Dr Holly Cate
BSc MSc (North Carolina) PhD (Georgia State)
Senior Research Officer
Multiple Sclerosis Group
Multiple Sclerosis Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: | |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 5264 (office) |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 7318 (laboratory) |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9348 1707 |
Research Interests
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease that involves progressive oligodendrocyte and neural attrition. Our Group examines the mechanisms of oligodendrocyte death and investigates cellular signalling within oligodendrocytes and within brain stem cells in order to design novel therapies to enhance nervous system repair in MS.
Laboratory Techniques
- Laser capture microdissection
- Microarray analysis
- Immunohistochemistry
- Western blot analysis
- Cell culture and viral transfection
- Real time PCR
- Molecular cloning
- Mouse models of MS
- Transgenic mice
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