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Biological Engineering
 

Collaborations

The division of biological engineering is developing new linkages and enhancing ongoing ones in collaborative research, over a range of areas where engineering skills and resources can integrate with the biosciences.

Faculty of Engineering

Prof Dong Chen
  • Modelling of respiratory nanoparticle delivery
Prof Ravi Jagadeeshan
  • Microrheology of DNA molecules
Prof John Sheridan & Dr David Lo Jacono (FLAIR group)
  • Bioreactor fluid dynamics design and experimentation (small scale and large scale simulation and measurement)
Prof Mark Thompson
  • Bioreactor fluid dynamics (simulation)
  • Modelling of niche environments for pre-implantation embryos and embryonic stem cell colonies
Dr Raman Singh
  • Analysis of microbe induced concrete corrosion
  • Light metals for implants
Dr John Forsythe
  • Nano-fibrillar polymer scaffolds for nerve regeneration
  • Bioreactor modelling of the blood-brain barrier
Prof Tim Fletcher
  • Bio-film formation and novel bio-filtration materials
Dr Malin Premaratne
  • Virtual modelling of molecular dynamics of cell and tissue growth
  • Interactions of cells and tissue with coherent light sources
  • Modelling of signal transduction pathways
Dr Greg Sheard & Dr Kris Ryan (FLAIR group)
  • Novel software methodologies and analytical techniques for physiology and biotechnology
  • Computational fluid dynamics simulations of blood flows, bioreactor vessels and other biofluid applications
Dr Prabhakar Ranganathan
  • Microbial systems for biofuel production

 

School of Biomedical Sciences

Dr Stuart Hooper
  • Computer assisted synchrotron imaging of respiratory function
Dr Roger Evans & Dr Kate Denton
  • Virtual modelling of renal blood flow
Dr James Pearson
  • Synchtrotron imaging of cardiovascular structure and function

Monash Immunology and Stem cell laboratories (MISCL)

Prof Graham Jenkin
  • Fluid mechanics of embryonic stem cell bioreactors
Prof Claude Bernard
  • Interactions of neural stem cells with polymer scaffolds
Dr James Pearson
  • Synchtrotron imaging of cardiovascular structure and function

 

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Dr Ian Harper (Monash Micro-imaging)
  • Microscopy infrastructure development
Dr Stephen Bird
  • Structure and function of placental vasculature and in vitro models
Dr James Pearson
  • Synchtrotron imaging of cardiovascular structure and function

Monash Institute of Medical Research

Prof Kate Loveland
  • Development of new bioengineering and biotechnology research platforms

Department of Pharmacology

Prof Harald Schmidt
  • Shear-stress and endothelial function
  • Interdisciplinary engineering in cardiovascular medicine
  • Free radical imaging infrastructure operation and testing

 

Faculty of Science

School of Physics

Dr Karen Siu & Dr Marcus Kitchen
  • X-ray diffraction patterns in synchrotron images of blood flow

 

Other Australian affiliates

Australian Centre for Synchrotron Science

Prof Rob Lewis

Baker Heart Research Institute

Prof Jaye Chin-Dusting & Dr Kevin Woollard
  • Mechanical interactions of leukocytes with blood vessel walls

University of Melbourne

Prof Frank Caruso
  • Nano-biotechnology infrastructure development
  • Nano-materials research applications

 

International Affiliates

  • Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)
  • Monash University, Sunway campus, Malaysia
  • Saitama University, Tokyo (Japan)
  • IRPHE, University of Marseille (France)
  • University of California, Davis (USA)
  • Auckland Bioengineering Institute (New Zealand)