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Dr
Graham Flannery: Early differentiation in neoplastic tissues: studying some of the
factors influencing arrested differentiation in human cancer cells and the
induction of further differentiation using chemical agents. Immune
response to cancer: examining the characteristics of effector cells (in
particular, natural killer cells), factors affecting target cell lysis and
the role of `cell suicide' or apoptosis. Examination of diversity in genes
controlling immune responses - their role in population genetic studies
(e.g. Indonesian-Australian population affinities with Drs White and
Mitchell). Pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases: investigating the nature
of the immunological processes which lead to tissue damage in diseases
such as primary biliary cirrhosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr
John Mitchell: Molecular and population genetic studies of fragile X syndrome,
especially in Tasmania; analysis of molecular variation on the
Y-chromosome to understand human evolution and population structure;
variation in cytokine genes and human pathologies in various populations;
forensic genetics, especially expanding usefulness of DNA markers.
Dr
Neil Murray: Genetic management of captive and introduced populations of endangered
species (Helmeted Honeyeater, Orange-bellied Parrot and the Eastern Barred
Bandicoot). Genetics and conservation priority: how different do
populations have to be before they should qualify as separate targets for
conservation? Molecular ecology of animal populations, especially
measuring gene flow in fragmented populations.
Dr
Yvonne Parsons: Investigating the genetic basis of quantitative variation within and
between populations using molecular genetic techniques: e.g. environmental
stress in endemic Drosophila, heavy metal tolerance in Chironomids.
Genetic profiling for biomonitoring: development of rapid
high-throughput species identification’
Dr
Mike Westerman: Evolution of Dasyurid marsupials and bandicoots using mitochondrial and
nuclear genes. Reconstructing macropod relationships: a molecular
approach. Population studies on endangered Sminthopsis and Potoroid
species using microsatellite markers and d-loop sequences.
Inter-relationships of Diprotodontid marsupials. Phylogeny and evolution
of major clades of birds. Dr
Neville White: Evidence for genetic links between the populations of eastern Indonesia
and the Aboriginal people of northern Australia (with Drs Mitchell and
Flannery). Demographic genetics and genetic diversity among the Yolngu and
their neighbours in eastern Arnhem Land. Dietary changes and their health
implications in a remote Aboriginal community. Nutritional awareness
programs for homeland centre schools in north-east Arnhem Land (with
Yirrkala Homelands School, Yirrkala). Medical anthropology research with
the Yolngu (with Dr AJ Polakiewicz). Traditional ecological knowledge
(including `ethnozoology' and `ethnobotany') and indigenous natural and
cultural resource management.
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