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ProfessorRobert Vandenberg

Level 3 Supervisor, Molecular Biomedicine Theme

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Level 3 Supervisor, Molecular Biomedicine Theme
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Design and development of novel compounds that inhibit glycine transporters for the treatment of pain.

Identification of dual action allosteric glycine transport inhibitors/glycine receptor stimulators for the treatment of pain

Identify mitocides for the treatment of Varroa mites to protect Honeybees

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Characterisation of Novel Glutamate Transporter Homologues from Caenorhabditis elegans
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Dual Action Modulators of the Glycinergic Synapse
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the elevator mechanism of the glutamate transporter family: link to function and disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    From cells to mice and back again: Designing a series of GlyT2 inhibitors for the treatment of neuropathic pain
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    From Molecules to Therapeutics - Developing Allosteric Inhibitors of the Solute Carrier 6 Transporters for Neurological Applications.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Functional and structural characterisation of the glycine transporter 2
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Functional characterisation of the glutamine transporter ASCT2 and its potential as a molecular target in cancer therapy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigating the molecular mechanism of bioactive lipid inhibitors of GlyT2
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Lipid Modulators of glycine receptors and their potential use for pain therapies
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pharmacological modulation of the glutamate transporter chloride channel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Structural basis for the dual transport-channel functions of SLC1A transporters
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of transporters from the SLC1A family and elucidating links to dysfunction in brain disease