Dr J Banyer

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 persistent infection of macrophages: A model of viral persistence and relapse
Dr B Lidbury
University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT

Identification and characterisation of the genes and pathways in susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease
Dr J Cavanaugh
Medical Genetics Research Unit, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Dr J Bekkers

The role of syntaxin subtypes in synaptic transmission
Dr C Morgans
Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

Neurophysiology of a Galanin receptor knockout mouse with an epileptic phenotype
Dr A Jacoby, Dr T Iismaa
Garvan Institute, Sydney, NSW

Influence of the dendritic tree on the firing properties of neurons
Professor M Häusser
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College, London, UK

Dr EM Bertram

Role of 4-1BB receptor in T cell co-stimulation
Professor TH Watts
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professor P Board

Structural analysis of glutathione S-transferases
Dr M Parker
St Vincent's Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Function of the Zeta class GSTs
Dr MW Anders
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical School, NY, USA

Metabolism of arsenic by glutathione transferases
Dr HV Aposhian
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, USA

Parkinson's Disease, Pesticides and glutathione transferase polymorphisms
Dr D LeCouteur
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, University of Sydney, Concord RG Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Dr G Mellick
Department of Neurology University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD

Dr H Booth

Development of EST pipeline and analysis of coral data
Dr D Miller
James Cook University, Townsville, QLD

Dr MG Casarotto

Structural studies into the mechanism of dihydrofolate reductase
Professor 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

Peptide activators of the ryanodine receptor
Professor I Toth
Pharmacy Department, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD

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

Effects of drugs that block Vpu ion channels studied with NMR techniques
Dr Wolfgang Fischer
Biomembrane Structure Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Dr G Chaudhri

Pathophysiological Significance of Reverse signalling through membrane TNF
Dr. Jonathan Sedgwick
DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA

Modulation of the immune response by virus-encoded cytokine homologs
Dr. Antonio Alcami
Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Pathogenesis of Influenza Pneumonia and Flavivirus Encephalitis
Associate Professor N King
Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Presentation of poxvirus antigens by dendritic cell subsets
Drs G Belz and W Heath
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Dr P Cooper

Adjuvant activity of gamma insulin
Dr P Fuentes
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Dr G Guillen,
Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba

Dr DO Willenborg
Neurosciences Research Unit, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Dr N Petrovsky
Director, National Health Sciences Centre, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Dr A Cowan

Synaptic dynamics in the somatosensory cortex
G Fuhrmann, I Segev & M Tsodyks
Weizmann Institute and Hebrew University, Israel

Dr WB Cowden

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

The role of NO in regulation of EA
Dr D Willenborg
The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

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

Professor AF Dulhunty

Effects of DHPR Peptide Fragments on Ca Sparks
Professor R Fink
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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, Brisbane, QLD

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

Ryanodine receptor function in myotonic dystrophy
Professor R Dirksen
University of Rochester, NY, USA
Dr M Takashashi
University of Osaka, Japan

Structure and function of calsequestrin
Professor M Varsanyi
University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany


Actions of peptides on skinned muscle fibres
Dr G Lamb
La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC

Professor S Easteal
The genetic basis of common mental disorders associated with anxiety and depression
Professor M Prior
Psychology Department, Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC

Genetic basis of elite athletic performance
Associate Professor K North
Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Minimum saturated DNA sequence
Dr Y Fang, Professor Z Lin
Kansas State University, Kansas, USA

Mathematical problems arising from protein folding
Professor Jenn-Fang Hwang
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan


Dr Paul Foster

The characterization of allergic networks
Dr M Rothenberg
Childrens Hospital Medical Centre, University of Cincinnati, USA

The role of IL-13 in asthma and inflammation
Dr A Mackenzie
Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

Models of chronic asthma
Professor Kumar
University of NSW, Sydney, NSW

S100 Protein and Eosinophils
Professor C Geczy
University of NSW, Sydney, NSW

Eosinophil Degranulation
Professor J Lee
Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA

Dr C Freeman

Role of glycosaminoglycans in the cellular uptake of viruses
Professor T Bergstrom,
Dept of Clinical Virology, University of Göteborg, Sweden

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

Role of heparanase in the pathogenesis of proteinuria
Professor D Power and Dr V Levidiotis
Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC

Heparanase as an anti-tumour target
Dr N Pavlakis
Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Drs J Joyce and D Hanahan
Hormone Research Unit
University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

Professor PW Gage

Effects of conotoxins on sodium currents
Professor D Adams
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD

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

Effects of drugs that block Vpu ion channels on HIV-1 replication
Professor T Cunningham
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW

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

Effects of channel blocking drugs on hepatitis C virus
Dr E Gowans
The McFarlane Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Professor C Goodnow

A programme of screening for ENU-mutations affecting lymphocyte response to antigen
Dr R Cornall and Professor J Bell
Oxford University, UK

Identifying genes for immunity and tolerance
Dr J Cyster, Professor L Lanier, Professor A Weiss
University of California, San Francisco, USA

Mechanisms regulating islet beta cells in diabetes
Dr N Petrovsky
The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Mutations affecting male fertility
Dr M O'Bryan and Professor D DeKretser
Monash Institute of Reproduction and Research, Melbourne, VIC

Mutations affecting the mammary gland
Dr C Ormandy
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC

Role of Ikaros in blood cells
Dr Steve Smale⁺ and Dr A Perkins^*
+University of California Los Angeles, USA
^*Monash University, Melbourne,  VIC

Role of cbl genes in B and T cell tolerance
Associate Professor W Langdon and Dr C Thien
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Hearing Mutations
Dr H Dahl
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Mucin gene functions
Dr M McGuckin and Dr M Cook*
Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD
*Phenomix Aust Pty Ltd

Analysis of atopic disorders associated with mutations affecting antigen receptor signalling
Dr M Cook and Dr K Nelms
Phenomix Aust Pty Ltd, Canberra, ACT


Professor I Hendry

Testing behaviour of Gz knockout mice using pre pulse inhibition
Dr M van den Buuse
Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC

Gz coupling to dopamine D2-like receptors in vivo
Dr C D Blaha
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW

Nerve Growth Factor retrograde axonal signalling may be modified by PI 3-kinase dependent protein associations
at the nerve terminal including Centaurin-1 and Arf6
Dr T Cowen
Department Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, UK

Divergent pathways linked to PH-domains explain varied roles of PI3-kinase in neurons
Dr T Cowen
Department Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, UK

Neuromuscular growth factors role of TGF-beta and GDNF in motoneurone survival and death
Dr I McLennan
Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, NZ

Professor C Hill

Connexin expression in the myenteric interstitial cells of Cajal and adjacent muscle layers of the guinea pig gastric antrum
Professor GDS Hirst and Drs HM Cousins, FR Edwards
Melbourne University, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC

Professor C Hill and Dr S Sandow

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

Expression of gap junctions and connexins in hamster arteries
Professor SS Segal and Dr R Looft-Wilson,
Yale University School of Medicine, USA

Gap junctions; the critical link in EDHF action
Dr HC Parkington, Dr M Tare, Dr H A Coleman
Monash University, Clayton, VIC

Dr M Hulett

Molecular mechanisms of cell invasion and angiogenesis
Professor CN Chesterman, Professor BH Chong, Associate Professor PJ Hogg and Dr LM Khachigan
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

and

Dr RK Andrews and Professor MC Berndt
The Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Cloning and characterisation of a novel tetraspan molecule on mast cells
Dr GA Mackay
University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD

Dr G Huttley

Evolution of DNA repair genes, and population genetics of tumour suppressor genes
Professor L Nunney
Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, USA

Dr G Karupiah

Pathophysiological significance of reverse signalling through membrane TNF
Dr J Sedgwick
DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA

Modulation of the immune response by virus-encoded cytokine homologs
Dr A Alcami
Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Modulation of the immune response by poxvirus-encoded cytokine homologs
Professor M Buller
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis University, St Louis, USA

Pathogenesis of influenza pneumonia and flavivirus encephalitis
Associate Professor N King
Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Presentation of poxvirus antigens by dendritic cell subsets
Drs G Belz and W Heath
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Virus-mediated inhibition of ion channels in respiratory epithelia
Professors D Cook, J Young and Dr K Kunzelmann
Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Genetic regulation of the early innate response to poxvirus infection
Dr A Scalzo
Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Professor TD Lamb

Human cone pigment regeneration
O Mahroo
Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Inverted responses in single rod photoreceptors
J Järvinen, Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK

Molecular mechanisms of rhodopsin’s shut-off at the single-photon level
Dr RD Hamer and SC Nicholas
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, USA
Dr D Tranchina
Department of Biology, New York University, USA
PA Liebman
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Human dark adaptation
Professor EN Pugh Jr
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Development of a Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope for stimulation and densitometry
Dr BA Patterson
Lions Eye Institute, Perth, WA

Dr M Lobigs

Studies on protective immune responses against, and molecular determinants and mechanisms for
virulence attenuation of flaviviruses belonging to the Japanese encephalitis virus serotype
Dr RA Hall
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD

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

Dr KI Matthaei and Professor IG Young

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

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

The role of IL-5 and eosinophils in allergy
Dr M Rothenberg
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy & Immunology, Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA


Dr J Maindonald

The use of permutation tests for the empirical evaluation of genetic and environmental interactions in complex disease
Dr J Cavanagh
Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT
Affiliate Professor Susan Wilson

Writing of a monograph, based around the use of the R statistical system, aimed at researchers in statistical application areas. published in August 2003
Dr J Braun
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Various aspects of the analysis of microarray data from cancer studies
Dr M Gardiner-Garden
The Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, NSW

Florence Nightingale’s views on the use and role of statistical information
Dr A Richardson
University of Canberra, ACT

Design of microarray studies on coral development, and data analysis
Dr D Miller
James Cook University, Townsville, QLD

Dr KI Matthaei

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

The role of mast cells in vivo
Professor S Krilis
Department of Immunology, Allergy & Infectious Diseases, The St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW

Murine filariasis infections in cytokine deficient mice
Professor A Hoerauf
Department of Helminthology, Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Parasite infection in gene deficient mice
Dr L Dent
Head, Eosinophil Biology Laboratory, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, Adelaide University, SA

The role of the ryanodine receptor in vivo
Professor P Allen
Deapartment of Anesthesia, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

Professor D Megirian

Preoptic-anterior hypothalamic (POAH) warming suppresses laryngeal dilator muscle activity during sleep
Dr D McGinty
University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Reciprocal cross-fostering of Sprague Dawley and Brown Norway rats transforms their awake ventilatory behavior

Dr KP Strohl

Case Western Reserve University, USA

 

Post-hypoxic ventilatory behavior to chronic irregular intermittent hypoxia in awake Sprague Dawley and Brown Norway rats

Dr KP Strohl

Case Western Reserve University, USA

 

Long-term responses to chronic regular intermittent hypoxia in awake Sprague Dawley and Brown Norway rats

Dr KP Strohl

Case Western Reserve University, USA

 

Dr A Müllbacher

Oral induced T cell tolerance
Dr J 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 p-glycoprotein during acute viral infections
Dr R Johnston
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC

The role of granzymes in viral infection
Dr M Smyth
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC

The granzymes in early defence against viral infection
Dr J Trapani
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC

The mechanisms of cytolytic lymphocytes in the control of viral infection
Dr M Simon
Max Planck Institute für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

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

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 fur Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

Hep C and liver damage
Associate Professor ML Bassett
Gastroenterology Unit, The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Professor C Parish

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

Role of platelets in tumour metastasis
Dr M Berndt
Baker Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC

Professors C Chesterman and B Chong
School of Pathology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Carbohydrate-based inhibitors of leukocyte extravasation
Dr M Hickey
Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

Inhibition of vascular restenosis by PI-88
Dr L Khachigian
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

Development of a liposome-based TB vaccine
Dr W Britton
Centenary Institute, Sydney, NSW

Development of liposome-based anti-cancer agents
Dr P Hogg
School of Pathology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Professor C Parish, Drs C Freeman and M Hulett

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

Professor C Parish and Dr L Simson

Development of a liposome-based tumor vaccine
Associate Professor P Hogg
School of Pathology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Thermographic detection systems for tumor establishment and growth
Ms P McCahon and Dr B Eckersley
MIDI - Medical Infrared Digital Imaging, Turner, ACT

Immunosurveillance of MCA-induced sarcomas in TH2-immune deficient mice
Associate Professor M Smyth
Peter Macallum Cancer Center, East Melbourne, VIC

Professor IA Ramshaw

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

Evaluation of HIV vaccines
Dr S Kent
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

Design of HIV-1 vaccines
Dr D Boyle
CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, VIC

Evaluation of new HIV-1 vaccines
Dr R Ffrench,
Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW

Development of vaccines against genetically modified viruses
Professor A Ramsay
LSU Health Sciences Centre, New Orleans, USA

Development of a novel TB vaccine
Dr W Britton
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, NSW

Dr S Rao

Microarray functional analysis
Professor G Denyer
Sydney University, Sydney, NSW

Computational promoter analysis
Dr T Werner
Genomatix, Munich, Germany

CRel studies
Dr S Gerondakis
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC

PKC theta studies
Dr D Littman
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

PKC studies
Dr J Souness
Aventis Pharma, New Jersey, USA

Professor SJ Redman

Properties of ventral spinal interneurones
Dr M Goulding
Salk Institute, San Diego, USA

Dr MF Shannon

Control of GM-CSF gene transcription in T cell
Dr A Holloway
Discipline of Biochemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Structure function studies of the transcription factor c-Rel
Dr T Parks
Cellegy Ltd, San Francisco, USA

The role of chromatin remodelling in the development of effector and memory T cells
Dr B Stockinger
National Institute of Medical Research, London, UK

The role of c-Rel in CD28 signaling and regulatory networks in T cells
Dr S Gerondakis
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC

Analysis of T cell regulatory networks
Dr M-H Sung
Biometrics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, USA
Professor R Schwartz
Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Health, USA

Dr RM Slattery

T Cell populations in b2Ma vs b2Mb transgenic NOD mice
Dr D Godfrey
Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

The role of thymic stroma in b2Ma vs b2Mb transgenic NOD mice
Professor R Boyd
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC

The use of the crelox system in analysis of the role of IE in self tolerance
Dr B Fazekas de St Groth
Centenary Institute, Sydney, NSW

The development of cataracts in H-2kb NOD transgenic NOD mice
Dr D Serreze
Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, USA

The role of NKT cells in B2ma and B2mb NOD mice
Dr A Baxter
Comparative Genomics Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD

Tissue specific deletion of the Bc1 –x gene in studies of autoimmunity
Dr J Allison
Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC

Dr CJ Simeonovic

Clinical Associate Professor JD Wilson
Department of Endocrinology, The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Dr P McCullagh
Faculty of Veterinary Science
The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW

Role of chemokines in the rejection of islet tissue allografts and xenografts
Dr W A. Kuziel
Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

Dr GJ Stuart

Interaction of action potentials with inhibitory synaptic events
Dr M Häusser
University College London, UK

Distribution and properties of voltage-gated sodium channels in neurons
Professor P Ruben
Utah State University, USA
Professor P Jonas
University Freiburg, Germany

Associate Professor C Stricker

Multiple Mechanisms Govern the Dynamics of Depression at Neocortical Synapses
Drs Fuhrmann and Tsodyks
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Professor I Segev
Center for Neural Computation, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

The role of extracellular proteases in synaptic plasticity
Professors P Sonderegger & U Gerber
Institute of Biochemisty and Brain Research Institute, University of Zürich, Switzerland

Dr SA Thomson

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

Hepatitis C SAVINE
Dr RA Ffrench
Pediatric Research Labs, Sydney Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW
Associate Professor B Rawlinson
Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW
Professor A Lloyd
Department of Infectious Diseases
Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW

Tuberculosis SAVINE
Professor W Britton and Dr G Shoebridge
Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW

Papilloma virus and cervical cancer polyepitope vaccine
Associate Professor B Tindle
Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Brisbane, QLD

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma SAVINE
Professor D Moss and Dr R Khanna
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD

Dr DJ Tremethick

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

Dr M Wakefield

Marsupial X Chromosome Inactivation and BRCA1
Professor C Disteche
University of Washington, Seattle, USA

The Kangaroo Genome Project
Professor M Renfree
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Professor D Cooper
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW
Professor J Mattick
Australian Genome Research Facility
Professor T Speed
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, VIC
Professor J Boore
DOE Joint Genome Institute, California, USA
Dr R Wilson
Washington University Genome Centre, St Louis, USA

Professor B Walmsley

Structure-function studies in the auditory system
Professor REW Fyffe
Center for Brain Research, Wright State University, USA

Voltage-gated channels in auditory neurons
Professor ID Forsythe
University of Leicester, UK

Potassium channels in auditory neurons
Professor B Robertson
Strathclyde University, UK

Neuronal firing properties in congenital deafness
Professor R Shepherd
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

Spontaneous neural activity in the brainstem of normal and congenitally deaf mice
Dr A Paolini
Latrobe University, Melbourne, VIC

The genetic basis of dn/dn mutation
Dr A Griffith
National Institutes of Health, USA

Dr HS Warren

Inhibitory receptor expression on NK cells in patients with chronic NK lymphocytosis
Dr CS Witt, Professor FT Christiansen
Department of Clinical Immunology and Biochemical Genetics, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA

KIR2DL4 expression and regulation
Dr CS Witt, Professor FT Christiansen
Department of Clinical Immunology and Biochemical Genetics, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA

Analysis of NK cells and T cells in cord blood of preterm babies
Dr A Kent
Department of Neonatology, The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT
Dr J Dahlstrom
Department of Anatomical Pathology, The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Professor JA Whitworth

Glucocorticoid receptor in adrenocortical steroid-induced hypertension
Dr T Cole
Department Biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

Free radicals in the pathogenesis of hypertension
Dr K Croft and Dr T Mori
Department Medicine, University of WA, Perth, WA

The role of cholinergic stimulation and prostaglandins in cortisol-induced hypertension in humans
Associate Professor J Kelly and Dr G Mangos
Department of Medicine, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW

Genetic determinants in hypertension
Professor B Morris and Dr R Lin
Basic & Clinical Genomics Laboratory, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Glucocorticoid binding protein and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Dr D Torpy
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA

Tetrahydrobiopterin in adrenocortical steroid-induced hypertension
Dr J Earl
Children’s Hospital, Westmead, NSW

Gene analysis in angiotensin II hypertensive rats
Professor W Anderson
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

Dr D Willenborg

Evaluation of radiolabelled peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) ligands in the animal
model "experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis".  Potential probes for the diagnosis of "Multiple Sclerosis"
Dr A Katsifis
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW

Professor S Wilson

Determining the genetic basis of Cohn's disease
Dr J Cavanaugh
The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Understanding the hereditary basis of haemochromatosis
Dr M Bassett and Dr J Cavanaugh
The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Determining appropriate reporting intervals for analyte concentrations
Dr P Hickman
The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT

Detecting epigenetic parent of origin effects
Dr J Wicks
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD