Despina Electra Ganella
BBiomedSci (Hons)
PhD Student
Neuropeptides Group
Ross Bathgate Laboratory
Contact Details
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Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 0418 |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9347 0446 |
Supervisors
- A/Prof Ross Bathgate
- A/Prof Andrew Gundlach
PhD Project Title
Use of novel viral vectors to modulate the relaxin-3 receptor, RXFP3, in the rat brain
Research Interests
- Viral-mediated gene expression
- GPCR modulation
Laboratory Techniques
- Tissue culture
- Production and purification of recombinant virus
- Receptor pharmacology assays
- Stereotaxic surgery
- Animal behaviour
Publications
Hartley BJ, Scott DJ, Callander GE, Wilkinson TN, Ganella DE, Kong CK, Layfield S, Ferraro T, Petrie EJ, Bathgate RAD. (2009). Resolving the unconventional mechanisms underlying RXFP1 and RXFP2 receptor function. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1160, 67-73.
Students
Multiple Sclerosis
MS is the most common cause of neurological disability for Australian men and women between the ages of 15 and 55.