Mental health

Research projects

A new chemogenetic method that enables functional neural circuit analysis
A novel treatment for alcohol and nicotine addiction
Advancing precision medicine for ADHD: Deep phenotyping of neurodevelopment in an Australian based birth-cohort
Biomarker discovery for neurodegenerative disease
CaMKK2 control of neuronal function and complex behaviour in health and disease
Can mice really play ipad games for milkshake rewards and how can this help us understand motivation in Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Characterising novel drug therapies to target cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia
Deep-learning based tracking of behaviour in preclinical models for mental illness
Developing better treatments for mental illness: unravelling the molecular machinery at synapses to therapeutically target disruptions in complex behaviour and cognition
Do the beneficial effects of exercise involve miRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression?
Drug discovery targeting α1-adrenoceptors (α1-ARs)
Drug discovery: investigation of signalling by GPCRS using novel cellular biosensors
Elucidating the molecular drivers underlying schizophrenia
Enabling technologies for structure based drug design at G protein coupled receptors
Experience-dependent plasticity modulating cognitive deficits in schizophrenia
Gene-environment interactions in the regulation of cellular plasticity, cognitive function and behaviour
Gene-environment interactions modulating dementia and depression in a tandem repeat disorder
Genetic and pharmacological modulators of attention in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Hallucinogens to treat co-morbid stress and alcohol use disorders
How can studying singing mice help understand language disorders?
How does a mutation linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder lead to changes in brain connectivity?
How does oxytocin change social behaviour in a mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Identifying the therapeutic potential of estrogens in schizophrenia
Manipulating disrupted neuromodulator signalling to treat maladaptive cognitive behaviour in neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders
Measuring how excitatory-inhibitory synapse imbalance disrupts neural activity underlying cognitive behaviour in neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders
Modulating metals homeostasis to treat neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
Muscarinic receptors and alcohol seeking
Novel insulin mimetics for managing diabetes
Novel relaxin-3 mimetics for controlling feeding and motivated behaviour
Novel single-chain peptide mimetics of relaxin-2, B7-33, for the treatment of fibrosis
Peptidomimetic drug design targeting G protein-coupled receptors
Sex differences modulating anxiety and binge-drinking behaviours
Studying gene-environment interactions in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder
The microbiota-gut-brain axis and microbiome modulation in pre-clinical models of psychiatric disorders
The oxytocin system in sugar and alcohol intake
The role of bombesin-3 system in controlling palatble food and fluid intake
The role of feeding/metabolism hormones on alcohol use disorders
The role of oxytocin system in psilocybin
Therapeutic approaches to dementia and depression in Huntington’s disease
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance modulating brain function, behaviour and cognition

Research groups

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Lucy Palmer for the Florey Institute Annual Report 2018. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

15 Nov 2022

Lifting the lid on impulsive behaviour

devices for glass samples and pipette tubes, jars, biological samples

20 Oct 2022

Major funding awarded to investigate new treatments in Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia

22 Jul 2022

Brain experts across all stages of life

11 May 2022

Inaugural Fellowship advances research into targeted treatments

13 Apr 2022

A fellowship of hope to change the face of mental illness

1 Feb 2022

Citizen science examines exercise as ‘mood medicine’

28 Oct 2021

Stretching the neurons: Tackling neurological conditions through brain plasticity

22 Oct 2021

Major funding awarded to discover new treatments for alcohol use disorder

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21 Oct 2021

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Mental health

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Research groups

Latest news

Lifting the lid on impulsive behaviour

Major funding awarded to investigate new treatments in Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia

Brain experts across all stages of life

Inaugural Fellowship advances research into targeted treatments

A fellowship of hope to change the face of mental illness

Citizen science examines exercise as ‘mood medicine’

Stretching the neurons: Tackling neurological conditions through brain plasticity

Major funding awarded to discover new treatments for alcohol use disorder

How Sound Alters Sense of Touch

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