Dr Rogan Tinsley
BBiotech (Hons) PhD
Research Officer
Brain Injury and Repair Group
Neurodegeneration Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: | |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 7337 |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9347 0446 |
Research Interests
- Neurodegeneration and regeneration
- Parkinson's disease
- Protein handling and trafficking
- Stem cells
Laboratory Techniques
- Western blotting
- Immunohistochemistry
- Cell culture
- Mass spectrometry
Publications and Articles
Please see PubMed.
J Faijerson, RB Tinsley, K Aprico, A Thorsell, C Nodin, M Nilsson, F Blomstrand and PS Eriksson (2006). Reactive astrogliosis induces astrocytic differentiation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells in vitro. J Neurosci Res 84(7): 1415-1424 (Featured on journal cover).
S Barati, PR Hurtado, SH Zhang, RB Tinsley, IA Ferguson and RA Rush (2006). GDNF gene delivery via the p75(NTR) receptor rescues injured motor neurons. Exp Neurol 202: 179-188.
RB Tinsley, S-H Zhang, S-Q Feng, RA Rush and IA Ferguson (2006). Use of engineered peripheral nerve autografts for spinal cord repair. Neuroreport. 17(3):261-265.
RB Tinsley, J Faijerson and PS Eriksson (2006). Efficient non-viral transfection of adult neural stem/progenitor cells, without affecting viability, proliferation or differentiation. Journal of Gene Medicine. 8(1): 72-81.
RB Tinsley, PS Eriksson (2004) Use of gene therapy in central nervous system repair. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 109(1): 1-8.
RB Tinsley, MJ Vesey, S Barati, RA Rush and IA Ferguson (2004) Improved non-viral transfection of glial and adult neural stem cell lines and of primary astrocytes by combining agents with complementary modes of action. Journal of Gene Medicine 6(9): 1023-1032.
Huntington's Disease
Huntington's Disease affects approximately 7 people per 100,000 of the population in Australia.

