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Laboratory Head
Dr Graeme Walker
Summary
This laboratory focuses on the use of mouse models to investigate the interaction of genetic and environmental factors in melanoma development and in particular how ultraviolet radiation (UVR) initiates melanoma.
Conditions researched
Current research
- Use of recombinant inbred gene mine mouse strains to map genes modulating naevus and melanoma development.
- Are UVB or UVA-induced DNA adducts critical for melanoma development?
- Interaction between UVR-induced inflammatory infiltrate and melanocyte proliferation.
- In vivo functional dissection of candidate melanoma susceptibility genes detected in genome wide association studies.
Staff
Laboratory Head: Dr Graeme Walker
Senior Research Officer: Herlina Handoko
Research Assistant: Blake Ferguson
Students: Lin Li
Visiting scientist: Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani
Funding
We gratefully acknowledge the support from the following finding agencies:
- Cancer Council Queensland
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
- Melanoma Research Alliance, Washington DC
Collaborators
Dr Neil Box, Dept Dermatology, University of Colorado, CO, USA.Professor Grant Morahan, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, WA, Australia.
Emeritus Professor H. Konrad Muller, University of Tasmania, Tas, Australia
Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani, UQCCR, Herston, Qld, Australia
Professor Peter Soyer, Chair Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Associate Professor Brian Gabrielli, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Qld, Australia
