Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program

Lab head: Des Richardson
Location: D06 - Blackburn Building


Lab members: Head: D Richardson; RFellows: D Kalinowski, D Lovejoy, Y Suryo Rahmanto, D Zhang, D Zhang; PFellows: C Austin, K Dixon, P Jansson, Z Kovacevic, D Lane, K Loh, M Lok, P Quach, V Richardson, Y Yu; RAssistant: S Bal, S Chikhani, M Huang, E Lim, P Obeidy, N Pantarat, F Saletta, D Sharp.

Transport of nitric oxide in cells and its interaction with iron containing proteins in tumour cells

Primary supervisor: Des Richardson

This project will use a combination of techniques that are used in biochemistry, physiology, cell biology, molecular biology and pharmacology. Your project will be multi-faceted and will involve growing human tumour cells in tissue culture and assessing the effects of nitric oxide on the iron transport. This will be done using a wide variety of techniques including Western analysis, RT-PCR and microarray analysis. The lab has considerable experience in these cutting-edge techniques and you will be taught the intricacies of their use.

Feel free to contact Prof. Des Richardson ( to have a chat about whether the project matches your interests.

Discipline: Pathology
Keywords: Iron Metabolism, Cancer, Nitric Oxide