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The WAIMR Team
Since WAIMR began in March 1998, it has grown rapidly and now consists of more than 200 highly skilled staff and students. WAIMR has successfully recruited numerous overseas and interstate researchers to Perth.
Our Executive Group
Professor Peter Klinken
WAIMR Director & Head, Leukaemia and Blood Disorders
Research: leukaemia and blood disorders; haemopoiesis; erythropoiesis |
Professor Peter Leedman
WAIMR Deputy Director & Head, Hormone-Dependent Cancers
Research: hormone action in breast and prostate cancers; thyroid disease |
Professor Peter Thompson
WAIMR Deputy Director
Research: cardiovascular disease |
Professor John Olynyk
WAIMR Deputy Director
Research: liver disease, haemochromatosis |
Our Senior Researchers
Kathy Davern
Head, Monoclonal Antibody Facility
Research: monoclonal antibodies |
A/Professor Karin Eidne
Head, Molecular Endocrinology - GPCR's
Research: novel G-protein coupled receptor interactions |
Dr Aleksandra Filipovska
Head, Mitochondrial Medicine and Biology
Research: mitochondrial dysfunction in disease; thioredoxin proteins |
Dr Archa Fox
Head, Cancer Gene Regulation
Research: control of gene expression; sub-nuclear bodies; paraspeckles |
A/Professor Lin Fritschi
Head, Cancer Epidemiology
Research: occupational causes of cancer; exposure assessment in epidemiological studies |
A/Professor Ruth Ganss
Head, Angiogenesis and Tumour Immunology
Research: angiogenesis; multistage tumorigenesis; tumour immunology |
Dr Evan Ingley
Head, Cell Signalling
Research: Lyn signalling complexes and pathways; cell signalling |
Professor Luba Kalaydjieva
Head, Molecular Genetics and Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank - WA Laboratory
Research: genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders; founder populations |
Professor Nigel Laing
Head, Neuromuscular Diseases
Research: genetic muscular disorders |
Professor Michael Millward
Head of Cancer Trials
Research: early clinical trials and pre-clinical research; drug resistance; clinical pharmacology |
Professor Grant Morahan
Head, The Centre for Diabetes Research
Research: genetics of type 1 diabetes; systems genetics; diabetic kidney disease |
Professor Lyle Palmer
Head, Genetic Epidemiology
Research: genetic epidemiology of specific clinical diseases (cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, sleep apnoea) |
Dr Oliver Rackham
Head, Synthetic Biology and Drug Discovery
Research: synthetic biology; RNA-protein interactions |
A/Professor Tom Ratajczak
Head, Molecular Endocrinology - Cell Growth
Research: mechanism of steroid hormone action; disorders of calcium metabolism |
Professor David Ravine
Head, Medical Genetics
Research: Rett syndrome; autism; inherited kidney disease |
A/Professor Sybille Schwab
Head, Genetics of Schizophrenia
Research: genetics of schizophrenia; DNA variants associated with schizophrenia |
Dr Carolyn Williams
Head, LIWA Genetics Unit
Research: asthma and nutrigenomics |
Professor George Yeoh
Head, Liver Disease and Carcinogenesis
Research: hepatocyte development; liver progenitor cells |
Our Research Fellows and Senior Lecturers
Dr Shane Colley
Fellow, Hormone-Dependent Cancers
Research: nuclear receptors and their co-regulators; SLIRP in breast and prostate cancer; SLIRP in regulating energy and lipid metabolism |
Dr Ross Graham
Fellow, Liver Disease and Haemochromatosis
Research: iron metabolism; transferrin receptor 2; regulation of genes involved in iron homeostasis |
Dr Fang-Xu Jiang
Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for Diabetes Research
Research: insulin-secreting cell development and regeneration; pancreatic progenitor/stem cells |
Dr Bharti Morar
Fellow, Molecular Genetics
Research: molecular genetics of schizophrenia; population genetics |
Dr Kristen Nowak
Fellow, Neuromuscular Diseases
Research: neuromuscular disease genetics; actin proteins; recombinant protein production |
Dr Kevin Pfleger
NHMRC Peter Doherty Research Fellow, Molecular Endocrinology - GPCR's
Research: G-protein coupled receptors; bioluminescence resonance energy transfer |
Dr Alka Saxena
NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow, Medical Genetics
Research: Cell biology; Rett syndrome; Epigenetics |
Dr Robin Scaife
Fellow, Leukaemia and Blood Disorders
Research: cytoskeletal regulation of proliferation and morphological differentiation; gene regulation by nuclear bodies |
Dr Yun Shen
Fellow, The Centre for Diabetes Research
Research: genetic studies of insulin resistance; signalling mechanisms involved in lipid induced insulin resistance |
Dr Bryan Ward
Fellow, Molecular Endocrinology - Cell Growth
Research: calcium receptors and homeostasis; hormonally controlled cancers |
Dr Louise Winteringham
Fellow, Leukaemia and Blood Disorders
Research: haemopoietic commitment and differentiation; molecules affecting the development of leukemia |
Dr Steven Wiltshire
Senior Lecturer
Research: genetic epidemiology of asthma, cardiovascular disease, schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes |
Our Senior Support Staff
Michael Moore-Crouch
Chief Operating Officer |
John Fitzgerald
Business Development Officer |
Tony Hume
Manager, Advancement |
Natalie Papadopoulos
Media Consultant |
Richard Solomon
Finance Manager |
Peter Taylor
Manager, People & Performance |
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