ARC Special Research Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development CMGD
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CMGD

The Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development is a Special Research Centre of the Australian Research Council with research groups located at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University.

 

Molecular Developmental Neurobiology

The research interest in the field of 'Molecular Developmental Neurobiology' is shared by four research groups within the CMGD. Click on the links below to find out more information about the individual research teams and their research focus:

Kirk Jensen Laboratory

  • Post-transcriptional gene regulation in the vertebrate nervous system
  • How the metabolism of pre-mRNA and mRNA are controlled in neurons

Michael Lardelli Laboratory

  • The molecular pathology of Alzheimer's disease using the zebrafish
  • Role of presenilin genes in Alzheimer's.

Simon Koblar Laboratory

  • Neural stem cells from adult rodent brain
  • Dental pulp stem cells from human teeth
  • Mechanism and function of Nxf

Ryszard Maleszka Laboratory

  • Behavioural genomics of the honeybee
  • The neurobiology of honeybee altruism
  • Genome methylation in epigenesis