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 an interview with a representative, please contact :
- Sally Castle, Fundraising and Marketing Manager, tel. 02 9565 6166, 0414 099 534
- LauraBeth Albanese, Marketing Coordinator, tel. 02 9565 6118, 0431 029 215
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
Dr John Allen, Head, Cancer Drug Resistance
- Cancer drug resistance and chemotherapy
- Cancer drug resistance in relation to melanoma, multiple myeloma and prostate cancer
Dr Chris Jolly, Head, DNA Repair
- Molecular biology: DNA mutation and cancers of the immune system (eg. leukaemia, lymphoma)
- Immunology
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 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 Warwick Britton, Head, Mycobacterial
- Infectious diseases: Tuberculosis and Leprosy
- Respiratory diseases
- TB, leprosy and HIV in developing countries
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
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
Sally Castle, Marketing and Fundraising Manager
- Fundraising issues, tactics, trends and challenges
- Marketing in the NFP sector, brand development
