Research areas
The research projects under way in the department draw on biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and biophysics as they apply to areas including human diseases, plants and microorganisms.
| Research leader | Area of research interest |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor Marie Bogoyevitch | Signal transduction in health and diseases, including heart disease, stroke and cancer |
| Associate Professor Heung-Chin Cheng | Enzymology & signalling mechanism of oncogenic and tumour suppressor enzymes |
| Dr Armadeep Dhillon | Cell signalling in cancer |
| Professor Paul Gleeson | Membrane trafficking, autoimmunity & cell biology of acid-secreting epithelia |
| Associate Professor Paul Gooley | NMR spectroscopy for investigation of protein structure & function |
| Dr Danny Hatters | Aberrant protein conformations, toxicity and disease |
| Associate Professor Andy Hill | Prion diseases, Alzheimer's disease & Parkinson's disease |
| Associate Professor Geoff Howlett | Amyloid fibril formation and protein misfolding diseases |
| Professor Malcolm McConville | Molecular microbiology |
| Dr Terry Mulhern | Signal transduction & human diseases |
| Associate Professor Matt Perugini | Bacterial enzymes of lysine biosynthesis |
| Associate Professor Tony Purcell | Molecular events leading to an immune response |
| Dr Stuart Ralph | Drug targets and gene regulation in Plasmodium falciparum |
| Associate Professor Ian van Driel | Cell biology, growth & development, autoimmune diseases and their genetic causes |