Tissue Engineering Research Centre 

Examples of West Australian researchers and their main areas of interest

Most of the local groups (below) have significant international collaborations and their research activities embrace several of the above areas. This list only indicates a sample of researchers (and artists) working in tissue engineering related activities. TERC aims to enhance interactions between these groups and catalyse many new collaborations.

• Mr Richard Vaughan and other surgical colleagues: Surgery/neuroscience;
  
  
• Professor Miranda Grounds: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA, Skeletal muscle regeneration, Cell Therapy, Stem cells. See http://www.anhb.uwa.edu.au/staff/grounds/default.htm;
  
  
• Professor John McGeachie: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA, Skeletal muscle regeneration & vascular repair;
  
  
• Mr Peter Hamer: Human Movement & Exercise Science UWA, Skeletal muscle damage and repair.
  
  
• Assoc/Professor Alan Harvey: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA, discovering ways of promoting neural survival and stimulating the regrowth and reconnection of nerve pathways after injury to the brain.
  
  
• Dr Giles Plant: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA,  Research into spinal cord injury, transplantation of Schwann cells, Ensheathing Glia. Also the use of Gene therapy.
  
  
• Dr Stuart Bunt: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA, spinal cord injury and regeneration. Development and regeneration of the Central Nervous System.
  
  
• Dr Sarah Dunlop, Professor Lyn Beazley: Zoology UWA,  Neuroscience/Neurotrauma, Repair of the CNS, Stem cells.
  
  
• Professor Charles Oxnard: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA, 
  
  
• Dr Nick Milne: School of Anatomy & Human Biology UWA,  Studies of the primate vertebral column which examine the relationship between structure and function in spines of animals with different lifestyles and behaviours.
  
  
• Professor David Wood & colleagues (Orthopaedics), Professor Kevin Singer (Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology): Bone Repair/scoliosis.
  
  
• Assoc/Professor Piroska Rakoczy (Centre for Opthalmology & Visual Science (COVS): Gene Therapy in the eye.
  
  
• Assoc/Professor Traian Chirila (COVS): Polymers and Biomaterials.
  
  
• Mr Robin Hart (Radiology): Fluid Biodynamics.
  
  
• Biomedical Engineering interest group UWA (Engineering): Bioengineering.
  
  
• Mr Oron Catts, Ms Ionat Zurr & Mr. Guy Ben-Ary (Artists collaborating with A&HB): Advanced Imaging and Tissue Engineering. See http//www.tca.uwa.edu.au