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Groups

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The I-Cube Lab aims to foster collaborations between healthcare professionals and scientists to pursue cancer research.

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Burgio

By studying how bacteria resist to bacteriophage infection, our laboratory seeks to discover and engineer new CRISPR and RNA technologies.

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Burr Group

In the Burr laboratory, we aim to uncover the molecular mechanisms by which cancer cells evade surveillance and control by the immune system.

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The Dehorter Group aims to determine how interneurons shape neuronal networks activity and contribute to circuits balance in health and disease.

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Eduardo Eyras JCSMR

The Eyras Group is working to understand the biology of RNA and cancer using computational methods.

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Elizabeth Gardiner lab 2024

The group investigates the molecular basis of processes coordinated by platelets across vascular biology.

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Ross Hannan lab 2024

This group focus on targeting the ribosome to treat disease including cancer and bone marrow disorders.

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Steve Lee Group

Discovering biological physics through optics, computing, materials and fluid dynamics.

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Si Ming Man

The Man Group investigates the role of innate immunity in infectious diseases and cancer.

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The Soboleva Group studies mechanisms by which epigenetics controls cell differentiation and how those processes are affected in cancer.

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Jiayu Wen

The Wen Group focus on developing computational methods and models for RNA-mediated gene regulatory interactions to elucidate their impact on gene regulation, cellular identity, and the pathogenesis of diseases.

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Facilities

ACTD Robots

The ANU Centre for Therapeutic Discovery (ACTD) is a state-of-the-art high-throughput screening facility for biomarker and therapeutic discovery.

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Projects

This project aims to investigate the role of APA in cell fate by studying CD8+ T cells that respond to virus infections and how RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) regulate APA in T cell differentiation.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students

People

  • Dr Brian Parker

This project aims to shed light on the role of APA and its regulation by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in the retina, with a particular focus on responses to oxidative stress as observed in AMD.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students

People

  • Dr Brian Parker

The Whole Cell Model Development project, spearheaded by our ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MACSYS), is dedicated to constructing mathematical and machine learning models of entire cells, known as Whole Cell Models (WCM).

Student intake

Open for MPhil, PhD students

People

Articles

Quinn Group Zara Milena Skepev ABCF JCSMR

At just nine years old, Zara Skepev has raised more than $30,000 to support brain cancer research. This remarkable primary school student has been making and selling earrings, with the funds directed to support female researchers at The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR).

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Leonie Quinn Zara Skepev Brain Cancer

Nine-year-old Zara Skepev is on a mission to support brain cancer research and empower female scientists.

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Dr Teresa Bonello Dr Rachel Woodhouse JCSMR

Dr Teresa Bonello and Dr Rachel Woodhouse from The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have been awarded the highly esteemed Research Grant from Cancer Council ACT for their pioneering work in cancer research.

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Abhimanu Pandey - Si Ming Man

An immune system protein can be manipulated to help overcome bowel cancer, new ANU research has found.

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