Centre for Diabetes Research (CDR)


http://www.cdr.org.au

The CDR Team

Leadership Team

Grant Morahan Professor Grant Morahan

Director

Research: genetics of type 1 diabetes; systems genetics; diabetic kidney disease

Centre Staff

Anne Bonser Dr Anne Bonser

Personal Assistant

Fang-Xu Jiang Dr Fang-Xu Jiang

Senior Research Fellow

Research: looking at the chemical maturation of Pancreatic Beta Cells

Yun Shen Dr Yun Shen

Research Fellow

Research: genetic studies of insulin resistance; signalling mechanisms involved in lipid induced insulin resistance

Lois Balmer Dr Lois Balmer

Research Officer

Research: molecular genetics of disease

Jemma Berry Dr Jemma Berry

Research Officer

Research: human candidate gene analysis and identification

Munish Mehta Munish Mehta

Bioinformatics Programmer

Research: systems genetics

Sarah Lilley Sarah Lilley

Network Co-ordinator

Research: Australian Childhood Diabetes DNA Repository (ACDDR)

Emma Jamieson Emma Jamieson

Research Officer

Research: embryonic stem cells and pancreatic islets

Quang Nguyen Quang Nguyen

Research Assistant

Frederick Ong Frederick Ong

Research Assistant

Michael Durell Michael Durell

Graduate Research Assistant

Ben Dwyer Ben Dwyer

PhD Student

Research: stems cells as an alternative form of beta cells

James Jooste Dr James Jooste

PhD Student

Research: molecular signatures of Type 1 diabetes

Hanna Skarstrand Hanna Skarstrand

Visiting Student