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Team

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Dr Alastair Keen

Research Fellow

Email: alastair.keen1@monash.edu

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Mr Bonan Liu

Research Assistant

Email: bonan.liu@monash.edu

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Mr Terrance Lam

PhD Student

Email: terrance.lam1@monash.edu

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Ms Chantel Mastos

PhD Student

Email: chantel.mastos1@monash.edu

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Ms Michelle (Xiaomeng) Xu

PhD Student

Email: xiaomeng.xu@monash.edu

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  • Mr Bailey Cardwell, Research Assistant

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Alumni

Research highlights from our post-doc and PhD student alumni

Dr Srgjan Civciristov, post-doc from 2013-2019

  • Civciristov et al. 2019 Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Civciristov & Halls 2019 British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Civciristov et al. 2018 Science Signaling
  • Bursary to attend 2018 World Congress of Pharmacology (Kyoto, Japan)

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Dr Cindy Pon, post-doc from 2013-2015

  • Pon et al. 2015 FASEB Journal

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Eleonora Comeo, PhD student (completed 2021)
Project based at University of Nottingham (UK) with Professor S Hill, Professor B Kellam, Dr L May, Professor P Scammells

  • Comeo et al. 2021 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Guest on Dr GPCR podcast (episode #29)
  • Guest on RRR Einstein A Go-Go

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Maxine Roberts, PhD student (completed 2020)
Project based at University of Nottingham (UK) with Professor S Charlton

  • Roberts et al. 2021 Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Travel award to attend 2018 Molecular Pharmacology of GPCRs meeting (Melbourne, Australia)

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Arisbel Batista-Gondin, PhD student (completed 2019)

  • Gondin et al. 2019 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Miess, Gondin et al. 2018 Science Signaling
  • Monash postgraduate travel award
  • Drug Discovery Biology travel award
  • Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) travel award

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Madeline Fletcher, PhD student (completed 2019)
Project based at DDB with Associate Professor D Wootten and Professor P Sexton

  • Fletcher et al. 2018 Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Fletcher et al. 2016 Biochemical Society Transactions
  • Monash postgraduate travel award

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Christina Lucato, PhD student (completed 2018)
Project based at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute with Dr A Ellisdon

  • 2018 Monash BDI best thesis nomination
  • Lucato et al. 2017 Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Lucato et al. 2015 Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Poster prize at Lorne Proteins 2015
  • Guest on RRR Einstein A Go-Go

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Sheng Yu Ang, PhD student (completed 2017)
Project based at DDB with Dr D Hutchinson, Dr M Kocan, Professor R Summers

  • Ang et al. 2017 British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Monash postgraduate travel award

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Collaborators

We collaborate with many scientists and research organisations around the world. Some of our national and international collaborators are listed in alphabetical order below.

Monash University

  • Dr Victor J Cadarso, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University
  • Dr Andrew M Ellisdon, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
  • Dr Harald Janovjak, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
  • Prof Christina A Mitchell, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
  • Prof Adrian Neild, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University
  • Prof Chris JH Porter, Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics Theme, MIPS
  • Prof Martin J Scanlon, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action Theme, MIPS
  • Dr Ralf Schittenhelm, Monash Proteomics Facility
  • A/Prof Erica K Sloan, Drug Discovery Biology Theme, MIPS

International

  • Prof Nigel W Bunnett, New York University, USA
  • Prof Meritxell Canals, University of Nottingham, UK
  • Prof Steven Charlton, University of Nottingham, UK
  • A/Prof Gerald RV Hammond, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Prof Stephen Hill, University of Nottingham, UK
  • Servier Laboratories, France