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Theme:Mental health and the ageing brain
Role:Affiliated Stakeholder Advisory Panel (ASAP)
Level:IHMRI Senior Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
Molecular Horizons
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Building 42 Room 312
University of Wollongong
+61 2 4221 3443
Research focus
Molecular chaperone proteins are the body’s front-line defenders against the clumping of proteins into the large deposits that are associated with many human diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Motor Neurone Disease (MND). By identifying innovative approaches to activate these molecular chaperones, my work aims to develop new drugs to treat, and ultimately prevent these diseases.
Publications and funding
Memberships
- Member of the Australian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society
IHMRI research team
PhD candidates
Caitlin Johnson
Investigating chaperone function at the single molecule level
Kristian Claesson
Validating heat shock factor 1 as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of neurodegener
Nicholas Marzano
Developing a protein folding sensor that can be used for single molecule assays
Shannon McMahon
Investigating the role of proteostasis pathways in regulating the intracellular protein aggregation of firefly luciferase: a model system to study protein aggregation in cells
Lauren Rice
Single-molecule studies of chaperone proteins and their interactions with client proteins