Rees Lab ~ Contact Details

Professor Sandra Rees - Principal Investigator Phone: 61-3-8344 5797 Fax: 61-3-9347 5219 Email: s.rees@unimelb.edu.au

Sandra Rees is a Professor in the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne. She joined the academic staff at this University in 1992 after holding research positions in the Department of Physiology, Monash University for over 20 years.

The central theme of her research has been the combined study of structure and function of the central nervous system and she has made original contributions to the study of the development of motor and sensory systems in the fetus and factors affecting fetal brain development.

She leads a research team which currently includes 3 post-doctoral fellows, 2 Ph.D students, and 3 research assistants. Her laboratory has active collaborations with research groups at the Department of Physiology at Monash University, the Mental Health Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario, Canada, the Southwest Foundation at the University of Texas USA, Washington University in St Louis USA and the Department of Neurology and Pathology at Harvard University USA. Assoc.

The current research interests of her laboratory are directed towards an understanding the pathogenesis of brain injury resulting from fetal hypoxia, chronic placental insufficiency and infection. This is particularly relevant to the current view that many neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy, schizophrenia and minimal brain dysfunction have their origins in utero. The laboratory is now focusing on therapeutic treatments to ameliorate and ultimately prevent perinatal brain damage.

Students interested in pursuing an Honours and Phd project in the Rees Laboratory please contact A/Prof Sandra Rees on her contact details listed above.

Dr Mary Tolcos - Post-doctoral Fellow

Phone: 61-3-8344 5790
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: m.tolcos@unimelb.edu.au

Dr Michelle Loeliger - Post-doctoral Fellow

Phone: 61-3-8344 5783
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: m.loeliger@unimelb.edu.au

Dr Rachael O'Dowd- Post-doctoral Fellow

Phone: 61-3-8344 5790
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: r.o'dowd@unimelb.edu.au

Ms Nadia Hale - Research Assistant

Phone: 61-3-8344 5793
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: n.hale@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au

Ms Dora Vasiliadis- Technical Officer

Phone: 61-3-8344 5793
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: d.vasiliadis@unimelb.edu.au

Ms Bianca Jupp - PhD Student

Phone: 61-3-8344 5793
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: bj@unimelb.edu.au

Ms Femke Dijskstra- Visiting Medical Student (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Phone: 61-3-8344 5793
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: femked@unimelb.edu.au

Ms Rachel Markwick - Medical Student (Nottingham University)

Phone: 61-3-8344 5793
Fax: 61-3-9347 5219
Email: r.markwick@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au

Past Members and Current Positions:

• Dr Jhodie Duncan (Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, USA)
• Dr Sandy Dieni (Post-doctoral fellow, Freiburg, Germany)
• Dr Alexandra Rehn (Assistant Lecturer, Oceania University of Medicine)
• Dr Ilias Nitsos (Post-doctoral fellow, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA)
• Dr Edward Roufail (Ophthalmology registrar, Melbourne, Vic.)
• Dr Sibilah Breen (Cancer Education Program, Newcastle, NSW)
• Dr Carina Mallard (Senior Lecturer, University of Gothenberg, Gothenberg, Sweden)
• Dr Stephen Petratos (Post-doctoral fellow, Monash University, Vic.)

Current Collaborating Associates:

National

• Dr Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck (Centre for Animal Biotechnology, University of Melbourne)
• Assoc Prof Greg Rice (Gynecological Cancer Research Centre, Royal Womens Hospital, Victoria)
• Dr Ilias Nitsos, Dr Tim Moss and Prof John Newnham (School of Women 's and Infant's Health, University of Western Australia, WA)
• Assoc Prof Terry O'Brien (Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne)
• Dr Phillip Henschke (Women's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Service, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne)
• Professor Richard Harding (Department of Physiology, Monash University);
• Mr Maarten Van den Buuse (Mental Health Research Institute)
• Associate Professor Algis Vingrys and Dr Bang Bui (Department of Optometry, University of Melbourne)
• Associate Professor Terrie Inder (Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne)
• Dr Gary Egan and Dr Hong Wang (Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne)
• Prof Mark Cooper and Dr Merlin Thomas (Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne).

International

• Prof Alan Bocking (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and Prof Bryan Richardson (London, Ontario, Canada)
• Dr Pierre Gressens and Dr Catherine Verney (INSERM E9935, Paris 75019, France)
• Assoc Prof Jeff Neil and Dr Chris Kroenke (University of Washington, St Louis, USA)
• Prof Hannah Kinney, Dr Rebecca Folkerth and Dr Robin Haynes (Department of Pathology and Neurology, Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA)
• Dr Bradley Yoder and Dr Don McCurnin (Southwest Foundation, San Antonio, Texas, USA)

Myelination (Black Gold staining) in the cerebellum of the primate brain.