My primary research interests focus on the vasculature of the pancreatic islet, and the relevance of cell signalling to diabetes. The dense network of capillaries is crucial for the sensitive detection of blood glucose and release of insulin. Many islets die when they are disconnected from their blood supply for transplantation purposes - limiting the success of islet transplantation. In collaboration with Dr Claudine Bonder in the Centre for Cancer Biology we are investigating the use of endothelial progenitor cells to swiftly reconnect the blood supply to transplanted islets and improve their function and survival. Visit my lab page for more!

As an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the University of Adelaide, I work collaboratively with the Islet Transplantation and Dendritic Cell Biology Laboratory run by Prof Toby Coates.