Fields of Research

Central nervous system
Cellular nervous system
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Neurosciences
Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Signal transduction
Immunology
Nutrition and dietetics

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Human ischaemic cascade studies using SH-SY5Y cells: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Translational Stroke Research
Metallothionein induces a regenerative reactive astrocyte phenotype via JAK/STAT and RhoA signalling pathways ; Experimental Neurology: A Journal of Neuroscience Research
Metallothionein Treatment Attenuates Microglial Activation and Expression of Neurotoxic Quinolinic Acid Following Traumatic Brain Injury ; Neurotoxicity Research: An International Journal on Processes and Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration, Apoptosis, Neuroprotection and Regeneration
Redox-active Cu(II)–Aβ causes substantial changes in axonal integrity in cultured cortical neurons in an oxidative-stress dependent manner; Experimental Neurology
Science in the Pub, Brain edition: Neuropathy, Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease
Tg2576 cortical neurons that express human Aβ are susceptible to extracellular Aβ-induced, K⁺ efflux dependent neurodegeneration ; PL o S One
The degree of astrocyte activation in multiple system atrophy is inversely proportional to the distance to α-synuclein inclusions; Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
The Native Copper- and Zinc- Binding Protein Metallothionein Blocks Copper-Mediated Aβ Aggregation and Toxicity in Rat Cortical Neurons; P L o S One

Research Projects

Blood-brain barrier energy dysfunction: the unifying cause of fatigue; The Mason Foundation (ANZCT-Mason Fdn)
Understanding the human ischemic cascade: Improving the process of drug development for cerebral ischemia ; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)

Research Candidate Supervision