CTN Student Topics

Our Students

PhD Candidates

Ms Amy Geddes
BMSc (Hons)

Thesis title: Does early developmental disruption make the brain more vulnerable to the effects of cannabis?
Supervisors: Prof Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Kelly Newell

Email: aed490@uowmail.edu.au


Mr Bo Pan
BMSc, MSc (Nutrition and Dietetics), MSc (Res)

Thesis title: The functionally selective effects of aripiprazole at the mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathways
Supervisors: A/Prof Chao Deng and Prof Xu-Feng Huang

Office: 31.227
Phone: 4221 1591
Email: bp355@uowmail.edu.au


Mr Christopher Bell
BSc (Hons)

Thesis title: The mechanism of antipsychotic drug action
Supervisors: Prof Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Yinghua Yu

Office: 31.327
Phone: 4298 1979
Email: cjb692@uowmail.edu.au


Ms Danielle Camer
BMHlthSc (Hons), BCA

Thesis title:
The leptin sensitising effects of pentacyclic triterpenes in natural and esterified configurations in diet-induced obesity and potential cognitive benefits
Supervisors: Prof Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Yinghua Yu

Office:
32.227
Phone: 4298 1592
Email: dc608@uowmail.edu.au


Ms Hoang Lan Chi Dinh
BSc

Thesis title: The role of NF-kB signalling during obesity-induced inflammation
Supervisors: Dr Alexander Szabo and Prof Xu-Feng Huang

Office 32.329
Phone: 4252 8226
Email: hldc893@uowmail.edu.au


Mr Jeremy Lum

BMHlthSc (Hons)

Thesis title: Novel antipsychotics in the treatment of Schizophrenia
Supervisors: Dr Kelly Newell, Prof Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Lezanne Ooi

Email: jsl934@uowmail.edu.au


Ms Jessica Andrews
BSc (Hons)

Thesis title: Lingo-1 signalling pathways: An emergent role in Schizophrenia pathophysiology?
Supervisors: Dr Francesca Fernandez and Dr Kelly Newell

Office 32.326
Phone: 4298 1543
Email: ja393@uowmail.edu.au


Ms Licai Cheng
MSc (Res)

Thesis title:
The regulation of central leptin signalling by distinct fatty acids
Supervisors: Prof Xu-Feng Huang, Dr Yinghua Yu and Dr Alexander Szabo

Office: 32.227
Phone: 4298 1594
Email: lc454@uowmail.edu.au


Mr Michael De Santis
BMSc, MSc (Res)

Thesis title: Understanding the mechanisms of functionally selective antipsychotic drugs and Aripiprazole
Supervisors: A/Prof Chao Deng and Prof Xu-Feng Huang

Office: 32.233
Phone: 4221 4225
Email: mds953@uowmail.edu.au


Ms Peta Snikeris
BMSc(Hons)

Thesis title: Schizophrenia and the immune system – ‘messed-up’ through the PI3K/Akt pathway
Supervisors: Prof Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Elisabeth Frank

Office: 32.326
Phone: 4298 1359
Email: pas649@uowmail.edu.au


Mr Tiantian Jin
BSc

Thesis title: Lupane triterpenes and derivatives prevents development of obesity and diabetes via suppressing Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) as an allosteric inhibitor in silico, in vitro and in vivo
Supervisors: Prof Xu-Feng Huang, Dr Yinghua Yu and Dr Hai-Bo Yu

Office: 32.227
Phone: 4298 1593
Email: tj122@uowmail.edu.au


Ms Yizhen Wu
BSc, MSc (Res)

Thesis title: The role of hypothalamic AMPK signalling in central leptin resistance in diet-induced obesity and the regulation by Triterpenoids
Supervisors: Dr Yinghua Yu and Prof Xu-Feng Huang

Office: 32.330
Phone: 4221 4081
Email: yw903@uowmail.edu.au

Honours Students

Ms Ashleigh Osborne
BMSc

Thesis title: Mechanisms of antipsychotic-induced weight gain in children and adolescents: An animal study
Supervisors: A/Prof Chao Deng, Dr Katrina Green, Jiamei Lian

Email: alo649@uowmail.edu.au


Mr Paul Le Mesurier
BMHlthSc

Thesis title: Understanding the mechanisms of olanzapine-induced diabetes: A time course of insulin dysregulation and alterations in the m3 receptor
Supervisors: Dr Katrina Green, A/Prof Chao Deng

Email: pclm995@uowmail.edu.au