Associate Professor William Phillips
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Associate Professor
F13 - Anderson Stuart Building |
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Research interests
Dr Bill Phillips’ group uses techniques of molecular physiology to investigate the mechanisms that underlie the formation and modification of synapses between nerve and muscle throughout life, and how neuromuscular diseases can interfere with these fundamental processes, leading to weakness.
Current national competitive grants*
2010
The role of Ten-m3 in patterning ipsilateral retinal projections
Leamey C, Marotte L, Phillips W
NHMRC Project Grant ($437,050 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
PhD and Masters' project opportunities
Molecular changes underlying maturation and adaptation of the neuromuscular synapse.
Effects of cholinesterase-inhibitor therapy and exercise upon the neuromuscular synapse in a mouse model of autoimmune myasthenia gravis
Regulation of postsynaptic acetylcholine receptor clustering by neural agrin
Honours project opportunities
Molecular changes at the aging neuromuscular synapse as causes of synapse loss and muscle weakness (sarcopenia)
Loss of mitochondrial function and disruption of the neuromuscular junction