Anatomy and Developmental Biology
Contact: Professor John Bertram
Tel: +61 3 9905 2751
URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/anatomy/research/
Key words: Cardiovascular cell biology; kidney development and kidney disease; renal scarring; using stem cells to repair and make kidneys; proteomics; gene arrays; confocal microscopy; neuroscience; neurodegeneration; regeneration of motor neurones; neuroproteomics; spinal cord injury; male reproductive biology; testicular function; testis development; neural stem cells; remyelination; connective tissue biology; repair of ligaments; bone and cartilage biology; stereology; transgenic mice/molecular biology; cell biology; blood disorders; hypertension; and thalassaemia.
Lay terms: Cardiovascular disease; heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure; hypertension; reproductive health.
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Contact: Associate Professor Robert Pike
Tel: +61 3 9905 3923
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Monash University is very active in a variety of research areas, has made significant contributions in these areas and is well respected internationally as a research centre.
URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/biochem/research/
Key words: Signal transduction in the regulation of secretion, cytoskeletal rearrangements and cellular proliferation in cancer; proteases and their inhibitors and receptors in degenerative diseases; the role of protein folding and misfolding in disease; nuclear protein transport in medicine and development; bioinformatics: searching for novel protein domains in the human proteome; structural biology (crystallography) of medically important proteins; molecular analysis of the cause and expression of autoimmune diseases; peptide folding, protein engineering and drug design;diabetes and renal failure, mechanisms of proteinura in the kidney; the molecular neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, molecular analysis of platelet function in thrombosis and haemostasis; the structure and function of a molecular machine: mitochondrial ATP synthase; mitochondrial turnover, vacuolar ATPase function and autophagy; fluorescent proteins with novel proteins, functional and biochemical aspects of hyaluronan with special reference to its role in disease; adrenal steroid signaling and actions in embryonic development, heart failure and obesity, mitochondria in ageing; environmental causes of type 1 diabetes; protein tyrosine phosphatases in cancer and diabetes.
Lay terms: Cancer; diabetes; Alzheimer's disease; degenerative disease and ageing; biotechnology.
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Microbiology
Contact: Professor John Davies
Tel: +61 3 9905 4824
URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/microbiology/research/
Key words: Medical microbiology and microbial pathogenesis; infection and immunity: vaccine development; molecular parasitology; molecular virology: viral gene expression; molecular microbiology and microbial genetics; gene probes; transposons; gonococci; meningococci; repetitive DNA; gonorrhoea; pili; regulon; environmental microbiology; dengue; coronavirus; molecular virology; rubella virus; clostridial genetics; transposable genetic elements; two-component signal transduction; footrot; antibiotic resistance; calicivirus; viral gastroenteritis; plasmodium falciparum; malaria; DNA vaccination; malaria transfection; microarrays; transgenic plants as vaccines; malaria antigens; biorheology of malaria infected red blood cells; seroepidemiology of malaria infection; tuberculosis; genome databases; cell wall synthetic pathways; bioinformatics; protein-protein interactions in malaria-infected cells; signal transduction regulation; leptospirosis; pasteurella pathogenesis and vaccines; shigella virulence; bacillary dysentery; buruli ulcer and bairnsdale ulcer; diarrheagenic E. coli; Legionella-host cell interactions; fowl cholera; swine dysentery; melioidosis; cell adhesion; Mechanisms of pathogenesis of diseases caused by Haemoprotozoan parasites; Babesia bovis; Pseudomonas pathogenesis; protein interaction networks; biofilm; Helicobacter pylori; intestinal helicobacters; host-cell interactions; gastrointestinal inflammation; innate immunity; TLR/Nod proteins; defensins; and bacterial adhesions.
Lay terms: Infection; immunity; vaccines; viruses; measles; rubella; antibiotic resistance; gastroenteritis; malaria; tuberculosis; ulcers; hepatitis B viruses; Babesiosis; Tick fever; gastritis; peptic ulcer disease; inflammatory bowel disease.
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Pharmacology
Contact: Professor Harald Schmidt
Tel: +61 3 9905 5752
URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/pharmacology/research/
Key words: Neuropharmacology; molecular pharmacology; cardiovascular pharmacology; reproductive and genitourinary pharmacology; venoms and toxins; use of novel microscopic imaging techniques for early diagnosis, anti-obesity drugs; autacoids; diabetes; drug development; drug receptor mechanisms; hypertension; molecular pharmacology; neuropharmacology; neurotransmitters; endocrine pharmacology; peptides; confocal microscopy; and pharmacology of potassium channels.
Lay terms: Venoms and toxins; diabetes; obesity; drugs; hypertension; high blood pressure.
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Physiology
Contact: Professor Iain Clarke
Tel: +61 3 9905 2554
URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/physiology/research/
Key words: Cardiovascular physiology; cell and molecular physiology; endocrinology; stress physiology; reproductive biology; fetal and neonatal physiology; autonomic neurobiology; muscle and exercise physiology; neuroscience; vision; hearing; brain; renal physiology.
Lay terms: Biological systems; circulatory system; nervous system; cell development and function; muscle development; hearing; vision; memory; movement; stress; reproduction; glands; hormones; SIDS.
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Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Contact: Dr Michal Schneider-Kolsky
Tel: +61 3 99051348
URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/radiography/
Lay Terms: Ultrasound, MRI, CT, X-Ray, PET.
Key Words: Diagnostic imaging, radiology, radiography, medical ultrasound; vascular imaging; radiobiology, radiophysics, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy. Medical imaging professionals’ role extension, education and work practices; bioeffects of ultrasound.
Disease Areas: Cancer (especially lung and breast), musculo-skeletal pathology, obstetrics & gynaecology, trauma, cardiovascular disease
Expertise/Platform Technologies: Radiology & radiography (diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine)
On campus (Clayton) expertise in: ultrasound, CT, X-Ray, education
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