Centre for Population and Disease Genomics

Cellular mechanisms to maintain a healthy vasculature

Understanding how a heterogenous blood vessel network is established and maintained, providing insights in how we can tailor these different vessel types for therapeutic purposes

Gut health and mood genetically entwined

Published on: 25 February 2021

In the world’s largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease, a link has been confirmed between depression and stomach ulcers.

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Volunteers needed for Australia-wide COVID study

Published on: 19 February 2021

Australians are being asked to help unravel the mysteries of COVID-19.

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Fuelling the fight against infectious disease

Published on: 18 December 2020

Tackling antibiotic resistance and exploring the role of genomics in the novel coronavirus are the focus of new funding from the NHMRC, to fight infectious disease.

Genomics of ALS

We have key research themes in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, the most common of the motor neuron diseases, MND) and in Parkinson’s Disease.

Psychiatric Genomics

Psychiatric genetics, a subfield of behavioral neurogenetics, studies the contribution of genetic factors to risk of disorders such as schizophrenia, autism and major depression.

Cellular mechanisms to maintain a healthy vasculature

Gut health and mood genetically entwined

Volunteers needed for Australia-wide COVID study

Fuelling the fight against infectious disease

Genomics of ALS

Psychiatric Genomics

Neuroninflammation in the central nervous system

Drug resistance in Brain Cancer

Spatial diagnosis of cancer tissue, including skin cancer, melanoma, and colorectal cancer

How is blood vessel integrity controlled across specific vessel types?

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