Experts for Comment
The Centenary Institute’s research program is based on a combination of cell biology, molecular medicine and immunology.
Research is carried out by 11 groups: Cancer Drug Resistance, DNA Repair, Gene Therapy, Immune Imaging, Liver Immunobiology, Molecular Cardiology, Mycobacterial, Signal Transduction, Structural Biology, T Cell Biology and Vascular Biology. Each group is lead by a Group Head.
Centenary staff representatives and Group Heads are available for media interview on a wide range of diseases and health subjects, including cancer, cardiovascular, infectious and autoimmune diseases.
To arrange interviews, please contact Suzie Graham on (02) 9565 6100 or 0418 683 166.
Professor Mathew Vadas, Executive Director
- Cancer research
- Commercialisation of research discoveries
- Policy, funding and governance
- Signal transduction
- Personalised medicine
- Peer review
- All Centenary Institute research programs
Research Group Heads
Professor Christopher Semsarian, Head, Molecular Cardiology
- Cardiovascular disease: Cardiomyopathy, Inherited heart diseases, Coronary artery disease
- Sudden cardiac death in young people
- Sudden death in young patients with type 1 diabetes
Professor John Rasko, Head, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy
- Gene therapy
- Gene therapy in relation to genetic disorders such as haemophilia and infectious diseases such as HIV
- Adult stem cells
- Haematology
- Ethics of gene and stem cell research
- Cancer
Professor Wolfgang Weninger, Head, Immune Imaging
- Cancer
- Dermatology
- Infectious diseases
- In vivo immune imaging
Professor Geoffrey McCaughan, Head, Liver Immunobiology
- Liver disease
- Gastroenterology
- Liver transplantation
- Hepatitis
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Liver cancer
Professor Warwick Britton, Head, Mycobacterial
- Infectious diseases: Tuberculosis and Leprosy
- Respiratory diseases
- TB, leprosy and HIV in developing countries
Dr Chris Jolly, Head, DNA Repair
- Molecular biology: DNA mutation and cancers of the immune system (eg. leukaemia, lymphoma)
- Immunology
Dr Mika Jormakka, Head, Structural Biology
- X-ray crystallography: Mapping of membrane proteins for quicker drug design and more effective treatments
- Synchrotron
Professor Barbara Fazekas de St Groth, Head, T Cell Biology
- Immune diseases
- Regulatory T cells
- The "Hygiene Hypothesis"
- Inflammatory diseases in particular inflammatory bowel disease
- Autoimmune (eg. type 1 diabetes) and allergic (eg. asthma) diseases in relation to the hygiene hypothesis
- Immune control of cancer
- Immunology
Professor Jenny Gamble, Head, Vascular Biology
- Cancer: Angiogenesis, how cancer spreads
- Cardiovascular disease: Role of genes in aging and heart disease
- Role of blood vessel permeability in inflammatory diseases, septic shock, heart attacks and strokes
Dr John Allen, Head, Cancer Drug Resistance
- Cancer drug resistance and chemotherapy
- Cancer drug resistance in relation to melanoma, multiple myeloma and prostate cancer
Management staff
Dr Nick Pearce, General Manager/ Chief Operating Officer
- Policy, funding and governance
- The business of science
- Commercialisation of research outcomes
Dr Adrian Smith, Research Facilities and IT Manager
- Flow Cytometry
- Microscopy
- Emerging technology in cellular research science
