Rebecca Sheean
- Rebecca Sheean
BAn Sc (Hons)
Brain Injury and Repair Group
Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: rebecca.sheean@florey.edu.au
Phone: +61 (0)3 8344 0418
Supervisor
PhD Project Title
- The interaction between brain glutamate transporters and cytoskeletal protein
Research Interests
The mechanisms that contribute to the short and long-term regulation of EAAT activity and cell surface expression are regulated by a number of factors, such as various receptors, phosphorylation, interactions with lipid rafts, structural proteins and kinases and trafficking to and from intracellular pools.
I am interested in the mechanisms that regulate glutamate transporter expression and trafficking in the brain, particularly in astrocytes.
Laboratory Techniques
- Primary Cell Culture
- MTT, LDH, Protein assays
- Biotinylation
- Western Blotting
- 3[H]-D-Aspartate Uptake
- Immunocytochemistry
- fluorescence
- confocal
- Drug treatments
Additional Information
- Currently in the first year of my PhD
- Vice President of Students of the Howard Florey Institute
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