Dr Ross O’Shea
BSc (Hons) PhD
Senior Research Officer
Brain Injury and Repair Group
Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: | |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 0417 |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9348 1707 |
Research Interests
- Roles and regulation of CNS glutamate transporters in normal and pathological conditions.
Laboratory Techniques
- Brain cell cultures (neurons, astrocytes, mixed cultures, organotypic slice cultures)
- Immunohistochemistry
- Western blotting, including cell-surface and intracellular fractions
- Image analysis
- Cell viability assays (lactate dehydrogenase release, MTT assay)
- Glutamate uptake assays
Publications and Articles
Please see PubMed.

