Current Research Projects

The following page contains department staff research projects:

• Auto fluorescence of biological material as a diagnostic tool
• Neuroscience and Neurophysiology
• Macquarie University Indigenous Bioresources Research Group (IBRG)

auto fluorescence of biological material as a diagnostic tool

Objective

To evaluate the diagnostic potential of autofluorescence of biological materials, such as urine.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/16/2303908.htm?site=science&topic

Neuroscience and Neurophisiology  

Objective
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Macquarie University Indigenous Bioresources Research Group (IBRG)

• Assoc. Prof. Subra Velmupad (Department of Chiropractic)
• Assoc. Prof. Joanne Jamie (Bio-organic and Medicinal Chemist, Department of CBMS)
• Professor Shoba Ranganathan (Bioinformatician, Department of CBMS)

Objective

To work in close collaboration with Indigenous communities of NSW (Australia) and Chungtia village (Nagaland, India) to document their customary knowledge related to medicinal plant use.

We have developed agreements in consultation with the collaborating communities that entail equal partnerships. We have developed a multifunctional system with information on medicinal plants. http://biolinfo.org/cmkb/

In response to community needs, we have also developed and are involved in educational activities for school children in northern NSW and western Sydney areas (Indigenous Science Education Program, ISEP).

http://web.science.mq.edu.au/groups/isep/

http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/A7FA457C-9D85-758E-087D06E8ACF70193?DISPLAYENTRY=true

Other collaborators:
Dr R Velmurugan, Siddha Practitioner, Chennai (India), for investigations on medicinal plants with anticancer activity.

Professor Jaye Chin-Dusting  and Dr Natalie Lumsden, Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute, Melbourne. http://www.bakeridi.edu.au/students/prograduate_project/vascular_pharmacology/