Overview
Background
Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan, an NHMRC Emerging Leadership (Level 2) Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, heads the Molecular and Systems Medicine Group at the School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute. His group combines experimental, mathematical modelling and quantitative imaging approaches to uncover pathomechanisms of several infectious and neurodegenerative diseases, aiming to develop and optimise treatments.
Dr. Padmanabhan began his research career as a chemical engineering PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science. He focused on hepatitis C virus infection, innate immunity, and treatment optimisation through mathematical modelling. He received the Kuloor Memorial Medal for the best PhD thesis. In 2015, he secured a competitive three-year University of Queensland postdoctoral fellowship, joining the Queensland Brain Institute to integrate computational modelling and molecular imaging approaches and to address basic and translational neuroscience problems.
Throughout his career, Dr. Padmanabhan has secured over $2.6M in grant funding as the lead chief investigator and published in top-ranking journals, including Nature Computational Science, Nature Aging, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Nature Reviews Neurology, Nature Communications, PNAS, EMBO Journal, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Controlled Release, eLife, and PLoS Computational Biology.
Availability
- Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Science
Works
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2012
Journal Article
Viral kinetics suggests a reconciliation of the disparate observations of the modulation of claudin-1 expression on cells exposed to hepatitis C virus
Padmanabhan, Pranesh and Dixit, Narendra M. (2012). Viral kinetics suggests a reconciliation of the disparate observations of the modulation of claudin-1 expression on cells exposed to hepatitis C virus. PLoS One, 7 (4) e36107, e36107-e36107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036107
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Harnessing innate and adaptive immunity to treat Alzheimer disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jurgen Götz
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Doctor Philosophy
Convergence of immune signalling and Tau pathology on mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimers disease
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Pathomechanisms in Alzheimer's disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Eduardo Albornoz Balmaceda
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding pathomechanisms in Alzheimer's disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Trent Woodruff
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of dysfunctional mitochondria in cholinergic neuronal degeneration during aging
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steven Zuryn
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Doctor Philosophy
Targeting Complement-Inflammasome Crosstalk to Modulate Innate Immunity in Neuroinflammation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Eduardo Albornoz Balmaceda, Professor Trent Woodruff
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the cellular and molecular bioeffects of ultrasound and microbubble treatment using advanced imaging approaches
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Gerhard Leinenga, Professor Jurgen Götz
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Molecular and cellular studies of neurodegenerative disease and neuronal protein synthesis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Juan Polanco, Professor Jurgen Götz
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