Gabrielle Callander
BBiomedSci (Hons)
PhD Student
Neuropeptides Group
Ross Bathgate Laboratory
Contact Details
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Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 8947 |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9347 0446 |
Supervisor
- A/Prof. Ross Bathgate
PhD Project Title
Viral Approaches to Investigate the Function of Relaxin Family Peptides and Receptors in the Central Nervous System
Research Interests
- Viral-mediated gene transfer
- GPCR regulation
- Systems neuroscience
Laboratory Techniques
- Tissue culture
- Pharmacological assays
- In vitro protein detection (immunoprecipitation, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, phosphorylation assays)
- Confocal microscopy (including live cell imaging)
- Cloning, production and purification of recombinant virus
- Stereotaxic surgery and procedures
- Immunohistochemistry
- Animal behaviour
Additional Information
Prizes
- 2007 Harold Mitchell Fellowship
- 2008 Relaxin and Related Peptides Conference Travel Award
Publications
Callander, G.E., Thomas, W.G. and Bathgate, R.A.D. (2009). Prolonged RXFP1 and RXFP2 signaling can be explained by poor internalization and a lack of beta-arrestin recruitment. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 296, C1058-66.
Callander, G.E., Thomas, W.G. and Bathgate, R.A.D. (2009). Development and optimization of microRNA against relaxin-3. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1160, 261-4.
Hartley, B.J. et al. (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.