Animal Research Platform (MARP)

Projects

The Dynamics and Determinants of Plasma Cell Survival

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IL21, B-cell Proliferation and the Mechanism of Memory Formation

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Muscle Fusion as a Delivery Mechanism to Repair Ailing Muscles from Heritable Muscle Diseases - FUSION

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Development of a first-in-class neuroprotective drug for protecting the brain after stroke

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Defining reciprocal neural circuits that regulate appetite and memory

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Role of protein kinase D in adiposity and the regulation of body weight

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A novel molecular mechanism controlling myelopoiesis

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Endosomal reactive oxygen species in tumour angiogenesis

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Does regeneration of normal-appearing myelin improve functional recovery in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis?

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Antidepressants in epilepsy

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The Hippo Pathway And Melanoma Growth

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Protecting diabetic organs using a dual-acting compound delivered via injectable hydrogel

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A Safe, Orally Administered Agent for Dengue

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The importance of the blood-testis barrier in human infertility

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Tools fo Rebuilding Patient Tumours in the Laboratory

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Generation of x-linked rodent models of Alport Syndrome using CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome engineering

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Understanding how the Helicobacter pylori pilin protein CagL promotes gastric cancer

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A novel oncogenic alliance in breast cancer

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Characterising the lipid droplet - mitochondria proteome

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New strategies to improve personalized immunotherapy of breast cancer

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A Peptide Derived From a Snake Venom to Treat Alzheimer's Disease

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Promoting intestinal stem-cell mediated regeneration following damage: a critical role for Neuregulin 1

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Bacteriophage therapy increases antibiotic sensitivities in multiply antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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NOVEL SOLUTIONS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT PATHOGENS

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Dual Targeting of the Androgen Receptor for Effective and Durable Control of Lethal Prostate Cancer

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Examining the role of TcdB in extraintestinal damage during Clostridium difficile infection using bezlotoxumab.

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The regulatory role of Clec12A in antigen presentation and inflammatory disease

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Unravelling fibrosis by pharmacological targeting of the G protein-coupled receptor, RXFP1

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G Protein-Coupled Receptor Context-Specific Biased Agonism to Treat Ischaemic Heart Disease

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FPR2 is a therapeutic target in lung cancer

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The vagus nerve and gut - brain interactions: the underpinnings of successful weight loss surgery through recruitment of Brown Adipose Tissue

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Assessing Immunogenicity of ALIOS CpG in various cancer models

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The role of Il21 in B-cell activation

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Interferon epsilon, a key cytokine in the pathophysiology of the female reproductive tract mucosa

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Dissecting the contribution of IL-17-producing γδ T cells to the pathogenesis of airway diseases

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Targeting the Urgent Need for New Antibiotics against Gram-negative ‘Superbugs’

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Integration of feedforward and feedback circuits for decision-making

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Examining the importance of DNA damage repair for oocyte quality, female fertility and offspring health

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Mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell therapy

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Regulatory networks defining stem cell populations in the adult male germline

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Effects of amniotic fluid ureaplasma infection, and its treatment, on brain development and

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High blood pressure and gut microbiota: mechanisms and therapeutic potential

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Smart Targeted Nanoparticles for Diagnosis and Therapy

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Strategies to Prevent glomerular Hyperfiltration INjury in Congenital Solitary kidneys” Acronym: SPHINCS-project

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Functional Neurogenesis in the Injured Neocortex of the Nonhuman Primate

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An investigation into chromatin dynamics in host-pathogen interactions and fungal virulence

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Regulation of immune responses in the adult testis and male reproductive health

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Developing new treatments for severe preeclampsia

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An investigation into metabolic competition between host and pathogen in infection.

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Immunospheres: creating an immune system in a microparticle

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Identifying Novel Molecular Targets for Treating Chronic Pain.

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Pore-forming toxins of Staphylococcus aureus: imaging assembly, pore formation and killing

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A novel strategy for targeting castrate-resistant prostate cancer

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Pharmacological inhibition of IRAP as a novel antifibrotic strategy

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Harnessing bacteriophages as natural predators to combat the superbugs: a pulmonary drug delivery approach

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The role of NOX4 in antioxidant defence and mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle

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The pulvinar is instrumental in the development of visual cortical networks

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Attenuating severe infections in chronic inflammatory diseases through modulation of transforming growth factor-B activity

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Preventing and Limiting Acute Kidney Injury in High Risk Diabetic Patients

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Preventing the progressive damage to organs caused by age and cardiovasular disease

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Chasing entelechy: cell interactions and collective behaviours underlying organ growth regulation

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Generation of human intestinal stem cells by direct reprogramming

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Targeting endosomal NOX2 oxidase in viral disease

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Codon bias: a hidden layer of translational regulation by estrogens

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Functional disconnections in schizophrenia

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Alcohol and Striatal Adaptation

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Targeting cytokine signalling in systemic lupus erythematosus

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Mechanisms of manchette function.

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Novel signalling pathways leading to the activation of glomerular parietal epithelial cells

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Host cell death signaling and susceptibility to bacterial gut infection

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Intracellular Drug Transport

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Does the ligand-RAGE axis drive small airway dysfunction in COPD?

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Antibiotic Resistance and Host Immune Evasion in Staphylococcus aureus

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Improving oocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number to enhance female reproductive capacity

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Can we engage weight loss circuits in the brain without causing hypertension?

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Regulation of phosphoinositide 3-phosphate tumour suppressor activity

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A Systems Approach to the Adaptive Immune Response

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Interleukin 37 – a novel cytokine therapy for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the preterm.

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Altered drug disposition in Alzheimer’s disease: impact on medicine safety

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Defining the Protective Role of the Innate Immune Molecule, NLRC5, in Stomach B-cell Lymphomagenesis

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Epigenetic regulation of humoral immune responses.

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A new set of targets and drugs for improving stroke outcome

Project: Other

Optogenetic platforms and optical regulation of Oct4: light-controlled reprogramming

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A predictive computational framework for targeted reprogramming of castrate resistant prostate cancer

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Understanding leukocyte function in inflammatory disease

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Single cell transcriptional profiling of effective flu-specific T cell immunity

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Defining key determinants of HLA mediated T cell tolerance and autoimmunity

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Defining the efficacy of blocking Serine phosphorylated STAT3 in the treatment of gastric cancer

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G-CSF: a pathogenic effector in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its comorbidities

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Targeting key regulators of innate immunity in inflammation-associated cancer

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Physiology of oxygen transport in the mammalian kidney

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Decoding dysfunctional spinal cord circuitry in chronic pain.

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A new universal mechanism controlling body proportions in animals

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Targeting antigen to Clec9A on dendritic cell for humoral immunity

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Fetal therapy for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a global partnership to translate surgical and cellular innovation

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Early life inflammation and development of cardiovascular disease

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New combination therapies for castration-resistant prostat e cancer

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Molecular Genetics of Human Sexual Differentiation

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New and improved treatment strategies for neonatal seizures

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A biomimetic prodrug platform to enable oral bioavailability and target lymphatic disease

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High dose testosterone: Enough rope for prostate cancer cells

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Curing blood cancers: rapid translation from target to drug to clinic

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Adenosine Receptor Context-Specific Biased Agonism to Treat Ischaemic Heart Disease

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The role of oestrogen in the development of cardiovascular diseases in obesity

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Improving breathing of preterm newborns exposed to inflammation during pregnancy

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Peripheral Nerve Tissue Engineering

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The physiological and pathophysiological relevance of glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor biased agonism

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Insulin on the Brain: Determining how insulin signalling in the brain coordinates glucose homeostasis

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Novel strategies to improve stroke outcome

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International Research Training Grant (IRTG)_Renewal of Molecular pathogenesis of male reproductive disorders project

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Enhancing the anti-fibrotic and regenerative capacity of bone marrow-derived stem cells

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Novel immune cell subsets in the CNS and supporting tissues

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Harnessing the type VI secretion system 'combat' arsenal of A. baumannii as a source of new antimicrobials and antimicrobial targets

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Exploring novel therapies for preeclampsia: the role of soluble prorenin receptor on vasculature function

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Representational similarity in marmoset an human visual motion processing

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Simultaneously targeting airway contraction and fibrosis as a new therapeutic strategy for asthma

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A Cell Therapy for Necrotising Enterocolitis

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Anti-sporulation strategies for Clostridium difficile infections

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Hyperleptinemia in obesity is a cause of central insulin resistance

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Neural sensing of hunger links homeostatic and reward pathways

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Novel Ligand-Specific Interactions Enable Mineralocorticoid Receptor Modulation

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A novel role for proteolysis in promoting inner ear cell injury and hearing loss

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Characterisation of PI3-kinase-dependent signalling networks in breast cancer

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Understanding adolescent neurodevelopment: relevence to schizophrenia

Project: Other

Novel targeting of therapy-resistant prostate cancer cells.

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Defining the Physiology and Therapeutic Potential of Inhibin

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Degradable nanocapsules for thromboprophylaxis and treatment of acute thrombosis

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Novel role of inflammasomes in the molecular pathogenesis of emphysema

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Targeting Clec9A for Cancer immunotherapy

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Determining the impacts of epigenetic modifying drugs on germline programming and offspring health

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Ghrelin receptor signaling in the brain links hunger to mood and motivation

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Investigating the role of cognitive control in susceptibility to anorexia nervosa

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Combating Deadly Gram-negative Lung Infections: An Inhalation and Systems Approach

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Specific targeting of the TACE protease as a therapeutic strategy in lung adenocarcinoma and associated cachexia

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The neural basis of the cognitive effects of prefrontal cortex stimulation

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Reprogramming of adult cells for regenerative medicine therapies

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Conventional and unconventional T cells in interstitial kidney disease

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Translating membrane proteins into therapeutics; from bedside to bench

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Novel targeted Onco-theranostic nanoparticles for personalised therapy and real-time monitoring

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Integrative systems pharmacology, neutron reflectometry and molecular dynamics approaches to unravelling the interaction between polymyxins and bacterial membranes

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TGF-beta/Smad signalling in macrophage-mediated renal fibrosis.

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Optimizing neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room

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Investigating Pathways of Lipoglycan Formation in the Bacterial Cell Wall

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Investigating the impact of coincident modulation of adenosine and glutamate receptors on neuronal activity - implications for CNS drug discovery

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Combining cell and gene therapy to develop safe and more effective designer cell-based medicine for treating MS

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Identification of Epigenetic Therapeutic Targets in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumour

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How does the brain sense low blood glucose and switch on corrective actions?

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Improving survival in myelofibrosis

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Control of host-pathogen interactions and fungal virulence by short chain fatty acids

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Defining the central role of podocyte depletion in the development, progression and management of glomerular disease

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Novel inhalation formulation of bacteriophages against ‘superbugs’ causing respiratory infections

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Male contraception through pharmacological blockade of sperm transport

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Dying stem cells as a mechanism in mesenchymal stromal cell therapy

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Mitochondrial metabolism and its role in the maternal epigenome.

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Using reprogramming to generate late onset Alzheimer's disease microglia

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Collaborative Network to Define the Molecular Determinants of G Protein Coupled Receptor Clinical Efficacy

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Muscle fusion as a delivery mechanism to repair ailing muscles from heritable muscle diseases

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Stem cell based strategies for re-establishing T cell immunity in aging and disease.

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Novel treatments of fibrosis for hypertensive heart disease

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Improving the safety and predictable efficacy of thrombolytic therapy in acute ischaemic stroke

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Preventing inflammation-induced brain injury in preterm infants: targeting systemic tumour necrosis factor

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Targeting Prevention and Treatment of Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease

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Molecular imaging and therapy of cardiac fibrosis in atrial fibrillation and heart failure

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A therapy to restore ageing defects in egg and sperm

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Unveiling the human reprogramming pathway

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Improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation of infants in the delivery room.

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Plasticity of perceptual space under sensorimotor interactions

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Multiple sclerosis research in the Merson Group (ARMI)

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Targeting microglial potassium channels Kv1.3 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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Novel role of innate immune DNA sensors in promoting gastric cancer

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Understanding the roles of the EMT transcription factors in epigenetic remodelling and myeloid cell transformation.

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Development of small molecules for neuroprotection and repair during progressive multiple sclerosis

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The link between regional lung stretch and distal organ injury in response to mechanical ventilation

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Targeting the inflammasome; the key to curing Cerebral Palsy?

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Targeting oxidant-dependent pathways to improve stroke outcomes in COPD

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Protecting against malaria through liver-resident memory T cells

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Novel targeting of the glucagon family of G protein coupled receptors

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Role of programmed cell death in NLRP3 inflammasome activation and Metabolic Syndrome

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Development of a novel bacteriophage treatment regime to combat and re-sensitise multiply antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections

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Global regulatory networks that control virulence in Clostridium perfringens

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Mitochondrial Damage following Fetal Hypoxia or Birth Asphyxia: Using Creatine to Preserve Mitochondrial Function

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Cells and nanobiomaterials to treat and prevent Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Hunger-sensitive neural pathways influence appetite and behaviour

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A neuro-immune axis regulates beige adipocyte development and function

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Therapeutic targeting of the colorectal epigenome

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Does regulation of NLRP3 by macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) contribute to MS disease?

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Targeting MYC driven PC by combining targeted radionuclide therapy with ribosome biogenesis inhibition as a new therapy in CRPC and neuroendocrine PC

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NHMRC Research Fellowship

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Efficacy of Smac Mimetics and the role of FOXL2 in Ovarian Cancer

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Alzheimers and Brain Repair research

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Multiple paths of TFH differentiation and their impact on B cell protection against infection

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Preclinical evaluation of a novel allosteric IL-1R inhibitor (rytvela) for the prevention of perinatal inflammation-induced fetal injury

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Discovery and development of new therapies targeting devastating human infections

Project: Consultancy

Immunomodulatory Mast Cells as Therapeutic Agents in Chronic Autoimmune and Acute Inflammatory Kidney Disease

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Engineering the second generation of growth factors and cytokines for regenerative medicine applications

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2018 Al & Val Rosentrauss Fellowship

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The roles of STAT-1/3 in NASH and liver cancer

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New treatments to prevent acute kidney injury in high risk patients.

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From gene to duty: the emergence of the complex brain

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A novel translational pipeline for the introduction of new immune-based therapies targeting localised and metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinom

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The Meydan Family Foundation Diabetes Complications Research Hub

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Mild traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative disease

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Combating adaptive resistance to tageted therapy in triple-negative breast cancer

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Involvement of the claustrum in coordinating brain circuits

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Amniotic Exosomes - Nanomedicine for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

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Identifying New Treatments for Platinum Resistant Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Role of brown fat thermogenesis in sleeve gastrectomy induced improvements in glucose homeostasis

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Optimising neurodevelopmental outcomes for fetal growth restriction

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A potential pulvinar link to Schizophrenia during development

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Dissecting the significance of pigment heterogeneity in cutaneous melanoma

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Bacterial and Host Drivers of Fulminant Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Infection

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The role of IL21 in integrating proliferation, migration and differentiation following B cell activation.

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A systems approach to combat the significant antibiotic resistance challenge: Novel therapeutic strategies, mechanistic discoveries, and drug development

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Therapeutic targeting of CIMP+ Colorectal Cancers

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Defining the epigenetic origins of maternally inherited disease.

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The role of neuronal activity in promoting remyelination of the brain

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Mechanism of action of a novel multifunctional bacterial secretion system

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Neural computations for predictive coding in visual cortex

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Type 2 immunity: a regulator of physiology, tissue repair and metabolism

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Regulatory architecture of the trunk-to-tail transition

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A novel drug treatment that can potentially be used in all types of strokes and be given at emergency point of care

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Adenosine A1 receptor modulation: Structure, dynamics & novel pharmacological interventions

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Giving prostate cancer enough rope with supraphysiologic testosterone

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Finding the holy grail; "off the shelf" neural stem cell therapy for perinatal stroke

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Finding the missing katanin required for male fertility

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Confocal and single molecule microscopes for Systems Microscopy

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A National Cancer Outcome Strategy

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Improving the fetal to neonatal transition in compromised newborns; towards better outcomes for babies born too soon and with under-developed lungs

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Beta Cell Expansion through light stimulation of the PI3K/AKT Pathway

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Targeting Survival programs in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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Biodistribution of Cynata-MSCs following intra-muscular injection to mice

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New Integrated Models in the Study of Cardiac Development and Disease

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Manipulating the fine-tuning of the innate immune response in disease

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Long-term outcomes after paediatric traumatic brain injury

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An On Demand Bactericidal Surface to Halt Medical Device Biofouling

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The unique nature of gamma delta T cell recognition resolved through interaction with H2-Q10

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Imaging the HIV reservoir in vivo

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Research Output

Germline Stem Cell Activity Is Sustained by SALL4-Dependent Silencing of Distinct Tumor Suppressor Genes

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Bone marrow transplantation corrects haemolytic anaemia in a novel ENU mutagenesis mouse model of TPI deficiency

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αβ T-cell receptors with a central CDR3 cysteine are enriched in CD8αα intraepithelial lymphocytes and their thymic precursors

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Maternal low-protein diet programmes low ovarian reserve in offspring

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RABL2 is required for hepatic fatty acid homeostasis and its dysfunction leads to steatosis and a diabetes-like state

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PRC2 is required for extensive reorganization of H3K27me3 during epigenetic reprogramming in mouse fetal germ cells

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GSK3 inhibition, but not epigenetic remodeling, mediates efficient derivation of germline embryonic stem cells from nonobese diabetic mice

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Vincristine Chemotherapy Induces Atresia of Growing Ovarian Follicles in Mice

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Native thymic extracellular matrix improves in vivo thymic organoid T cell output, and drives in vitro thymic epithelial cell differentiation

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Characterization of human-like menstruation in the spiny mouse: Comparative studies with the human and induced mouse model

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Deletion of self-reactive CCR7– thymocytes in the absence of MHC expression on thymic epithelial cells

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Blended Nanostructured Degradable Mesh with Endometrial Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes Tissue Integration and Anti-Inflammatory Response in Vivo for Pelvic Floor Application

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Loss of PUMA protects the ovarian reserve during DNA-damaging chemotherapy and preserves fertility

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Dacarbazine depletes the ovarian reserve in mice and depletion is enhanced with age

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Gut microbial metabolites limit the frequency of autoimmune T cells and protect against type 1 diabetes

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Mesenchymal progenitor cells primed with pentosan polysulfate promote lumbar intervertebral disc regeneration in an ovine model of microdiscectomy

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A novel Foxn1^eGFP/+ mouse model identifies Bmp4-induced maintenance of Foxn1 expression and thymic epithelial progenitor populations

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The therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cells on pulmonary myeloid cells following neonatal hyperoxic lung injury in mice

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Different Life Cycle Stages of Plasmodium falciparum Induce Contrasting Responses in Dendritic Cells

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Identification of dynamic undifferentiated cell states within the male germline

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GILZ-dependent modulation of mTORC1 regulates spermatogonial maintenance

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Creb1 regulates late stage mammalian lung development via respiratory epithelial and mesenchymal-independent mechanisms

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A mouse model of hereditary coproporphyria identified in an ENU mutagenesis screen

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An insight into intestinal mucosal microbiota disruption after stroke

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miR-222 isoforms are differentially regulated by type-I interferon

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Branching morphogenesis in the developing kidney is governed by rules that pattern the ureteric tree

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