A/Prof Sarah Spencer
Laboratory Head
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Nossal Institute for Global Health
sarah.spencer@rmit.edu.au
Research Activities
metabolism, stress, inflammation, satiety signalling, early life programming of the obese brainTechniques/Expertise
Behavioural cognitive testing; Transgenic rat models; CLARITYRt_PCR, WB, IHC, ELISAs etc.Disease Models
Obesity and metabolic disruption after neonatal overfeeding; Obesity and metabolic disruption after high fat diet; Neuroimmune dysregulation after transgenic microglial depletion (rats)Genetically Modified Organisms
CX3CR1-DTR ratOther Lab Members
Dr Luba SominskyGuohui Cai
Simone de Luca
Ilvana Ziko
Alita Soch
Bashirah Basri
Madeleine Di Natale
