Biological Sciences Research Area: Genomics

Dr. Arshad Ayyaz
Understanding the mechanisms of immune escape in tumor initiating colorectal cancer cells; colorectal cancer; stem cells; immunotherapy resistance; immune escape, genomic stress.
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Dr. Tamara Bodnar
Cell biology and genetics; gut-brain-immune axis; brain development; immune function; neurodegeneration; establishing partnerships with Indigenous communities to explore social determinants of health, examining outcomes in early life through to older adulthood.
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Dr. Gordon Chua
Functional genomics in fission yeast; deciphering biological networks of gene regulation and genetic interactions.
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Dr. Peter Dunfield
Ecology and genomics of extremophilic bacteria; environmental microbiology of the methane cycle.
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Dr. Peter Facchini
Biochemistry; molecular and cell biology of plant secondary metabolism; metabolic engineering in plants.
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Dr. David Hansen
Genetic analysis of stem cell self renewal; negative regulation of Notch signaling.
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Dr. Joe Harrison
Microbial population biology; biofilm microbiology; bacterial genetics and genomics; cyclic-di-GMP signalling; antibiotic and metal resistance; chronic infectious disease.
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Dr. Michael Hynes
Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; regulation of genes involved in rhizobium symbiosis; rhizobium plasmids, chemotaxis; microbial ecology.
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Dr. Doug Muench
Molecular/cell biology of mRNA localization and the cytoskeleton; metabolic engineering.
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Dr. Dae-Kyun Ro
Biochemistry and molecular genetics of plant secondary metabolisms; plant and microbial metabolic engineering for the production of pharmaceuticals; nutrient-enhanced crops; and renewable energy.
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Dr. Sean Rogers
Molecular ecology and evolution; ecological genomics and the genetics of adaptation; the genetics of reproductive isolation and speciation; the molecular ecology of invasive species; conservation genetics.
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Dr. Matt Vijayan
Stress Physiology; maternal stress effects on developmental programming; environmental physiology and toxicology; Comparative endocrinology; endocrine disruption.
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Dr. Samuel Yeaman
Evolutionary models; genomic data; adaptation; bioinformatics; complex traits.
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