Monash Pharmacology Thesis Titles 2000-2009
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Karen Leanne Andrews “Characterisation of novel imidazolines with KATP channel antagonist activity.”
2002 (W.C.Hodgson 8 & G.A.McPherson 8 )
Karina Apricő “[3H](2S,4R)-4-methylglutamate as a novel radioligand for brain glutamate transporters.”
2003 (P.M.Beart 8 )
Candy Kaman Stephanie Chan “Importance of imidazoline receptors in the actions of centrally acting anti-hypertensive drugs.”
2002 (G.A.Head 2 & B.Jarrott 8)
Feng Chen “Behavioural and neurochemical characterization of central 5-HT systems in alcohol-preferring fawn-hooded rats.”
2002 (B.Jarrott 8 & A.J.Lawrence 8)
Jarrod Evan Church “A comparison of the pharmacological activity of the venoms of three Australian fish.”
2002 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
Michael Scott Cowen “Opioid/dopamine involvement in the reinforcing effects of ethanol in the limbic system.”
2000 (B.Jarrott 8 & A.J.Lawrence 8)
Elvan Djouma “Co-morbid depression and alcoholism:neuropharmacological studies of novel therapeutic agents.”
2006 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Lisa Michelle Duke “Role of angiotensin AT1 and AT2 receptors in regulation of blood pressure, regional haemodynamics and renal function.”
2004 (R.E.Widdop 8 )
Angelina Yin Fong “Glutatergic, purinergic and nitrergic systems in rat vagal afferents and brainstem nuclei.”
2002 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Sarah Filippa Giardina “Neuropharmacology of kainite receptor-mediated excitotoxicity.”
2001 (P.M.Beart 8)
Ruth Elizabeth Hannan “Functional modulation of uterine tone by angiotensin II receptors: AT2 role.”
2004 (E.A.Davis 8 & R.E.Widdop 8 )
Dana Sabine Hutchinson “Pharmacological characterization and signaling pathways of recombinant and endogenously expressed mouse β3-adrenoceptors.
2002 (R.J.Summers 8)
Emma Susan Jones “Angiotensin AT2 receptor function: chronic influence on cardiovascular remodeling in hypertension and senescence.”
2005(R.E.Widdop 8 )
Courtney Peta Judkins “Pharmacological characterization of relaxin and the relaxin receptor.”
2004 (R..J.Summers 8 )
Don Monath Sanjaya Kuruppu A pharmacological characterization of five Papua New Guniean snake venoms.”
2006 (W.C.Hodgson 8 )
Daniel James Lodge “Neuropeptides, anxiety and alcoholism.”
2003 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Natalie Georgina Lumsden “A pharmacological and biochemical examination of colubrid venoms.”
2005 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
Karen Mardel “Cellular activity and anti-toxin effects of a series of anti-viral dedrimers.”
2000 (G.Holan 26, B.Jarrott 8 & J.N.O’Neil 8)
Stuart James McDougall “Central control of the cardiovascular system during stress.”
2004 (A.J.Lawrence 8 & R.E.Widdop 8 )
Randal Xavier Joseph Moldrich “Functional roles of Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in injury and epilepsy.”
2003 (P.M.Beart 8)
Julia Nevzorova “Pharmacological characterisation and signalling of G-protein coupled receptor-mediated glucose transport.”
2004 (R.J.Summers 8 )
Eva Nicole Patak “Modulation of mammalian uterine contractility by tachykinins.”
2003 (J.N.O’Neil 8 & 13 & M.E.Story 8)
Jeremy Robert Arthur Paull “Chronic inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system: effects on cardiovascular function.”
2000 (R.E.Widdop 8)
Natalie Michelle Phiri “Molecular pharmacology of α1A-adrenoceptors isoforms.
2005 (R.J.Summers 8)
Sharmaine Ramasamy “A pharmacological examination of Australian box jellyfish and Australasian black snake venoms.”
2004 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
LachlanDouglas Rash “Sex differences in the pharmacological activity of venom from several Australian spiders.”
2000 (W.C.Hodgson 8 & R.G.King 8)
Carli Lorraine Roulston “Localisation of both type 2 angiotensin II receptors and a non-angiotensin II binding site by [125I] CGP42112 in rat brain stem.”
2001 (B.Jarrott 8 R.E.Widdop 8)
Rebecca Emily Ryan “Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: localization, regulation and involvement in neuroprotection.”
2002 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Jennifer Lynn Short “Neuropharmacological studies of central reward pathways in dopamine and adenosine receptor knockout mice.”
2004 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Bevan William Sweerts “Acute and chronic restraint: impact on central neuropeptide systems.”
2001 (B.Jarrott 8 & A.J.Lawrence 8)
LachlanHeath Thompson “Receptor and neurochemical changes in models of Alzheimer-like neuropathology.”
2002 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Janith Chatura Wickramaratna “A pharmacological characterization of death adder (Acanthopis Spp.) venoms and toxins.
2004 (W.C.Hodgson 8 )
Song Tieng Yao “Purinergic transmission and central autonomic regulation.”
2002 (B.Jarrott 8 & A.J.Lawrence 8)
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Linda Dawn Mercer “Immunolocalisation of cholecystokinin receptors.”
2001 (P.M.Beart 8)
David Telfer Douglas Osmond “Aspects of placental function in the pathogenesis of macrosomia in gestational diabetes mellitus.”
2001 (N.M.Gude 16 & R.G.King 8)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH HONOURS
Cameron Loch Adams “Acamprosate as an anti-craving drug: behavioural and neurochemical studies.”
2004 (A.J.Lawrence 8& M.S.Cowen 8)
Jacqueline Marie Apostolopoulos “The role of the nitoxyl anion (NO –) as an endothelium-derived vasodilator in the vasculature.”
2004 (J.Favaloro 8 & B.K.Kemp-Harper 8)
Amy Berakis “Autonomic effects of lung transplantation.”
2000 (H.Krum 1, M.Naughton 1 & T.Williams 1)
Lauren Boak “Part 1 - The role of the endothelin-1 pathway in human hypocholesterolemia.
Part 2- The vascular effects of the isoflavone metabolite dehydoequol in human forearm resistance vessels.”
2002 (J.Chin-Dusting 2)
Courtney Peta Bond “Angiotensin II reactivity in experimental type I diabetes mellitus.”
2004 (W.C.Hodgson 8 & R.E.Widdop 8 )
Sanja Bosnyak “AT2 receptor function: influence of age and gender on cardiovascular function.”
2006 (E,S,Jones 8 & R.E.Widdop 8)
Vanessa Brait “The potential of Nrf2-activators as neuroprotective agents in Parkinson’s disease.”
2006 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Leigh Brown “Investigation of brain histamine H3 receptors and their role in Parkinson’s disease and motor function.”
2003 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Danielle Maree Cantwell “Effect of PKC β inhibition on collagen production in cultured human and rat cardiac firoblasts.”
2003 (A.Kompa 1 & H.Krum 1)
Anh Hong Cao “The hepato-prtotective role of the antioxidant, honokiol, in carbon tetrachloride (CCI4)-induced liver damage and cirrhosis in vivo.”
2002 (R.G.King 8 & L.Vo 8)
Katie Card “Behavioural and neurochemical effects of chronic corticotrophin-releasing factor1 receptor antagonism in Fawn-hooded rats.”
2002 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
David Chan “Investigation of the effects of peppermint oil and valerian on rat liver and cultured human liver cells.”
2001 (R.G.King 8 & L.Vo 8 )
Navinisha Chetty “The pharmacological examination of indo-pacific sea snake venoms and the efficacy of two antivenoms.”
2001 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
Anne Chin “The cardiovascular effects of purines in the A5 region of the rat brain stem.”
2001 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Nora Chong “Investigation of the neuroprotective and anti-amnesic effects of a sigma-1 agonist in a model of traumatic brain injury in mice.”
2006 (J.K.Callaway 8)
Percy Wai Yin Chu “Preconditioning protects against neuronal injury in murine cerebellar granule cells.”
2003 (P.M.Beart 8 & N.M.Jones 8)
Carol Clarke “Pharmacological characterization of oxylepitoxin-1 from the venom of the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus).”
2005 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
Travice Michael De Silva “Effect of gender on NADPH oxidase activity in the mouse cerebral circulation.”
2006 (A.A.Miller 8 & C.G.Sobey 8)
Elvan Djouma “Opioid peptide gene expression and μ-opioid, dopamine D1 and D2 -receptor density in the Fawn-hooded rat brain: effects of chronic ethanol consumption and withdrawal.”
2001 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Amanda N. Du “A study of the pharmacological and biochemical activities of venom and toxins from Indo Pacific sea snakes.”
2002 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
Lisa Michelle Duke “Cardiovascular status following combined angiotensin converting enzyme and AT1 receptor inhibition in conscious hypertensive rats.”
2000 (J.R.Paull 8 & R.E.Widdop 8 )
Elisa Failla “Estrogen regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2) in human myometrial and fibroid endothelium.”
2000 (C.Gargett 7 & P.Rogers 7)
Mark Christopher Farso “Inhibition of endotxin/cytokine-induced nitric oxide production by phytoestrogen isoflavone metabolites in murine macrophage cells and in the rat.”
2001 (J.Chin-Dusting 2)
Travis Featherby “Chronic cold stress and central noradrenergic systems.”
2003 (A.J.Lawrence 8)
Catherine Garde “In vivo early detection of ulcerative colitis in rats using non-invasive fibre optic confocal imaging.”
2005 (R.G.King 8 & W.McLaren 8)
LydiaAnicia Gibala “Potential AT2R mediated relaxation evoked by angiotensin peptides.”
2004 (T.A.Gaspari 8 & R.E.Widdop 8)
Damien Weikeat Goh “The effect of chronic angiotensin II treatment on cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in mice.”
2002 (R.E.Widdop 8)
Sophie Elizabeth Gohl “The response of human myometrial and fibroid smooth muscle cells in estrogen, progesterone, insulin-like growth factor-1 and bradykinin assessed using the cytosensor microphysiometer.”
2000 (C.Gargett 7 & P.Rogers 7)
Rocio del Alba Granados “Characterization of cannabinoid receptors in the human placenta.”
2003 (N.M.Gude 16 & R.G.King 8)
Melissa Michelle Gresle “Evolution and immunolocalisation of cerebral white matter damage in the endothelin-1 model of stroke: a novel approach to neuroprotection.”
2002 (J.K.Callaway 8)
Michelle Louise Halls “Characterisation of the signaling pathways of the LGR7 (relaxin) and LGR8 (Insl3) receptors.”
2003 (R.J.Summers 8)
Lesley Roxanne Halmos “A role for oxidase in superoxide production and proliferation in human endothelial cells.”
2004 (G.R.Drummond 8& S.Selimidis 21)
Jessica Lee Halstead “Detection and analysis of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in human scalp hair.”
2003 (O.Drummer 14& J.Gerostamoulos 14)
Craig Bryan Harrison “Regulation of superoxide production by endothelial nitric oxide synthase in mouse aorta.”
2006 (S.Selemidis 8)
Elizabeth Michelle Hunt “Elucidating the role of nitric oxide in the regulation of NADPH oxidase in vivo.”
2005 (G.R.Drummond 8)
Jennifer Claire Irvine “The nitoxyl anion (NO-) mediates relaxation of rat small mesenteric arteries in part via the activation of soluble guanylate cyclase and voltage-dependent K+ channels.”
2002 (B.K.Kemp-Harper 8)
Agnieszka Iwasiw “Effects of hypoxia, catecholamines and glucocorticoids on chick astrocytic β2 and β3 -adrenoceptors.”
2005 (M.E.Gibbs 8 & R.J.Summers 8)
Emma Susan Jones “Nitric oxide modulates the response to C-type natriuretic peptide in the rat isolated aortae via a cyclic GMP-dependent mechanism.”
2002(R.E.Widdop 8 )
Pam Kalodimos “β2-adrenergic receptor mediated relaxation of smooth muscle in the rat prostate.”
2000 (S.Ventura 8)
Belinda Louise Kelly “Neuronal death in a primary mesencephalic culture model of parkinsonism.”
2000 (P.M.Beart 8)
Fiona Elizabeth Kennon “Aβ1-42 APP secretases, cholesterol, nicotine and nAChRs.”
2002 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Tracey Kraehenbuehl “Changes in natriuertic peptid receptor densities in spontaneously hypertensive rats.”
2000 (E.A.Davis8& B.Jarrott 8)
Joshua Laing “Nicotine and depression.”
2005 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Bree Latta “Mechanisms by which tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) promotes injury of human brain endothelial cells.”
2006 (R.Medcalf 24 & H.H.H.W.Schmidt 8)
Chew Ling Lau “Modulation of glutamate transporters and glutamate transporter associated proteins in organotypic hippocampal cultures.”
2002 (P.M.Beart 8 & R.D.O’Shea 8)
Poay Sian Lee “Vascular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and endothelial nitric oxide (NO) signaling in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice.”
2006 (G.R.Drummond 8& H.H.H.W.Schmidt 8)
Kylie Longstaff “The pharmacology and cell signaling properties of the human β1-adrenoceptor and its polymorphisms in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells.”
2003 (B.Evans 8 & R.J.Summers 8)
Natalie Maree Lovrek
2004 (S.P.Brennecke 16, N.M.Gude 16 & R.G.King 8)
Jonathon Luk “The redox regulation of soluble guanylate cyclase (sCG) in the resistance vasculature.”
2006 (B.K.Kemp-Harper 8 & H.H.H.W.Schmidt 8)
Sherie Lynn Ma “Characterisation of neurotransmission to the female mouse urinary bladder.”
2000 ( J.N.O’Neil 8 & M.E.Story 8)
David William Martin “Mechanisms involved in atherosclerosis and neointimal formation in ApoE-deficient mice.”
2004 (A.Dear23, T.A.Gaspari 8& R.E.Widdop 8)
Claudia Ann McCarthy “Role of AT1 and AT2 receptors in an endothelin-1 model of stroke in spontaneously hypertensive rats.”
2004 (J.K.Callaway 8& R.E.Widdop 8)
Cameron Scott McPherson “Sensitisation to amphetamine in periadolescent rats: behaviour and functional neuroanatomy.”
2004 (A.J.Lawrence 8 )
Aaron Mentha “The effects of intracranial administration of aluminium chloride on behaviour and brain biochemistry in the chicken.”
2005 (E.A.Davis 8 & R.E.Loiacono 8 )
Tammie Money “Characterisation of chloride intracellular channel 3 in the human placenta in normal and pregnancy pathologies.”
2005 (N.M.Gude 16 & R.G.King 8)
Julia Nevzorova “Characterization of glucose transport in rat skeletal muscle cell line L6.”
2000 (R.J.Summers 8 )
Thu-Phuc Nguyen-Huu “Blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity of aromatose knockout mice.”
2006 (G.A.Head 2 & M.Jones 2)
Julie Nigro “The effect of fibric acid derivatives (PPARα ligands) on human vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and proteoglycan biosynthesis, in vitro.”
2000 (P.J.Little 2)
Bessey A Nithianantharajah “The role of nitric oxide in the signaling pathways utilized by the relaxin family peptide 1 receptor (RXFP1/LGR7).”
2005 (R.J.Summers 8)
Leigh Panebianco “Evidence for a role for a NOX4-containing NADPH oxidase in regulation of human endothelial cell proliferation.”
2005 (G.R.Drummond 8)
Tamara Paravicini “Enhanced vascular superoxide production is associated with endothelial dysfunction in experimental artherosclerosis.”
2000 (G.R.Drummond 21)
Jennifer L. Pilgrim “Involvement of amphetamines in sudden or unexpected death.”
2006 (O.Drummer 14& J.Gerostamoulos 14)
Sharmaine Ramasamy “Alterations in the contractile mechanisms of prostate glands from streptozotocin-diabetic rats.”
2000 (W.C.Hodgson 8 & S.Ventura 8)
Stephanie Ann Robinson “The role of endocannabinoid system in neurogenerative diseases.”
2004 (R.E.Loiacono 8)
Matthew John Schnabl “Determinations of G1 protein coupling in mouse β3-AR isoforms.”
2002 (B.Evans 8 & R.J.Summers 8)
Nathan Stam “Molecular insights into allosteric modulators of the heterodimeric GABAB receptor.”
2003 (P.M.Beart 8 & F.Y.Carroll 8 )
Li Chun Tan “Isolation and characterization of toxins from Stephen’s banded snake (Hoplocephalus stephensi) venom.”
2005 (W.C.Hodgson 8)
Li Fung Tan “Role of angiotensin IV as a potential pro-inflammatory mediator in coronary artherogenesis.”
2006 (R.Dilley 2, T.A.Gaspari 8, A.Vinh 8 & R.E.Widdop 8)
Mark Taranto “Is the putative β4-adrenoceptor an altered state or form of the β1-adrenoceptor.”
2000 (B.Evans 8 & R.J.Summers 8)
Isabelle Carmen Testa “Interactions of opioids and benzodiazepines in spinally mediated antinociception.”
2000 (R.Nadeson 20 & A.Tucker 20)
Vy Tran “An amperometric study on secretory vesicle exocytosis in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells and rat locus coeruleus neurons.”
2000 (G.Henderson 25, A.J.Lawrence 8 & E.Seward 25 )
Kristy Tybura “Coronary vasodilatation by nitric oxide (NO) and the nitoxyl anion (NO –) in normotensive and hypertensive rats.”
2004 (J.Favaloro 8 & B.K.Kemp-Harper 8)
AntonyVinh “The role of angiotensin IV on endothelial dysfunction and neointimal formation in ApoE-deficient mice.”
2002 (T.A.Gaspari 8& R.E.Widdop 8)
Pia Elizabeth Walters “Ang (1-7) facilitates the depressor effect of candesartan in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats.”
2000 (R.E.Widdop 8)
Iresha Welungoda “Modulation of C-type natriuretic peptide by endogenous nitric oxide in rat isolated aortae and intralobar renal arteries.”
2001 (E.A.Davis 8 & B.K.Kemp-Harper 8)
Robert Marcus Weston “Am-36 reduces the accumulation and infiltration of neutrophils ina middle cerebral artery model of stroke in conscious rats.”
2001 (J.K.Callaway 8& B.Jarrott 8)
Stephanie Yiallourou “The characterization of avian β-adrenoceptors.”
2002 (J.Favaloro 8 & B.K.Kemp-Harper 8)
Chrissandra Zagami “Development of an organotypic spinal cord slice culture model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.”
2001 (P.M.Beart 8 & R.D.O’Shea 8)
1 Alfred Hospital Department of Clinical Pharmacology
2 Baker Medical Research Institute
3 Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
4 Monash University Department of Anatomy
5 Monash University Department of Botany
6 Monash University Department of Materials Engineering
7 Monash University Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
8 Monash University Department of Pharmacology
9 Monash University Department of Physiology
10 Monash University Department of Social & Preventive Medicine
11 Prince Henry’s Hospital Department of Medicine
12 Prince Henry’s Hospital Department of Surgery
13 Victorian College of Pharmacy
14 Victorian Institute of Forensic Pathology
15 Wellcome Research Institute
16 Women’s Hospital Department of Perinatal Medicine
17 Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research
18 Monash University Department of Chemistry
19 Monash Medical Centre Department of Medicine
20 Monash Medical Centre Department of Anaesthesia
21 Howard Florey Institute
22 Royal Children’s Hospital
23 Eastern Clinical Research Unit, Monash University
24 Monash University, Department of Biochemistry
25 Pharmacology Department, University of Bristol, UK.
26 CSIRO
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