Professor Irina Vetter
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Irina Vetter

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Background

I am an NHMRC Leadership Fellow with joint apointments at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) and School of Pharmacy, UQ. My research interests lie in the fields of peripheral pain mechanisms, target identification and analgesic drug discovery. I investigate the contribution of ion channels to sensory neuronal physiology using highly subtype-selective toxins isolated from venomous animals with the aim to develop novel analgesics with improved efficacy and tolerability.

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Professor Irina Vetter is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Clinical sciences Neurosciences Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Understanding pain pathways

    Pain is a major medical and socio-economic issue affecting one in five Australians. Our research aims to understand the molecular mechanisms behind pain. The current focus of the lab is to use toxins from plants and venomous animals to understand the molecular pharmacology of pain. These toxins are highly selective for ion channels and receptors found in the sensory neurons that detect pain and can potentially be developed into novel analgesics. Our research also investigates the mechanisms contributing to chemotherapy-induced pain, cancer-associated pain, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, and the painful marine toxin disease known as ciguatera. To investigate the neuropharmacology of pain we use a range of techniques including: in vivo pain pathway characterisation, high-content imaging of cultured sensory neurons, high-throughput screening using calcium and membrane potential assays, and traditional pharmacological assays. While all pain has similar symptoms, it is becoming clear that the underlying mechanisms behind pain can vary. Our research has already challenged traditional understanding of pain pathways and sensory neuronal physiology. We work in collaboration with other leading Australian and international researchers to identify novel therapeutic pain pathways and targets. By uncovering these new pain pathways, as well as identifying novel targets on peripheral sensory neurons, we aim to develop more effective pain therapies that treat the underlying cause of the pain, not just the symptoms.

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249 works between 2004 and 2024
All (249) Journal Article (196) Book Chapter (13) Conference Publication (39) Other Outputs (1)

121 - 140 of 249 works

2017

Journal Article

Optimization and in vivo profiling of a refined rat model of Walker 256 breast cancer cell-induced bone pain using behavioral, radiological, histological, immunohistochemical and pharmacological methods

Shenoy, Priyank, Kuo, Andy, Vetter, Irina and Smith, Maree T. (2017). Optimization and in vivo profiling of a refined rat model of Walker 256 breast cancer cell-induced bone pain using behavioral, radiological, histological, immunohistochemical and pharmacological methods. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8 (JUL) 442, 442. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00442

Optimization and in vivo profiling of a refined rat model of Walker 256 breast cancer cell-induced bone pain using behavioral, radiological, histological, immunohistochemical and pharmacological methods

2017

Journal Article

Δ-Myrtoxin-Mp1a is a helical heterodimer from the venom of the jack jumper ant that has antimicrobial, membrane-disrupting, and nociceptive activities

Dekan, Zoltan, Headey, Stephen J., Scanlon, Martin, Baldo, Brian A., Lee, Tzong-Hsien, Aguilar, Marie-Isabel, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Elliott, Alysha G., Amado, Maite, Cooper, Matthew A., Alewood, Dianne and Alewood, Paul F. (2017). Δ-Myrtoxin-Mp1a is a helical heterodimer from the venom of the jack jumper ant that has antimicrobial, membrane-disrupting, and nociceptive activities. Angewandte Chemie, 56 (29), 8495-8499. doi: 10.1002/anie.201703360

Δ-Myrtoxin-Mp1a is a helical heterodimer from the venom of the jack jumper ant that has antimicrobial, membrane-disrupting, and nociceptive activities

2017

Journal Article

Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Starobova, Hana and Vetter, Irina (2017). Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 10 174. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00174

Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

2017

Journal Article

Corrigendum: Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Na v 1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a (Scientific Reports (2017) 7 (40883)

Deuis, Jennifer R., Dekan, Zoltan, Wingerd, Joshua S., Smith, Jennifer J., Munasinghe, Nehan R., Bhola, Rebecca F., Imlach, Wendy L., Herzig, Volker, Armstrong, David A., Rosengren, K. Johan, Bosmans, Frank, Waxman, Stephen G., Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D., Escoubas, Pierre, Minett, Michael S., Christie, Macdonald J., King, Glenn F., Alewood, Paul F., Lewis, Richard J., Wood, John N. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Corrigendum: Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Na v 1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a (Scientific Reports (2017) 7 (40883). Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 46816, 46816. doi: 10.1038/srep46816

Corrigendum: Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Na v 1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a (Scientific Reports (2017) 7 (40883)

2017

Journal Article

Modulatory features of the novel spider toxin μ-TRTX-Df1a isolated from the venom of the spider Davus fasciatus

Cardoso, Fernanda Caldas, Dekan, Zoltan, Smith, Jennifer J., Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Herzig, Volker, Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F and Lewis, Richard J. (2017). Modulatory features of the novel spider toxin μ-TRTX-Df1a isolated from the venom of the spider Davus fasciatus. British Journal of Pharmacology, 174 (15), 2528-2544. doi: 10.1111/bph.13865

Modulatory features of the novel spider toxin μ-TRTX-Df1a isolated from the venom of the spider Davus fasciatus

2017

Journal Article

The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes (vol 27, pg 1184, 2017)

Casewell, Nicholas R., Visser, Jeroen C., Baumann, Kate, Dobson, James, Han, Han, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Morgan, Michael, Romilio, Anthony, Weisbecker, Vera, Mardon, Karine, Ali, Syed A., Debono, Jordan, Koludarov, Ivan, Que, Ivo, Bird, Gregory C., Cooke, Gavan M., Nouwens, Amanda, Hodgson, Wayne C., Wagstaff, Simon C., Cheney, Karen L., Vetter, Irina, van der Weerd, Louise, Richardson, Michael K. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes (vol 27, pg 1184, 2017). Current Biology, 27 (10), 1549-1550. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.009

The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes (vol 27, pg 1184, 2017)

2017

Journal Article

The pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium channel activators

Deuis, Jennifer R., Mueller, Alexander, Israel, Mathilde R. and Vetter, Irina (2017). The pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium channel activators. Neuropharmacology, 127, 87-108. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.014

The pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium channel activators

2017

Journal Article

Lethal effects of an insecticidal spider venom peptide involve positive allosteric modulation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Windley, Monique J., Vetter, Irina, Lewis, Richard J. and Nicholson, Graham M. (2017). Lethal effects of an insecticidal spider venom peptide involve positive allosteric modulation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Neuropharmacology, 127, 224-242. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.008

Lethal effects of an insecticidal spider venom peptide involve positive allosteric modulation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

2017

Journal Article

Sodium Channels and Venom Peptide Pharmacology

Israel, Mathilde R., Tay, Bryan, Deuis, Jennifer R. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Sodium Channels and Venom Peptide Pharmacology. Advances in Pharmacology, 79, 67-116. doi: 10.1016/bs.apha.2017.01.004

Sodium Channels and Venom Peptide Pharmacology

2017

Journal Article

Pharmacological screening technologies for venom peptide discovery

Prashanth, Jutty Rajan, Hasaballah, Nojod and Vetter, Irina (2017). Pharmacological screening technologies for venom peptide discovery. Neuropharmacology, 127, 4-19. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.03.038

Pharmacological screening technologies for venom peptide discovery

2017

Journal Article

The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes

Casewell, Nicholas R., Visser, Jeroen C., Baumann, Kate, Dobson, James, Han, Han, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Morgan, Michael, Romilio, Anthony, Weisbecker, Vera, Ali, Syed A., Debono, Jordan, Koludarov, Ivan, Que, Ivo, Bird, Gregory C., Cooke, Gavan M., Nouwens, Amanda, Hodgson, Wayne C., Wagstaff, Simon C., Cheney, Karen L., Vetter, Irina, van der Weerd, Louise, Richardson, Michael K. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes. Current Biology, 27 (8), 1184-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.067

The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes

2017

Journal Article

The structure, dynamics and selectivity profile of a NaV 1.7 potency-optimised huwentoxin-IV variant

Rahnama, Sassan, Deuis, Jennifer R., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Ramanujam, Venkatraman, Lewis, Richard J., Rash, Lachlan D., King, Glenn F., Vetter, Irina and Mobli, Mehdi (2017). The structure, dynamics and selectivity profile of a NaV 1.7 potency-optimised huwentoxin-IV variant. PLoS One, 12 (3) e0173551, e0173551. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173551

The structure, dynamics and selectivity profile of a NaV 1.7 potency-optimised huwentoxin-IV variant

2017

Journal Article

Multiple sodium channel isoforms mediate the pathological effects of Pacific ciguatoxin-1

Inserra, Marco C., Isreal, Mathilde, Caldwell, Ashlee, Castro, Joel, Deuis, Jennifer R., Harrington, Andrea M., Keramidas, Angelo, Garcia-Caraballo, Sonia, Maddern, Jessica, Erickson, Andelain, Grundy, Luke, Rychkov, Grigori Y., Zimmerman, Katharina, Lewis, Richard J., Brierley, Stuart M. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Multiple sodium channel isoforms mediate the pathological effects of Pacific ciguatoxin-1. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 42810, 42810. doi: 10.1038/srep42810

Multiple sodium channel isoforms mediate the pathological effects of Pacific ciguatoxin-1

2017

Journal Article

Synthesis of multivalent [Lys8]-oxytocin dendrimers that inhibit visceral nociceptive responses

Wan, Jingjing, Mobli, Mehdi, Brust, Andreas, Muttenthaler, Markus, Andersson, Asa, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Castro, Joel, Vetter, Irina, Huang, Johnny X., Nilsson, Mathias, Brierley, Stuart M., Cooper, Matthew A., Lewis, Richard J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2017). Synthesis of multivalent [Lys8]-oxytocin dendrimers that inhibit visceral nociceptive responses. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70 (2), 162-171. doi: 10.1071/CH16407

Synthesis of multivalent [Lys8]-oxytocin dendrimers that inhibit visceral nociceptive responses

2017

Journal Article

Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Nav1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a

Deuis, Jennifer R., Dekan, Zoltan, Wingerd, Joshua S., Smith, Jennifer J., Munasinghe, Nehan R., Bhola, Rebecca F., Imlach, Wendy L., Herzig, Volker, Armstrong, David A., Rosengren, K. Johan, Bosmans, Frank, Waxman, Stephen G., Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D., Escoubas, Pierre, Minett, Michael S., Christie, Macdonald J., King, Glenn F., Alewood, Paul F., Lewis, Richard J., Wood, John N. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Nav1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 40883, 40883. doi: 10.1038/srep40883

Pharmacological characterisation of the highly Nav1.7 selective spider venom peptide Pn3a

2017

Journal Article

The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 is responsive to neuronal activity and is associated with hyperexcitability states

Barry, Guy, Briggs, James A., Hwang, Do Won, Nayler, Sam P., Fortuna, Patrick R. J., Jonkhout, Nicky, Dachet, Fabien, Maag, Jesper L. V., Mestdagh, Pieter, Singh, Erin M., Avesson, Lotta, Kaczorowski, Dominik C., Ozturk, Ezgi, Jones, Nigel C., Vetter, Irina, Arriola-Martinez, Luis, Hu, Jianfei, Franco, Gloria R., Warn, Victoria M., Gong, Andrew, Dinger, Marcel E., Rigo, Frank, Lipovich, Leonard, Morris, Margaret J., O'Brien, Terence J., Lee, Dong Soo, Loeb, Jeffrey A., Blackshaw, Seth, Mattick, John S. and Wolvetang, Ernst J. (2017). The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 is responsive to neuronal activity and is associated with hyperexcitability states. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 40127, 40127. doi: 10.1038/srep40127

The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 is responsive to neuronal activity and is associated with hyperexcitability states

2017

Book Chapter

Ciguatoxin detection methods and high-throughput assays

Inserra, Marco, Lavrukhina, Yelena, Jones, Alun, Lewis, Richard J. and Vetter, Irina (2017). Ciguatoxin detection methods and high-throughput assays. Analysis of food toxins and toxicants. (pp. 469-487) edited by Yiu-Chung Wong and Richard J. Lewis. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118992685.ch15

Ciguatoxin detection methods and high-throughput assays

2016

Journal Article

Role of NLRP3 inflammasome in a model of acute burn-induced pain

Deuis, Jennifer R., Yin, Kathleen, Cooper, Matthew A., Schroder, Kate and Vetter, Irina (2016). Role of NLRP3 inflammasome in a model of acute burn-induced pain. Burns, 43 (2), 304-309. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.001

Role of NLRP3 inflammasome in a model of acute burn-induced pain

2016

Journal Article

NaV1.7 as a pain target – from gene to pharmacology

Vetter, Irina, Deuis, Jennifer, Mueller, Alexander, Israel, Mathilde R., Hana Starobova, Zhang, Alan, Rash, Lachlan D. and Mobli, Mehdi (2016). NaV1.7 as a pain target – from gene to pharmacology. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 172, 73-100. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2016.11.015

NaV1.7 as a pain target – from gene to pharmacology

2016

Journal Article

New insight in cold pain: role of ion channels, modulation, and clinical perspectives

Lolignier, Stéphane, Gkika, Dimitra, Andersson, David, Leipold, Enrico, Vetter, Irina, Viana, Felix, Noel, Jacques and Busserolles, Jérôme (2016). New insight in cold pain: role of ion channels, modulation, and clinical perspectives. The Journal of Neuroscience, 36 (45), 11435-11439. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2327-16.2016

New insight in cold pain: role of ion channels, modulation, and clinical perspectives

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Super-resolution platform to accelerate biological and molecular research
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Defining a new family of sodium channel accessory proteins
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    DISCERN - Disciplinary Integration to Solve the Enigma of Chronic Pain: Evaluating Personalised Care and its Impact with Innovative Clinical Trials and Research in Neurobiology, Psychology and Society
    NHMRC Synergy Grants
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Studying the basis of and developing new therapies to treat heart disease
    IPF Healthy - Medical Research
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Tuning the activating stimulus of voltage-gated sodium channels
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Mechanistic and pharmacological insights into peripheral sensory neuron function in physiological and pathological pain
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    IL-1RAP: novel target for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
    Cantargia AB
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    A humanised sensory neuron high-throughput screening platform
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Reducing long-term side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer survivors
    The Kid's Cancer Project
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2023
    Bivalent analgesics: rational design of selective ion channel inhibitors with optimised mechanism of action
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Electrophysiology Platform for Ion-channel Characterisation
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2020
    New VAST frontiers in non-opioid pain therapies
    VAST Biosciences Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    An integrated, multi-node bio-layer interferometry facility
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Mechanism-based treatments for chemotherapy-induced pain
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Toxins from Down Under: Novel tools to understand and modulate ion channels
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Developing treatments for vincristine-induced neuropathy
    The Kid's Cancer Project
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Gain from pain: new tools from venomous animals for exploring pain pathways
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Chemical Purification Network
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2019
    In vivo imaging system for tracking inflammation, infection, cancer, pain and bioactive molecules
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    The role of ion channels in pain pathways
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Vevo 3100 Imaging System for ultrahigh resolution and frame rate echocardiographic assessment of small animals.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Coagulotoxic effects of Brazilian snake venoms: Role in adaptive evolution and human pathophysiological implications
    UQ-FAPESP Strategic Research Fund SPRINT
    Open grant
  • 2018
    High-throughput ion channel pharmacology
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Multichannel peptide synthesiser to accelerate UQ's biodiscovery pipeline and peptide drug development programs
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Novel non-opioid analgesics
    NHMRC Development Grant
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Silencing visceral nociceptors by targeting NaV1.1: A novel therapeutic approach for treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome (NHMRC Project Grant led by The Flinders University of South Australia)
    Flinders University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2024
    ACRF Cancer Ultrastructure and Function Facility
    Australian Cancer Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Novel analgesic approaches: harnessing functional interactions between sodium channels and opioids
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    The role of Nav1.6 in peripheral pain pathways
    International Association for the Study of Pain
    Open grant
  • 2016
    4D Mass Spectrometer
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    A pharmacological approach to define the contribution of Nav1.7 to pain pathways
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Establishing a High-Throughput, Microwave-Assisted Automated Peptide Synthesis Facility at PACE
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Integrative blood coagulation research core facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Patch-clamp electrophysiology platform for drug and insecticide discovery
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Murine behavioural phenotyping facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Protein Analysis Facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015
    The assessment of mitochondrial oxygen consumption and cytoplasmic glycolysis in cells to identify and characterize new therapeutic targets for diseases
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    TRPC5 in teeth - a novel target for tooth pain treatment
    Go8 Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Using toxins to understand the mechanisms of pain
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2014
    A medium-throughput cell isolation and analysis suite
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    A VAST potential for ion channel drug discovery
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    Efficacy Profiling Innovation in Novel Pain Therapeutics Discovery
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    The role of sodium channels in pain and cold allodynia
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Understanding the fundamental molecular basis of sensory perception
    Ramaciotti Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    High throughput identification of novel analgesic peptides from cone snail and spider venom
    Queensland Pharmacy Research Trust
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Structure-activity relationship of the novel uO-conotoxin MfVIA
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    The pharmacology and molecular mechanisms of ciguatoxin-induced cold allodynia
    Cancer Council Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Development of a mouse model of ciguatoxin-induced cold allodymia to dissect the underlying mechanisms of cold pain
    IASP Early Career Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Molecular Targets and Mechanisms involved in ciguatoxin-induced cold allodynia
    Go8 Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    ResTeach 2010 0.1 FTE School of Pharmacy
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    NHMRC Training Fellowship: Using conesnail venom to better understand chronic pain
    NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Irina Vetter is:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Discovery and characterisation of multi-valent peptides

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Mehdi Mobli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding the function of sodium channel accessory proteins to develop new treatments for chronic pain

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis, Professor Mehdi Mobli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding pain mechanisms in the path towards target-specific analgesic agent design

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ingrid Winkler, Dr Hana Starobova

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterization of bivalency in disulfide-rich peptides

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Mehdi Mobli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating ion channel function and pathology using toxins as tools

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis, Dr Angelo Keramidas

  • Master Philosophy

    Using peptide toxins to understand the nociceptor signallosome

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Reducing long-term side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer survivors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ingrid Winkler, Dr Hana Starobova

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Structure and function of ion channels in pain pathways: a toxin perspective

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing Models of Cancer Therapy-Induced Late Effects

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hana Starobova

  • Master Philosophy

    Neuro-immune mechanisms of peripheral neuropathy: a novel target offering new prevention and treatment strategies

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hana Starobova

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Identification and characterisation of new pain-causing toxins from animal venoms

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis, Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Chemotherapy-induced motor neuropathy: towards improved understanding of motor neuron dysfunction during chemotherapy

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Hana Starobova

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using toxins as tools to understand sodium channel structure and function

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evolutionary shifts in venom function and chemistry within Bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Walker, Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    New Toxin Tools for Dissecting Pain

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Thomas Durek, Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterization of novel family of voltage-gated sodium channel toxins from ant venoms

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Accessing structurally elusive states of sodium channels as novel analgesic targets

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Thomas Durek, Professor Mehdi Mobli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using genomics to predict the mechanism-of-action of a chemical entity

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sonia Shah

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Identification and characterisation of new pain-causing toxins from animal venoms

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jennifer Deuis, Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Probing ion channel function using venom peptides

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angelo Keramidas

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • analgesics
  • cancer
  • cancer pain
  • chemotherapy pain
  • chronic pain
  • ciguatera
  • diabetes
  • drug development
  • drug discovery
  • ion channels
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • neuropathic pain
  • neuropathy
  • neuropharmacology
  • toxins

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