FHMRI Neuroscience - Flinders University

FHMRI

NEUROSCIENCE

We ask fundamental neuroscience questions, investigate disease mechanisms and work towards clinical translation.

Our collective of multi-disciplinary researchers explore:

Fundamental neuroscience: Research focuses on identifying how the brain and nervous system work at the molecular, cellular and circuit level;
Disease mechanisms: Research focuses on interrogating disease causes and identifying targets for new therapeutic strategies for some of the most debilitating diseases;
Clinical translation: Research at the interface of the lab and the clinic.

FHMRI Neuroscience provides a dynamic training environment for postgraduate research students, and for undergraduate students in health, science and social sciences.

Our research

Research groups

Leadership

Our research employs a wide range of state-of-the-art research strategies in neuroscience to study the following:

Fundamental neuroscience

— Neurochemical signals
— Neural circuits
— Behaviour
— Sensory physiology
— Homeostasis

Disease mechanisms

— Chronic pain
— Alzheimer’s disease
— Childhood dementia
— Motor neuron disease
— Brain cancer

Clinical translation

— Biospecimens
— Biomarkers
— Therapies
— Devices
— Immunisation

Research groups

View our research groups conducting world-class research exploring neuroscience using proteomics, stem cells, microscopy, electrophysiology, opto- and chemo-genetics, with significant funding from philanthropy, industry, NGOs and Government.

Explore our research groups

Study with us

FHMRI Neuroscience provides a dynamic training environment for postgraduate research students, and for undergraduate students in health, science, and social sciences. We provide placements for undergraduate students, as well as honours, medicine advanced studies, Masters and PhD research projects.

Neuroscience Honours

Study with FHMRI

Research partners

We partner with the Health Sector, Not-for-profits, Family support organisations, Government and Commercial entities to translate our neuroscience.

Professor Karin Nordstrom

Hear from Associate Professor Karin Nordstrom as she talks about PhD opportunities in Molecular Biosciences, as well as her own research interests.

Leadership

Professor Kim Hemsley

Director, Neuroscience

Professor Kim Hemsley has dedicated her research career to the study of disease pathogenesis in and treatment of childhood-onset dementia. She presently leads and co-ordinates a multi-disciplinary team and a comprehensive, innovative translational research program that is seeking to develop tools for predicting the rate of symptom-onset/disease-progression in Sanfilippo syndrome (a common cause of childhood dementia), elucidate the basis of neurogenic disease thereby providing a cogent target for therapies and evaluate novel treatments and provide biomarkers for monitoring therapeutic efficacy. Kim is also an active member of the Gender, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (GIDE) committee in the College of Medicine and Public Health, a member of the Scientific/Medical Advisory Boards of the Sanfilippo Children's Foundation (Australia) and the Childhood Dementia Initiative (Australia). She currently Chairs the Scientific Advisory Board Guidance Committee of the National MPS Society (USA).