Scientific Advisory Board

The Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics Australia is run by a Board volunteer parents and families of individuals with Angelman Syndrome who bring with them a passion for improving the lives of individuals with Angelman Syndrome.  Our Scientific Advisory Board was established to provide professional advice on current and future scientific programs; ensuring they are both beneficial and relevant to our goals.  Members of the FAST Australia Scientific Advisory Board generously volunteer their time and expertise. ..awetgawehgweha

Richard Head PhD Director, Preventative Health National Research Flagship, CSIRO

Specialties: Pharmacology, Nutritional Pharmacology, Neurovascular Pharmacology, Research Management, Research Collaboration

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Edwin Weeber PhD Associate Professor Director Murine Neurobehavior Laboratory University of South Florida

Specialties: Learning and Memory, Synaptic Plasticity

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Helen (Honey) Heussler Associate Professor, University of Queensland and Staff Specialist, Mater Children’s hospital.

Specialties: Developmental and behavioural pediatrician with dual qualification in sleep medicine, Interests: behavioural phenotypes, genetics, sleep , child development

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Rebecca Burdine PhD Assistant Professor, Dept Molecular Biology, Princeton University. 

  

Specialties: Developmental Biology, Genetics, Congenital Disorders

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 Randal Moldrich, PhD Joint Research Fellow
Centre for Advanced Imaging and
The Queensland Brain Institute
The University of Queensland

Specialties: Primary tissue culture, Neural stem cell culture assays, Cell transfection, Immunohistochemistry, Western blot, qPCR, Animal models of epilepsy,Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, Epigenetics

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Jessica Banko PhD             Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine & Director of Research Services, Director of Business & Venture Dev., Alzheimer’s Center at University of South Florida  

 

Specialties: Neuroscience, Translational Research, Synaptic Plasticity, Learning and Memory, Alzhiemers Disease

 

       
       


Inspired by the mission and energy of FAST in the United States and driven by the lack of research and understanding into Angelman Syndrome in Australia, FAST Australia launched in October 2010. Our combined energies create powerful force in the search for a therapeutic to treat Angelman Syndrome.

 


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