SBMS team
Farhad Dehkhoda
Farhad has just joined the RTClab as a post-doc to work on our Ghrelin-Dopamine receptor interaction project. Farhad did his PhD with Andrew Brooks, at the Diamantina Institute, working on cytokine receptor signalling. Since finishing his PhD, Farhad has been working on a commercial project around new immunotheriapies led by Sandra Nicholson at WEHI. In his spare time he enjoys a game or two of football and tries to keep himself updated about national and international affairs.
Noah Piper
Noah has a B Pharm Science (hons.) from Monash University and a keen interest in neuropharmacology. He is excited to be working on melanocortin 4 receptor signalling and dynamics within our lab. Outside of the lab, Noah spends more time than he cares to admit amassing and cataloguing a music collection and staunchly believes that life is far too short to spend it drinking bad coffee.
Emily Whitfield
Emily has a B Pharm Science (hons.) from Monash University and is excited to be working on our project on the interaction between Ghrelin and Dopamine D2 receptors at the cellular and molecular level. In her spare time Emily loves sending down the odd googly between her quality leg-breaks.
Collaborative team
Peter McDonald
Peter has a B Science (hons.) in chemistry from the University of Melbourne and is working to develop novel solvatochromatic fluorophores for applications in measuring protein dynamics. His project is a collaboration between the Ritchie Lab (Chemistry, Monash University) and the the RTC lab. From relaxing on a beach, to seeking out a waterfall amongst the mountain ashes, you will likely find Peter exploring the great outdoors when not in the lab
Mitchell Ringuet
Mitchell has a Biomedical science (Msc.) in Neuroscience from the University of Melbourne and is working on our project on the interaction between Ghrelin and Dopamine D2 receptors using ex-vivo electrophysiology & RNA scope. His project is a collaboration between the lab of Digestive Physiology & Nutrition lab at the Florey Institute for Neurosciences and the the RTC lab. Mitchell like to hit the links while avoiding getting centuries.
Pragya Gupta
Pragya has a Master of Science in molecular genetics from the Banaras Hindu University & a PhD in biological sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology. Pragya is working on our project on the the role of the Calcitonin receptor in programmed cell death and Glioblastoma. Her project is a collaboration between the lab of Dr. Peter Wookey (Austin Health) and the the RTC lab.
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