Collaborative Research Ventures        

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Prof DA Jans

The cell-specific delivery of DNA or photosensitiser molecules to the nucleus of target cells
Prof AS Sobolev
(Russian Institute for Agricultural Biotechnology, Moscow)

The mechanism of nuclear transport and role in infection of the NS5 polymerase protein of Dengue virus
Dr S Vasudevan
Dept of Biochem & Mol Biol,
James Cook University of North Queensland

David Jans,  Melanie Johnson-Saliba. Photo :Karen Edwards
Prof David Jans and PhD student, Melanie Johnson-Saliba

Nuclear targeting of the serine protease granzyme B in cytolytic granule mediated apoptosis
Drs JA Trapani and V Sutton
Peter MacCallum Cancer Research Institute, Melbourne

Nuclear transport and function of the granzyme B inhibitor, the serpin PI-9
Dr PI Bird
Dept of Medicine, Monash University

Calmodulin regulated NLSs in proteins important in testis development
Dr K Loveland
(Institute for Reproduction and Development, Melbourne
Dr V Harley
Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne

DNA conjugates for in vivo electroporation
Prof A Pessi
IRBM, Pomezia, Italy

Nuclear import and actions of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and IGFBP-5
Dr L Schedlich and Prof R Baxter
Kolling Research Institute, Sydney

Nuclear signalling pathway of Ern1p in the unfolded protein response in yeast
Prof M-G Gething
Dept Biochem and Biophysics, University of Melbourne

 

Dr JE Gready

Use of NMR to study liver dysfunction in cirrhosisProf A J McLean, Dr PJ Harvey, Dr L Lenton and Assoc Prof D Le Couteur
Canberra Clinical School, University of Sydney
Prof P W Kuchel, Dr S Ramadan and Dr W Bubb
Dept of Biochemistry, University of Sydney

Structural and functional evolution o f extracellula r proteins
is supported by the Japanese STA (Science and Technology Agency) to work with
Dr Y Matsuo,
RIKEN Genomic Sciences Centre, Yokohama

 

Dr JE Gready, Dr PL Cummins and Dr SP Greatbanks

Development of programs and applications for biomolecula r QM/MM calculations
Dr A Rendell
ANU Supercomputer Facility

Dr JE Gready, Dr PL Cummins and Mr SJ Titmuss

Development, evaluationand application of the linear-scaling QM method MOZYME for biomolecularcalculations
Dr A Rendell and Dr A Bliznyuk
ANU Supercomputer Facility
Dr R Nobes
Fujitsu European Centre for Information Technology, London UK
Dr J Stewart
Stewart Computational Chemistry, Colorado Springs, USA


Dr JE Gready and Ms Gustiananda

FTIR studies of prion protein repeats
Dr P Haris
De Montfort University, Leicester UK

 

Dr JE Gready, Dr H Mauser and Dr R Hornig

Computational andbioinformatic studies of the mechanism and evolution of the photosyntheticenzyme, Rubisco
Prof TJ Andrews
Molecular Plant Physiology Group, RSBS

 

Dr MG Casarotto

Structural studies into the mechanism of dihydrofolate reductase
Prof G Roberts
Centre for Mechanisms of Human Toxicity
University of Leicester, UK
Dr J Basran
Department of Biochemistry
University of Leicester, UK

Chitinase and Chitin Binding Proteins
Dr C Vorgias
Biology Department, Athens University, Greece
Prof H Schrempf
Universitat Osnabruk
FB Biologie/Chemie, Osnabruk Germany

Peptide activators of the ryanodin e receptor
Professor I Toth
Pharmacy Department, University of Queensland

Effects of drugs that block Vpu ion channels studied with NMR techniques
Professor T Watts
Biomembrane Structure Unit, University of Oxford

 

Dr P Foster

The characterization of the role of eotain in the machanism of pulmonary eosinophilic inflammation
Dr M Rothenberg
Childrens Hospital Medical Centre, University of Cincinnati USA

The role of IL-13 in asthma
Dr A Mackenzie
Cambridge University

Models of chronic asthma
Dr Kumar
University of NSW

 

Dr R Slattery

The role of Beta2m in insulin Dependent Diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
Dr D Serreze
The Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

The role of NKTcells in IDDM
Dr A Baxter
Centenary Institute, Sydney NSW

 

Dr MF Shannon

Role of chromatin architectural proteins in cytokine gene transcription
Dr R Reeves
Washington State University, USA

The role of chromatin remodeling in the development of effector and memory T cells in an immune response
Dr G Stockinger
National Institute of Medical Research, London

The role of c-Rel in CD28 signaling in T cells
Dr S Gerondakis
WEHI, Melbourne

Development of transgenic models of GM-CSF gene transcription
Dr P Cockerill
Hanson Centre for Cancer Research

 

Dr D Tremethick

Function of histone H2AZ in mammalian development
Dr I Lyons
Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, SA

Solving the crystal structure of a H2AZ containing nucleosome
Dr K Luger
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Colorado State University, USA

To examine a possible link between the mode of action of Phenobarbital and chromatin structure
Dr B May
Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, SA

Gaining an understanding of the role of chromatin in the regulation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene expression and pathogenesis
Dr J Fyfe
Victorian Infectious Disease Resource Laboratory, VIC

Determining whether H2AZ alters higher order chromatin folding
Dr J Hansen
Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center
San Antonio

 

Prof PW Gage

Effect s of conotoxins on sodium currents
Professor D Adams
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland

Structure of the GABAA receptor
Dr M Parker
St Vincents Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

Analysis of subconductance states in ligand-gated receptors
Dr S-H Chung,
Dept of Chemistry, ANU

Effects of drugs that block Vpu ion channels on HIV-1 replication
Professor T Cunningham and Dr H Naif
Westmead Hospital NSW

Structure of Vpu ion channels studied with NMR techniques
Professor T Watts
Oxford, UK

 

Prof AF Dulhunty

Oxidation of ryanodine receptor from malignant hyperthermia pig muscle
Professor R Fink
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg Germany

Structure of DHPR binding domain on ryanodine receptor calcium release channel
Professor D McClennan
Banting & Best Research Institute, Toronto Canada
Professor Y Ogawa
Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Ultrastructural location of triadin in dyspedic mouse muscle
Professor P Allan
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA USA

Effects of ryanodine receptor activation
Dr D R Laver
BAMBI, ANU

Activation of malignant hyperthermic pig muscle
Professor E Gallant
University of Minnesota, USA

Bioavailability of peptides that activate ryanodine receptors
Professor I Toth and Dr P Mollinar
University of Queensland

Structure of ryanodine receptors
Dr M Parker
St Vincents Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

 

Dr KI Matthaei and Prof IG Young

The role of IL-5 in tumour progression
Dr V Apostolopolous and Professor I McKenzie
Austin Research Institute, Heidelberg, Victoria

The role of IL-5 in reproduction
Dr S Robertson
Department of Obstetrics, (Medical School),
The University of Adelaide, SA

The role of IL-5 in smooth muscle hyperreactivity of the gut
Dr B Vallence and Professor S Collins
Division of Gastroenterology
McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

The role of IL-5 in mucosal immunity
Dr B Bao and Professor A Husband
Veterinary Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW

The role of IL-5 and eosinophils in tumour rejection
Dr M Rothenberg
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy & Immunology, Childrens Hospital Medical Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio USA

The role of IL-5 in eosinophil precursor differentiation
Professor J Denburg
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

The role of the mouse homologue of "flightless" in vivo
Dr H Campbell
Molecular Evolution and Systematics, RSBS, ANU

Behavioural studies in IL-5 deficient mice
Dr J Homewood
Psychology Department, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW

Hookworm infection in IL-5 deficient mice
Prof P Prociv
Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Queensland `

Control of inflammatory disease in vivo
Dr S Breit
Centre for Immunology, St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney NSW

 

 

High Blood Pressure Research Unit

Professor JA Whitworth

Cortisol binding globulin in chronic fatigue syndrome
Dr David Torpy
Department of Medicine, University of Queensland

Gene expression in steroid hypertension
Professor Brian Morris
Department of Physiology, University of Sydney

L-arginine transport in steroid hypertension
Dr Jaye Chin Dusting
Baker Medical Research Institute, Victoria

Steroid hypertension in humans
Drs John Kelly and George Mangos
St George Hospital, University of NSW

Onset of ACTH hypertension
Prof Rick Jackson
Dept of Medicine, University of QLD

 

Immunology and Cell Biology

Dr J Banyer

Comparative analysis of genetic determinants characteristic of ex vivo isolated dendritic cells and myb-transformed MTHC-derived dendritic cells
Dr I Caminischi
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Determination of genetic factors responsible for multi-drug resistance in small cell lung carcinoma
Dr R Davey,
Clinical Oncology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Ross River Virus effects on the immunoregulatory properties of the mouse macrophage RAW cell line
Dr B Lidbury
University of Canberra Canberra, ACT

Identification of genetic factors differentially expressed in tissues which have lost activity of the twist gene
Dr P Tam and M O'Rourke
Embryology Unit Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney, NSW

Genetic differences between subsets of human NK cells
Dr H Warren,
Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT



Drs J Banyer and AJ Hapel

Biological and molecular characterisation of the MTHC-D dendritic progenitor cell line Glaxo-Wellcome Ltd Stevenage, U K

 

Professor RV Blanden and Mr A Franklin

Mechanisms of somatic variation of V genes and
Evolutionary origin of germline V genes in the immune system
Dr E J Steele,
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
Dr G Weiller,
Research School of Biological Sciences, ANU

 

Dr P Cooper

Adjuvant activity of gamma inulin
Dr P Fuentes,
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Dr G Guillen,
Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba
Dr D O Willenborg,
Neurosciences Research Unit, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT
Dr Irit Pinchasi,
TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel
Prof G Tannock,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
Dr E Depla,
Innogenetics NV, Ghent, Belgium
Dr P Birk,
M & E Biotech A/S, Horsholm, Denmark
Prof Anna Erdei,
Dept of Immunology, Eotvos Lorand University, Gšd, Hungary
Dr Lars Holten-Anderson
Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr Elisabeth Riviere
Intervet Pharma R&D, Beaucouz, France

 

Dr WB Cowden

The role of nitric oxide in infectious and autoimmune disease
Dr Kirk Rockett,
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK

The role of free radicals in vascular disease
Dr Roland Stocker,
The Heart Research Institute, Sydney, NSW

The activity and mechanism of action of novel glycoprotein processing inhibitor anti-rejection agents
Prof Adrien Hibberd,
Hunter Valley Hospital Transplant Unit, Newcastle, NSW

Novel approaches to immunisation
Dr Alistair Ramsay,
Newcastle University, Newcastle, NSW

 

Dr C Freeman

Cleavage of heparan sulphate by mammalian heparanase
Dr Jeremy Turnbull,
Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biosciences,
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK

Heparanase activity in mucopolysaccharidosis patients
Professor John Hopwood,
Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA

Heparanase activity in mucopolysaccharidosis animal models
Dr Elizabeth Neufeld,
Department of Biological Chemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Heparanase activity in myeloma cells
Dr Oyvind Hjertner,
Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Biology,
Medisinsk Teknisk Senter, Trondheim, Norway

A novel method to sequence heparan sulphate
Drs John McLeod and Phil Grace,
Research School of Chemistry, ANU

 

Dr AJ Hapel

Identification and characterisation of immunoregulatory genes from dendritic cells
Drs J Tite and M Goulden,
Glaxo-Wellcome Ltd , Stevenage, U K
Dr I Caminischi and Professor K Shortman,
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC
Assoc Professor T Gonda,
Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Adelaide, SA

Analysis of the role of interleukin-3 and CSF-1 in synergistic signalling by targetting of their receptor genes and
Targetted disruption of the c-fms gene
Professor E R Stanley,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA


Mechanism of cell death in Ross-River virus-infected striated muscle
Dr Brett Lidbury,
University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT

 

Dr M Hulett

Cloning and characterisation of a novel family of tetraspan molecules
Dr M Cancilla,
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC
Professor M Hogarth,
Austin Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC
Dr M Smyth,
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, VIC
Dr L Baker and Professor G Sutherland,
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, S A
Dr Hilary Warren
Canberra Hospital Canberra, ACT

Structure and function of Fc Receptors
Professor M Hogarth and Dr B Wines,
Austin Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC

 

Dr M Lobigs

Protective immune responses in mice vaccinated with recombinant vectors expressing flavivirus genes
Dr R A Hall and Professor J Mackenzie,
Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld

Modulation of the MHC class I antigen processing and presentation pathway by flaviviral infection
Dr F Momburg,
German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Structural polyprotein processing mutants of yellow fever virus, 17D, generated from an infectious cDNA clone
Professor C M Rice,
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA

 

Dr A Müllbacher

Oral induced T cell tolerance
Dr James Chin,
Elizabeth MacArthur AG Institute, NSW Department of Agriculture, Camden, NSW

The role of granzyme A in fungal infection
Dr R Ashman,
Oral Biology and Pathology University of Queensland Brisbane, Qld

The role of granzymes and perforin in cytomegalovirus infections
Dr S Landolfo,
Department of Public Health Medical School Turin, Italy

The role of granzymes in herpes virus infection
Drs R Pereira and A Simmons,
Herpes Research Infectious Diseases Laboratories Institute of Medical & Veterinary Science
Adelaide, SA

 

Drs A Müllbacher and M Lobigs

The role of T cell serine proteases in cell cytotoxicity and viral pathogenesis
Dr M Simon,
Max Planck Institute für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

Allorecognition
Dr R Langman,
Conceptual Immunology, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

Hep C and liver damage
A/Professor M L Bassett
Gastroenterology Unit The Canberra Hospital Woden, ACT

 

Drs A Müllbacher and P Waring

The role of poxvirus encoded serpins in cytotoxic T cell induced apoptosis
Dr R Wallich,
Department of Immunology University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany

The role of granzymes in the induction of apoptosis
Dr M Simon,
Max Planck Institute fur Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

 

Prof C Parish

Role of histidine-rich glycoprotein in angiostatin formation and action
Dr P Hogg and Professor C Chesterman,
School of Pathology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Role of histidine-rich glycoprotein in cell invasion
Dr P Hogg and Professor C Chesterman,
School of Pathology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Novel complement activation pathways
Professor M Walport and Dr M Botto,
Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK

Analysis of cell adhesion molecules on human lymphocytes
Dr H Warren,
Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Novel multimeric technology for cell surface molecules
Dr J Altin,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, The Faculties, ANU

Histidine-rich glycoprotein deficiencies and autoimmune disease
Professor P Gatenby,
Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Sulfated oligosaccharides as anti-viral agents
Dr A Cunningham,
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW

 

Prof C Parish and Dr C Freeman

Development of pseudo-oligosaccharides as heparan sulfate mimetics
Professor M Banwell
Research School of Chemistry, ANU

 

Prof C Parish and Drs C Freeman and M Hulett

3D structure of mammalian heparanase
Dr M Parker,
St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne, VIC

Heparanase as an anti-tumour target
Dr R Anderson
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, VIC
Drs H Wheeler and N Pavlakis,
Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney, NSW

Heparanase as an anti-tumour target
Dr Johanna Joyce
Hormone Research Unit University of California at San Francisco, California, USA

 

Prof IA Ramshaw

Design of viruses for the biological control of vertebrate populations
Drs R Jackson, P Kerr,
Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT

Investigation into immunogenicity of DNA vaccines
Professor H Robinson,
Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA USA

HIV polytope vaccines
Dr A Suhrbier
QIMR Brisbane, Q'ld
Dr R Ffrench,
Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW

 

Dr SA Thomson

HIV Clinical trials Australian HIV Vaccine Consortium
Headed by Dr D Cooper
Nat Centre for Epidemiology and Clinical Research
University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW

A novel HIV vaccine
Dr S Kent
Department of Microbiology University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC
Dr R A Ffrench
Pediatric Research Labs Sydney Children's Hospital Westmead, NSW

Papilloma virus and cervical cancer polyepitope vaccine
Assoc Prof B Tindle,
Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Brisbane Qld

Epstein-Barr virus and glandular fever polyepitope
Professor D Moss, Drs R Khanna and M Sherritt,
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane Qld



Molecular Medicine

Dr R Baker

Ubiquitin-specific proteases in cancer
Associate Professor D A Gray
Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 

Ubiquitin-specific proteases in eye development
Dr J Fischer-Vize
Department of Zoology
University of Texas
Austin, Texas, USA

Ubiquitin-ribosomal fusion proteins in yeast and mammals
Prof REH Wettenhall
Dept of Biochemistry
University of Melbourne, Victoria

Phylogenetic and structural studies of the ubiquitin-specific protease family
Dr LS Jermiin
School of Biological Sciences
University of Sydney, Sydney NSW

Chromosomal mapping of human genes
Dr G Sutherland and Mrs E Woolatt
Dept of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics
Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide SA

 

Prof P Board

Structural analysis of glutathione S-transferases
Dr M Parker
St Vincents Medical Research Institute
Melbourne, Vic

Regulation of mouse Theta class GST genes
Dr W Pearson
Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, Virginia USA

Use of GST genes to create drug resistance in hematopoietic stem cells
Dr M Webb
Haematology, The Canberra Hospital

Structural analysis of the Omega class GSTs
Dr C Gabel, Dr K Geoghegan and Dr Pandit
Central Research Division
Pfizer Inc, Groton CT, USA

Phylogenetic and evolutionary studies of the glutathione S-transferase family
Dr LS Jermiin
School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney

Parkinson's Disease, Pesticides and glutathione transferase polymorphisms
Dr D LeCouteur
Department of Pharmacology
University of Sydney and Canberra Clincal School
The Canberra Hospital

Function of the Zeta class GSTs
Dr MW Anders
Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology
University of Rochester Medical

Functional analysis of glutathione transferases
Drs M Lo Bello, A Caccuri and G Ricci
University of Rome


Prof S Easteal

The genetic basis of common mental disorders associated with anxiety and depression
Professor AS Henderson and Dr A Jorm
Social Psychiatry Research Unit, ANU

Prof M Prior
Psychology Department, Melbourne University

 

Dr G Huttley

Comparative evolutionary analysis of the HLA and other genomic regions
Dr G Thomson
Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkley, USA

Assessing concordant equilibria of case and control populations
Prof S R Wilson
School of Mathematical Sciences, ANU

Assessing the utility of SNP markers for linkage disequilibrium mapping
Prof D Naiman
Dept of Mathematical Sciences, John Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
Prof G Uhl
School of Medicine, John Hopkins University
Prof SR Wilson
School of Mathematical Sciences, ANU

 

Dr G A Huttley and Prof S Easteal

Analysis of genetic diversity at cancer susceptibility genes in humans and other primates
Dr D J Venter
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne
Dr J L Hopper
Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne

Assessing the importance of DNA replication on mutation
Prof S R Wilson
School of Mathematical Sciences, ANU
Dr I Jakobsen
Institute for Molecular Evolution, Pennsylvania State University, USA

The effect of varying demographic and evolutionary regimes on patterns of linkage disequilibrium
Prof S R Wilson
School of Mathematical Sciences, ANU

 

Prof C Goodnow

Gene expression profiles of B cell tolerance, activation, and immunsuppression
Dr R Glynne
Affymetrix, Inc EOS Inc

Gene expression profiles of diabetic and non diabetic islets and T cells
Dr M Cooke
Genome Institute of Novark's Foundation, San Diego CA

Genetic modifiers of squamous carcinogenesis
Dr Douglas Hanahan
University of California San Francisco)
Dr Simon Foote
WEHI, Melbourne

Identification of ENU-induced mutations causing hematopoietic abnormalitieDrs Douglas Hilton and Warren Alexander
WEHI, Melbourne

Identification of ENU-induced mutations causing bone density defects
Dr Edith Gardiner
Garvan Institute, Sydney

Identification of ENU-induced mutations causing abnormal breast duct growth
Dr Chris Ormandy
Garvan Institute, Sydney

Identification of ENU-induced mutations causing abnormalities in splenic architecture
Dr Jason Cyster
University of California San Francisco

Gene mapping, gene expression profiling and protein profiling of mouse mutation on an array of arrays
Dr Mark Chee
Illumina, Inc, San Diego

Analysis of ENU-induced neurological mutations
Dr Colin Fletcher
Genome Institute of Novark's Foundation, San Diego CA

 

Dr CJ Simeonovic

Neuroprogenitor cells for delivery of immunoregulatory cytokine genes to pig proislet xenografts in mice
Dr Rosanne Taylor
Dept of Animal Science
University of Sydney NSA
Clin Assoc Prof JD Wilson
Department of Endocrinology
The Canberra Hospital Woden ACT

Regulation of pig proislet xenograft destruction and assessment of the potential for xenozoonoses
Prof Adrian Gibbs,
Molecular Genetics and Evolution,
Research School of Biological SciencesANU
Clin Assoc Prof JD Wilson
Department of Endocrinology
The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Role of chemokines in the rejection of pig proislet xenografts
Dr William A Kuziel
Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin Texas USA

Costimulatory blockade for pig islet xenotransplantation in NOD mice
Professor Randolph Noelle
Department of Microbiology
Dartmouth Medical College, Hanover NH US
Dr MH Sayegh MD
Research Director
Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Transplantation
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Research Director
Division of Nephrology
Children's Hospital, Boston M, USA

 

Dr P McCullagh

Investigation of X maturation of the ileal PeyerŐs patches
Professor Charles Press and Thor Landsverk

Royal Norwegian Veterinary School, Oslo

Development of Peyer's patches and of immunological function in the gut of the fetal lamb
Dr Susan McClure
McMaster Laboratory, CSIRO, Sydney

Compartmental modelling of lymphocyte migration
Dr L Dedik
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Slovak Technological University, Bratislava

Compartmental modelling of lymphocyte migration
Dr M Durisova
Institute of Experimental Pharmacology
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

System analysis of lymphocyte migration
Dr De Bruyne
Research School of Engineering and Information Science, ANU

Pulmonary development in thyroidectomized fetal lambs
Dr M Peek
Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics
University of Sydney, Canberra Clinical School

Electron microscopic examination of the alveoli of athyroid fetal lambs
Dr J Dahlstrom
Pathology Department, The Canberra Hospital

Colonization of Peyer's patches by Mycobacterium avium complex
Dr R Whittington
Elizabeth Macarthur Institute

 

Neuroscience

Dr M Crouch
 
Flightless I protein
Dr Hugh Campbell
 RSBS, ANU
 
Growth factor signal transduction
Dr Bruce Kemp
St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne;
Dr Richard Pearson
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne
 
Protein kinase G
Dr Phillip Robinson
Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney
 

Dr CE Hill
 
Electrical properties of iridial arterioles of the rat
Drs GDS Hirst, FR Edwards
Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne

Cell-cell communication in the wall of mouse mesenteric arteries
Professor C Garland, Dr K Dora
University of Bath, UK

Myoendothelial gap junctions and EDHF responses in selected arteries
Dr Helena C Parkington, Dr Marianne Tare, Dr Harold Coleman
Department of Physiology Monash University


Prof IA Hendry
 
Neuromuscular growth factors
Dr Ian MacLennan
Department of Anatomy, University of Otago
 
Investigating the Role of Neurotrophins and their Receptors at the Neuromuscular Synapse
Dr Peter Noakes and Dr Selena Bartlett
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, The University of Queensland
 
Localisation of the mouse small optic lobe protein (sol) in the olfactory bulb
Dr Alan Mackay-Sim
Griffith University
 
The neurotrophic factors involved in retinal ganglion neuronal survival
Dr Alan Harvey
University of Western Australia

 

 
Dr G Stuart

Interactions of EPSPs and action potentials
Dr Michael Hausser
University College London
 
The role of inhibition in synchronisation in the cortex
Dr Roger DuBois
Research School for Biological Sciences, ANU

 

Dr P Sah
 
Physiological mechanisms underlying startle disease
Dr Robert Callister
University of Newcastle
 

Dr B Walmsley
 
Postsynaptic receptor clustering and synaptic efficacy at central synapses
Dr FJ Alvarez and Professor REW Fyffe
Department of Anatomy, Wright State University
 
Postsynaptic receptor clustering and synaptic efficacy at central synapses
Dr FJ Alvarez and Professor REW Fyffe
Department of Anatomy, Wright State University
 
Regulation of transmitter release at auditory synapses
Professor Ian D. Forsythe
Dept of Cell Physiology and Biophysics, University of Leicester, UK
 

Dr WR Taylor
 
Direction selectivity in the rabbit retina
Dr DI Vaney
Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre, University of Queensland
Prof WR Levick
Department of Psychology, Australian National University
 
Metabotropic glutamate receptors in the mammalian retina
Dr Robert Duvoisin,
Dyson Vision Research Institute,
Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York.

 
Prof SJ Redman
 
Synaptic transmission between interneurones and motoneurones in spinal cord
Professor Julian Jack
Oxford
 
Serial correlation in release probability
Dr Christian Stricker
University of Zurich
 
Role of interneurones in ventral spinal cord
Dr Lea Ziskind-Conhaim and Dr Meyer Jackson
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin
Dr Thomas Jessell
Columbia University, New York
Dr Martyn Goulding
Salk Institute, San Diego