Fields of Research

Central nervous system
Cell neurochemistry
Cellular nervous system
Peripheral nervous system
Other biomedical and clinical sciences
Health services and systems
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Other biological sciences
Proteins and peptides
Nutrition and dietetics
Nanomedicine
Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials)
Policy and administration
Autonomic nervous system
Health promotion
Biostatistics
Immunology

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services)
Inclusive education
Health education and promotion
Learner and learning
Other law, politics and community services
Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Expanding knowledge in human society
Efficacy of medications
Treatment of human diseases and conditions

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'A neuroscientist and a gastroenterologist explain the science behind food comas' Radio interview
'A roundup of the news in science' interview by Helen Shield
'Brain implants turning thoughts to handwriting, the best time to sleep and worker ants turning into queens' interview by Patricia Karvelas
'Decisions' interview by Philip Clark
'Heatstroke, microwaves and the east Australian current' interview by Helen Shield
'How do the festivities of Christmas affect the brain?' interview by Helen Shield
'How much alcohol is too much? Saving the Great Barrier Reef, and the James Webb telescope' interview by Helen Shield
'How plants colonised land, losing our “filter” when we age, a new planet discovered' interview by Helen Shield
'How the heck did they discover that? The temperature of stars, botox and soap' interview by Helen Shield
'International Women's Day feature: Tassie women researchers are leading the way but say equality in science is a long way off' written by Emma Hope
'Modern Life, Modern Science”: Evenings with Firas Massouh on ABC radio
'On a lighter note, with Dr Lila Landowski' interview by Lucy Breaden
'Poo transplants and ageing, Fast Radio Bursts and our relative Homo longi' interview by Helen Shield
'Research Filter' interview by Andy Park
'Science Club on the not so noble Nobel Prize moments' interview by Lucille Cutting
'Science Club' science segment
'Science Club' Science Segment (Discussing breakthrough discoveries in Aboriginal genetics and evolution, limbic system and mood, quantum computers)
'Science Club' Science Segment (Discussing breakthrough discoveries in artificial wombs, 3D printed ovaries and a quick way to diagnose depression)
'Science Club' Science Segment (Discussing the best of 2017 in Science)
'Science Club' Science Segment (Discussing the identification of control of baldness and grey hair, attracting female cane toads with the right call, better brain health in the sexually active elderly and understanding dementia
'Science Club' science segment: Dementia - new treatments on the horizon?
'Spin the bottle! But with science questions, not kisses' interview with Helen Shield
'The neuroscience of daylight savings' interview by Christopher Lawrence
'The sound of our science' interview by Helen Shield
'What does Christmas do to our brains?' interview by Patricia Karvelas
'World sleep day - the neuroscience of sleep' interview by James Valentine
2011-2022 Science and Technology Australia Superstar of STEM
2014 AUSTRALIANSUPER CAREER KICK START AWARD, Young Achiever Awards
2019 ABC Top 5 Science Scholars
ABC Hobart 936AM Interview: Science Club Panel Discussion (Discussing breakthrough discoveries in treating peanut allergies, origin of life and neurogenesis in the amygdala)
ABC Top 5 science scholars announced
ABC Top 5 science scholars announced
Achievers charge back into spotlight
Announcement of the 2021 Superstars of STEM
Announcement of the 2021 Superstars of Stem, with superstar Dr Lila Landowski
Announcement of the 2021 Superstars of Stem, with superstar Dr Lila Landowski
Applications of Nanotechnology in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Stroke; Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis
Are you suffering from brain fatigue?
Australian Institute of Company Directors - Governance Foundations for not for profit Directors Scholarships 2021/2022 award recipient
Australiansuper career kick start award
Award Winning Tasmania Episode 11 - Ulverstone
Axonopathy in peripheral neuropathies: Mechanisms and therapeutic approaches for regeneration; Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
Beaker Street launch at TMAG. Dr Landowski discusses the effect of stress on the brain, and how to fix it with some simple life hacks
Blood donations saving lives in more ways than one, MRIs show teens don’t listen to their mum the same way, improving memory in old mice with cerebrospinal fluid from young mice
Brain ageing and the role of systemic factors; Neuroscience 2019
Brain science: a new way of thinking is needed
Busting myths about dementia
Caffeine, its history, effects on the brain, and role as a performance enhancing agent
Catching Opportunity
Coronavirus isolation affects your brain — a neuroscientist explains how, and what to do about it
COVID-19 long-term effects: People report ongoing fatigue, brain fog and breathlessness, so what's happening in the body?
Deep dive into the world of science with Neuroscientist Dr Lila Landowski
Dementia - what is it and what can we do about it?
Dementia trials bring hope
Differences in fatigue-like behavior in the lipopolysaccharide and poly I:C inflammatory animal models; Physiology and Behavior
Discussing How the “covid normal” world affects us + the sun, the Carrington event, and how dolphins recognise others through their urine
Discussing the neuroscience behind why talking about your problems makes you feel better on RUOK Day
Discussing the potential impact of the USA election outcomes on the future of world scientific research
Diversity in STEM boosts Australia
Dr Karl - Science on Mornings
Dr Karl and ABC TOP 5 join David 'Alex' Chambers on ABC Townsville
Dr Karl and ABC TOP 5 join David Bevan on ABC Adelaide, ABC Adelaide radio
Dr Karl and ABC TOP 5 join joins Matt Webber on ABC Gold Coast
Dr Karl joins David 'Alex' Chambers on ABC Townsville
Dr Landowski named one of Tasmania's eleven Public Education Ambassadors
Dr Landowski named the 16th Australian Science Superhero by the Chief Scientist of Australia, Dr Alan Finkel
Dr Lila Landowski joins us to discuss post-iso anxiety and could you stomach another lockdown? #TheDrum
Forgetting things? Blame COVID-normal brain
Has COVID got anything to do with our devastating road toll on Tasmanian roads this year?
Heartbreak pain is like physical pain to the brain
Home-grown research under threat
Hothouse submission
Hothouse: So no one will be left out in the cold
Housing is such a basic need
How much is an effective dose of nature?
I stress, Eustress, Growing a better brain when we stress less
Identification of novel neurotrophic-like factors: a candidate for promoting nerve regeneration in neuropathy; ANS Adelaide 2014
If you avoid phone calls, you're missing out. Here's why
Improving the stroke drug 'bottleneck'
Inside the Brain - a journey inside the brain and how we come to be who we are. Part 1, The Amygdala
Inside the Brain - a journey inside the brain and how we come to be who we are. Part 2, The Hippoampus
Inspirational Australians by Awards Australia
International Day of Women and Girls in Science with Dr Lila Landowski
International Day of Women and Girls in Science with Dr Lila Landowski
International Pint of Science festival, and Dealing with the Degenerating brain
Interviewing Dr Lila Landowski about science research, brains, and what life has had in store since winning the 2015 award for Young Achiever of the Year
It's the time of year that can bring out the best the worst of us but what really happens to our brains during the festive season?
Lockdown 2.0: What's Happening To Your Brain And Mental Health?
Love that learning: Education need not be about getting a job
Low density lipoprotein receptor related proteins as regulators of neural stem and progenitor cell function; Stem Cells International
Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related proteins guide navigating PNS axons; 2015 PNS Meeting
Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related proteins in a novel mechanism of axon guidance and peripheral nerve regeneration; Journal of Biological Chemistry
LRP receptors in a novel mechanism of axon pathfinding and peripheral nerve regeneration; Neuroscience 2014
Making neuroscience important and relevant: Online learning in an innovative Bachelor of Dementia Care program; Second International Conference, eLEOT 2015
Mentor role hothoused
Metallothionein I/II and metallothionein III induce growth cone chemotaxis via disparate mechanisms; Australian Neuroscience Society 31st Annual Meeting
Metallothionein I/II induces growth cone chemotaxis via an LRP­1 and LRP­2 dependent mechanism; Neuroscience 2012
Metallothionein I/II induces growth cone chemotaxis via an LRP­1 and LRP­2 dependent mechanism; Neuroscience 2012
Modern Science, Modern Life
National Science Week segment on Melanie Tait's ABC statewide evening program. Discussing: The brain's waste removal system ('glymphatic system'), the possible looming cavendish banana extinction, 400-year old greenland sharks
New ways of thinking about pain
Online Learning and Aspirations in the Bachelor of Dementia Care degree; Aspirations Matter 2014
Optimisation of iron oxide nanoparticles for agglomeration and blockage in aqueous flow systems; Australian Journal of Chemistry
Patron of National Science Week
Podcast: The Andy Social - Episode 181 – Dr Lila Landowski (Neuroscientist, Science Communicator)
Poly I:C and LPS induce blood brain barrier disruption and a fatigue behavioural phenotype in rodents in vivo; Society for Neuroscience Conference 2019
Protect your hippocampus with exercise, diet, socialising and sex
Radio interview with Piaa Wirsu
Readers to discuss education challenges in the Hothouse
Research filter : long live the optimists and what coffee does to the brain
Resident doctor - Dr Lila Landowski - Exercise... big muscles, big brains
Resident doctor - Dr Lila Landowski - The debate over cold offices is heating up
Resident doctor - Dr Lila Landowski - The science of love
Resident Doctor - Dr Lila Landowski has GOOD NEWS for forgetful people
Ryk Goddard of ABC breakfast radio interviews CEO of the Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation Heather Francis, and the 2017 Project grant recipient Dr Lila Landowski
Science can be beautiful, but please don’t call it basic
Science Club
Science Club - Science Segment
Science club science panel (various topics)
Science club science panel: The effects of alcohol exposure during adolescence on stress responses and the brain during adulthood
Science Club' Science Segment (Discussing breakthrough discoveries in Neanderthal research, brain maps, stroke therapies and funnel web spider venom)
Science Club' Science Segment (Discussing breakthrough discoveries in the genetics of obesity, male contraceptives and shipwrecks in the Black Sea)
Science Club' science segment: Discussing anti-inflammatories as a treatment for depression, dog MRI's and whether our canine friends experience human emotions, health risks of e-cigarettes
Science Club: How the COVID-normal world affects us, the Carrington Effect, and how dolphins recognise each other by urine
Science Club: Science Clubbers ask each other questions
Science in the Pub, Brain edition: Neuropathy, Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease
Science segment: An astrophysicist, a neuroscientist and an anatomist walked into a radio station
Scientists have developed a new blood test that can detect Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years before symptoms begin. But there's still no cure for dementia, so why do we care?
Separating surgery from stroke: the effects of surgical severity on photothrombotic animal models of cerebral ischaemia
Sex, sleep and sudoku
Sexuality and neuroscience, the sexuality of the stars, and the curious sexualities of the sex industry
She'll be apples: Tasmanian women consider the future
Sleep increases fat, cell life after death, the Perseid meteor shower
State Finalist Young Australian of the Year 2016
Stem the Brain Drain: Leading scientists discuss the gender gap
Storytime Pledge
Stroke - diagnosis, recovery and drug discovery
Sudoku, sugar and sex - what is better for your brain?
Sudoku, sugar, sex, exercise and meditation - what is better for your brain?
Sudoku, sugar, sex, exercise and meditation - what is better for your brain?
Talking Point: Can’t focus? Nightmares? Fix COVID brain fade
Talking Point: Tasmania is missing one top job
Talking Point: Tasmania is missing one top job
Tasmanian Young Achiever of the Year: making waves in neuroscience
Tasmanian Young Tall Poppy Award Winner
Tassie’s STEM superstars are smashing stereotypes
Tattoos change colour depending on physiology; fuel to increase performance of athletes; talking about emotions
The effect of Christmas on the brain
The effect of the holiday season on the brain: Impact of family, love, stress, binge-eating and alcohol
The Friday Knockoff: the rose, the thorn and the banana. Discussing doctors prescribing nature in Scotland, and how sleep deprivation increases mortality
The gluten-free diet conundrum
The impact of stress and isolation on the brain
The Importance of Sleep and how to Maximise your Brain Health
The issues with health and Medical research funding landscape in Australia
The neuroscience of addiction: focus of gambling addiction
The neuroscience of consiousness: 'Outside The Box event presented by Anil Seth and Lila Landowski'
The neuroscience of Love - and are there 36 questions to fall in love?
The neuroscience of Love - and are there 36 questions to fall in love?'
The Year In Science. (Science Discussion Panel)
Today on Science Club: How stress affects memory, the Venus/Jupiter conjunction and lesbian animals
Trying to boost your brain health with sudoku, sugar or even sex? Let's take a look at the evidence
Trying to boost your brain health with sudoku, sugar or even sex? Let's take a look at the evidence
Twelve tips for using Facebook as a learning platform; Medical Teacher
Untangling the effects of surgery and anaesthesia on a vasoconstrictive model of cerebral ischaemia
UTAS neuroscientist weighs in on Instagram 'like' removal trial
Vision for Hobart city deal gets shot in the arm
We asked two experts to watch The Father and Supernova. These new films show the fear and loss that come with dementia
We asked two experts to watch The Father and Supernova. These new films show the fear and loss that come with dementia
What are Science and Technology Australia's #superstarsofSTEM? And what do all the festivities of Christmas, and Christmas overindulgence, to do our brain?
What do all the festivities of Christmas, and Christmas overindulgence, to do our brain?
What do all the festivities of Christmas, and Christmas overindulgence, to do our brain?
What has preclinical systematic review ever done for us?; BMJ Open Science
What is dementia, and what hope is there for the future?
What really happens to our brains during the festive season?
What's happening to your brain under lockdown?
Whats with all the failed clinical trials for dementia?
Why are people spending more time reminiscing in COVID isolation? The neuroscience of memory
Why people with dementia don’t all behave the same
Winner - Tasmanian Science Communicator of the Year Tasmanian Government STEM Awards Administered by the Department of State Growth
Winner, Premier's Young Achiever of the Year, Young Achiever Awards
Winner, St Luke's Health & Wellbeing Award, Young Achiever Awards
WORK IT: Gender equality under the microscope
World Sleep Day - why lack of sleep makes us grumpy and crave junk food
Young achiever hits the right nerve
‘Music so good it’s infectious, babies poo and microplastics and, is lockdown changing your personality?’ interview by Patricia Karvelas
‘The science of happiness, how the blue LED changed the world, making cells in a Petri dish cry’ interview by Lucille Cutting
‘Time, sugar and the brain, is your DNA a folder or a scruncher?’ interview by Helen Shield
“Debunking neuromyths”, Afternoons with Helen Shield

Research Projects

A new theory of fatigue: The role of AgRP neurons in ME/CFS; Equity Trustees Limited (EQT)
Blood-brain barrier energy dysfunction: the unifying cause of fatigue; The Mason Foundation (ANZCT-Mason Fdn)
Development of a therapeutic agent for a chemotherapy-induced neuropathy; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Paving the way for future stroke drug development: creating a new gold-standard model of stroke; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)

Research Candidate Supervision