department of Biomedical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2006 2026

• 1 Curtailed
• 6 Not started
• 135 Active
• 191 Finished

Projects per year

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• Finished

  A strongly adherent graphene coating on platinum electrodes for cochlear implants

  Liu, Y., Shi, B. & Lawson, T.

  6/01/16 → 29/02/16

  Project: Research

• Identification of environmental risk factors for sporadic motor neurone disease in Australia

  Guillemin, G., Rowe, D., Rodgers, K., Bowling, L., Stommel, E. & Allorge, D.

  1/01/16 → 30/06/17

  Project: Research

• Manipulating Oncogenic Signalling for the treatment of KIT-mutant melanoma

  Rizos, H.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Restoring neuroprotective sphingosine 1-phosphate signalling in Alzheimer’s Disease

  Don, A., Garner, B., Fath, T. & Rosen, H.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research

• The role of mutant cyclin F in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Blair, I., Atkin, J., Chung, R., Yerbury, J., Ooi, L., Rowe, D., Burgio, G., Nicholson, G., Halliday, G., Molloy, M. & Karl, T.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• A bioreactor complex for automated production and maintenance of live bioartifical tissues

  Sen, I., Avolio, A., Gillatt, D., Zvyagin, A., Goldys, E., De Deene, Y. & Kumaraswamy Annayya Chetty Sreenivasan, V.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• BioMolecular Frontiers Research Centre (BMFRC) Mature Centre 2015

  Packer, N., Paulsen, I., Nevalainen, H., Haynes, P., Molloy, M., Atwell, B., Barron, A., Beggs, P., Bergquist, P. L., Brown, L., Cornish, J., Chung, R., De Deene, Y., Gillings, M., Goodchild, A., Guillemin, G., Hallinan, J., Hose, G., Jaschke, P., Lanfear, R., Mabbutt, B., Raftos, D., Ranganathan, S., Sofronov, G., Stoodley, M., Sunna, A., Tetu, S., Willows, R. & Wright, I.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Investigating the genetic and epigenetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Scholarship Top-up Emily McCann)

  Blair, I. & McCann, E.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• PKD, Heart Disease and the Sympathetic Nervous System

  Phillips, J. K. & Hildreth, C.

  1/01/16 → 31/03/17

  Project: Research

• Modulating the kynurenine pathway in Alzheimer's disease: a method of attenuating neuroinflammation and a potential disease biomarker

  Guillemin, G.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• "Re-educating" immune cells as a combination therapy to limit breast cancer metastasis

  Heng, B. & Guillemin, G.

  1/01/16 → 1/01/17

  Project: Research

• How big is your surface? A gas adsorption isotherm instrument for Multidisciplinary Material Science

  Garcia-Bennett, A., Packer, N., Strezov, V., Gore, D., Lang, C., Molina-Terriza, G., Liu, F., Xu, X., Denkova, D., Shi, B. & Lawson, T.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Development and validation of a pediatric transfer function for deriving central aortic blood pressure from radial artery tonometry in children

  Skilton, M. R., Avolio, A., Ayer, J. G., Butlin, M., Celermajer, D., Al Haj Qasem, A. & Tan, T. Y.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research

• Vascular mechanisms of dementia: the role of pulsatile haemodynamics

  Avolio, A.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Restoring Neuroprotective Sphingosine 1-phosphate Signalling in Alzheimer's Disease

  Don, A., Fath, T. & Karl, T.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Understanding factors involved in the development of hypertension

  McMullan, S., Allen, A., Fong, A. & Menuet, C.

  1/01/16 → 31/08/19

  Project: Research

• Manipulating oncogene addiction and immunity in the treatment of melanoma

  Rizos, H.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA- SGC)

  Blair, I., Wray, N., Benyamin, B., Henderson, R. D., Kiernan, M., Laing, N., Mathers, S., McCombe, P. A., Nicholson, G., Pamphlett, R., Rowe, D., Schultz, D., Visscher, P. M., Vucic, S., Williams, K., Zhao, Q., Al-Chalabi, A., Veldink, J., Van den Berg, L. & Henders, A. K.

  30/11/15 → 31/05/19

  Project: Research

• FINESSE - A multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of finerenone compared to eplerenone on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction..

  Brown, M. & Butala, R.

  15/11/15 → 2/05/16

  Project: Research

• CASS Foundation Travel Award: 26th International Symposium on ALS/MND

  Walker, A. K.

  12/11/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• A Phase III, International, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Worsening Study of UT-15C in Subjects with Pulmonary Arterial HTN Receiving Background Oral Monotherapy

  Brown, M. & Butala, R.

  1/11/15 → 30/11/18

  Project: Research

• Australia China Young Scientist Exchange Program

  Lim, E.

  1/11/15 → 14/11/15

  Project: Research

• An Open-Label Extension Study of UT-15C in Subjects with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - A Long-Term Follow-Up to Protocol TDE-PH-310

  Brown, M. & Butala, R.

  1/11/15 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

• Signalling pathways in the brain mediating the physiological effects of methamphetamine

  Goodchild, A. & Cornish, J.

  1/10/15 → 1/10/17

  Project: Research

• Generation of individualised zebrafish models of MND

  Don, E. & Ekker, S.

  1/09/15 → 30/11/15

  Project: Research

• A Randomized, Double-blind, Event-driven, Multicenter Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban with Placebo for Reducing the Risk of Death, MI or Stroke in Subjects with HF and CAD

  Brown, M. & Butala, R.

  1/09/15 → 30/06/17

  Project: Research

• 3D Printing Facility

  Withford, M., Downes, J., Twamley, J., Inglis, D., Jackson, S., Clark, S., O'Neill, C. J., Pearson, N., O'Reilly, S., Griffin, B., Foley, S., Chung, R., Atkin, J., McMullan, S., Cartmill, J., Appleyard, R. & Tristant, Y.

  23/08/15 → 22/08/16

  Project: Research

• Investigating mechanisms of dementia and motor neuron disease

  Walker, A. K.

  31/07/15 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research

• Improving Sunitinib Efficacy and tolerability in patients with metastatic clear cell carcinoma of the kidney by using a 14/7 day schedule and ToxicityAdjusted Dosing (ISE TAD147)

  Gurney, H.

  1/07/15 → 1/07/17

  Project: Research

• CSF flow in the spinal cord and subarachnoid space with relevance to syringomyelia pathogenesis

  Stoodley, M., Bilston, L. & Hemley, S.

  1/07/15 → 31/03/17

  Project: Research

• Screening the eyes for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

  Graham, S. L. & Golzan, M.

  1/07/15 → 30/06/16

  Project: Research

• New inhibitors of kynurenine-3-monooxygenase for Alzheimer's disease therapy

  Guillemin, G. & Lovejoy, D.

  15/06/15 → 30/04/17

  Project: Research

• Optimising the protective properties of protein disulphide isomerase in motor neuron disease

  Atkin, J. & Cole, N.

  1/06/15 → 31/05/16

  Project: Research

• Proteomic studies to identify the defects in protein-protein interactions and cellular signalling pathways caused by mutations in a newly identified familial ALS gene

  Chung, R., Blair, I., Yerbury, J., Lee, A., Molloy, M. & Atkin, J.

  1/06/15 → 31/05/16

  Project: Research

• Epigenomic approaches to understand MND disease variability

  Williams, K., Blair, I., Rowe, D. & Nicholson, G.

  26/03/15 → 25/03/16

  Project: Research

• Next-Generation Sequencing of Australian sporadic MND patients to identify genetic risk factors

  Blair, I., Kiernan, M., Pamphlett, R., Denis, B., Wilson, W. & Williams, K.

  26/03/15 → 25/03/16

  Project: Research

• Live-cell confocal microscope

  Atkin, J., Sundaramoorthy, V., Halloran, M., Avolio, A., Butlin, M., Chung, R., Morsch, M., Lee, A., Shi, B., Connor, M., Goodchild, A., Hassan, S., Guillemin, G., Lim, E., Lovejoy, D., Adams, S., Heng, B., McMullan, S., Phillips, J. K., Hildreth, C., Rizos, H., Shahheydari, H., Irvine, M., Lauter, C., Boyd, S. & Vickery, K.

  12/02/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Communication curricula for clinical sciences and professions

  White, S.

  5/01/15 → 1/07/19

  Project: Teaching

• Dynamic Characteristics of Retinal Vessels in Glaucoma: Effects of Systemic Hypertension (Lay title: Effects of High Blood Pressure on Retinal Hemodynamics in Glaucoma)

  Golzan, M., Avolio, A. & Graham, S. L.

  5/01/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Motion Capture and Analysis (kinematic and kinetic) Equipment

  Halbert, C., Thompson, B., Mills, K., Curby, K., Downey, G., Appleyard, R., Turner, D., Boyages, J., Avolio, A. & Diasinos, S.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• The role of LIM Kinase 1 in neurons

  Ke, Y. D., Eersel, J. V., Fath, T. & Gunning, P.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research

• Evaluating the pathogenic role of aggregated proteins and neuron-glia interactions in motor neurone disease (MND)

  Chung, R.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• BMAA contamination and toxicity

  Guillemin, G.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Developing a new gene therapy approach to protect against glaucoma damage

  Gupta, V., Graham, S. L. & You, Y.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research

• Manipulating Oncogenic c-Kit signalling in the treatment of melanoma

  Rizos, H.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Novel MND mouse models

  Ittner, L., Fath, T. & Ke, Y.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Establishing a centralised biobank for biomedical research

  Rizos, H., Kefford, R., Atkin, J., Blair, I., Guillemin, G., Rowe, D., Parakh, S., Sultana, J., Fifita, J. & Tan, V.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Preparative Ultracentrifuge

  Zakoshanski, I., Willows, R., Packer, N., Paulsen, I., Haynes, P., Nevalainen, H., Molloy, M., Brown, L., Atwell, B., McMullan, S., Atkin, J., Cornish, J. & Stoodley, M.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Glycosphingolipid synthesis inhibition: mechanism of regulation of arterial stiffness

  Avolio, A.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research

• Developing a resource to facilitate effective long-term self-care management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema: LYMOS (Lymphoedema Online Support)

  Koelmeyer, L. A., Sherman, K., Boyages, J., Ridner, S. H. & Mackie, H.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research