Collaborations

The division of biological engineering is developing new linkages and enhancing ongoing ones in collaborative research, over a range of areas where engineering skills and resources can integrate with the biosciences.

Faculty of Engineering

Prof Dong Chen

• Modelling of respiratory nanoparticle delivery

Prof Ravi Jagadeeshan

• Microrheology of DNA molecules

Prof John Sheridan & Dr David Lo Jacono (FLAIR group)

• Bioreactor fluid dynamics design and experimentation (small scale and large scale simulation and measurement)

Prof Mark Thompson

• Bioreactor fluid dynamics (simulation)
• Modelling of niche environments for pre-implantation embryos and embryonic stem cell colonies

Dr Raman Singh

• Analysis of microbe induced concrete corrosion
• Light metals for implants

Dr John Forsythe

• Nano-fibrillar polymer scaffolds for nerve regeneration
• Bioreactor modelling of the blood-brain barrier

Prof Tim Fletcher

• Bio-film formation and novel bio-filtration materials

Dr Malin Premaratne

• Virtual modelling of molecular dynamics of cell and tissue growth
• Interactions of cells and tissue with coherent light sources
• Modelling of signal transduction pathways

Dr Greg Sheard & Dr Kris Ryan (FLAIR group)

• Novel software methodologies and analytical techniques for physiology and biotechnology
• Computational fluid dynamics simulations of blood flows, bioreactor vessels and other biofluid applications

Dr Prabhakar Ranganathan

• Microbial systems for biofuel production

School of Biomedical Sciences

Dr Stuart Hooper

• Computer assisted synchrotron imaging of respiratory function

Dr Roger Evans & Dr Kate Denton

• Virtual modelling of renal blood flow

Dr James Pearson

• Synchtrotron imaging of cardiovascular structure and function

Monash Immunology and Stem cell laboratories (MISCL)

Prof Graham Jenkin

• Fluid mechanics of embryonic stem cell bioreactors

Prof Claude Bernard

• Interactions of neural stem cells with polymer scaffolds

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Dr Ian Harper (Monash Micro-imaging)

• Microscopy infrastructure development

Dr Stephen Bird

• Structure and function of placental vasculature and in vitro models 

Monash Institute of Medical Research

Prof Kate Loveland

• Development of new bioengineering and biotechnology research platforms

Department of Pharmacology

Prof Harald Schmidt

• Shear-stress and endothelial function
• Interdisciplinary engineering in cardiovascular medicine
• Free radical imaging infrastructure operation and testing

Faculty of Science

School of Physics

Dr Karen Kwi-Su & Dr Marcus Kitchen

• X-ray diffraction patterns in synchrotron images of blood flow

Other Australian affiliates

Australian Centre for Synchrotron Science

Prof Rob Lewis

Baker Heart Research Institute

Prof Jaye Chin-Dusting & Dr Kevin Woollard

• Mechanical interactions of leukocytes with blood vessel walls

University of Melbourne

Prof Frank Caruso

• Nano-biotechnology infrastructure development
• Nano-materials research applications

International Affiliates

• Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)
• Monash University, Sunway campus, Malaysia
• Saitama University, Tokyo (Japan)
• IRPHE, University of Marseille (France)
• University of California, Davis (USA)
• Auckland Bioengineering Institute (New Zealand)