Thomas Tapmeier
An internationally recognised researcher in experimental medicine, Dr Thomas Tapmeier joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in August 2020 to investigate endometriosis and uterine fibroids, conditions affecting millions of women. Symptoms include severe pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, infertility and miscarriages, and new avenues of diagnosis and treatment are urgently needed.
Dr Tapmeier completed his PhD in Transplantation Immunology on the “Role of CD4+ T cells in renal fibrosis” at King’s College London in 2009 and went to the University of Oxford for post-doctoral studies in cancer immunology funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Having improved upon the existing unilateral ureteric obstruction (UUO) model of kidney disease in mice while at King’s College London, he established an intravital imaging system at Oxford to observe vascular developments in murine tumours. He also researched novel pH-based diagnostic probes (pHLIP) in mouse models of breast cancer. Find out more from Dr Thomas Tapmeier's Monash profile.