Research in Physiology
Seminars and Conferences
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PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH CLUSTERS and LABORATORIES
Cardiovascular Health
Cardiac
Phenomics
(Associate
Professor
Lea Delbridge)
Interests; Understanding the alterations in cardiac
and renal structure and function which occur in genetic and non-genetic cardiovascular
disease conditions.
Central Cardiovascular Regulation
(Dr
Andrew Allen)
Interests;
How the central nervous system modulates cardiovascular function
via the autonomic nervous system.
Fetal,
Postnatal and Adult physiology and disease
(Associate
Professor Mary Wlodek)
Interests; Fetus, newborn,
programming, adult disease, diabetes, hypertension,
growth & development
Genetic
Physiology
(Professor
Stephen Harrap)
Interests; Population
genetics of cardiovascular disease and coronary
risk factors, Genome scans, Candidate genes, Linkage
mapping, Association studies, Victorian Family
Heart Study, AMIGO study, Sex chromosomes, Male
pattern baldness, Epithelial sodium channels, Cardiac
hypertrophy, Hypertrophic Heart Rat (HHR), Prevention
of genetic hypertension
Muscle and Exercise
Basic
and Clinical Myology
(Professor Gordon Lynch)
Interests; aging and
muscle function; muscle injury and regeneration;
dystrophic skeletal muscle
Exercise
Physiology and Metabolism
(Professor Mark Hargeaves, Dr
Glenn McConell)
Interests; Regulation of skeletal
muscle glucose uptake during exercise (potential
roles of AMP-activated protein kinase and nitric
oxide synthase); effect of exercise training on
muscle metabolism and muscle protein expression;
muscle metabolism during exercise in type 2 diabetics;
factors contributing to the increase in skeletal
muscle insulin sensitivity after exercise in diabetes;
effect of creatine supplementation on muscle metabolism
and strength development.
Neuroscience
Central Cardiovascular Regulation
(Dr
Andrew Allen)
Interests;
How the central nervous system modulates cardiovascular function
via the autonomic nervous system.
Enteric
Neuroscience
(Professor
Joel Bornstein)
Interests; autonomic
neurophysiology, enteric nervous system, synaptic
physiology, computer simulation, testosterone in
the spinal cord
Molecular
Neurophysiology
(Associate
Professor Graham Barrrett)
Interests; Alzheimer’s
disease and p75 neurotrophin receptor, Antisense oligonucleotides
NeuroPhysiology
and Fluorescence Imaging
(Professor
David Williams)
Interests; Biomedical
imaging and electrophysiology, particularly in relation
to understanding cell-to-cell communication in brain
function, synaptic function, the regulation of ionic
balance in normal and diseased cells and tissues