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Associate ProfessorSarah Shigdar

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Faculty of Health/School of Medicine

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    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine
  • +61 3 522 72846 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr Shigdar is focused on the development of aptamers, also known as chemical
antibodies, for their use in both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Dr
Shigdar's main focus is on the use of aptamers for the treatment of
neurological disorders - brain cancers, brain metastases, and
neurodegenerative disorders

Knowledge Areas
Aptamers

Projects
Aptamers as theranostic agents

Getting the brain to take its medicine

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Development of an aptasensor for vertebrates
    8 Jul 2024 - 7 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    STGENETICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - $205,632.92
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Developing a low cost test for Inmate Immunity in Vertebrates.
    28 Nov 2022 - 15 Nov 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovation Connections - $49,711.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Developing a low cost test for Inmate Immunity in Vertebrates.
    28 Nov 2022 - 15 Nov 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    STGENETICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - ICG002205 - $49,711.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    17 Feb 2020 - 17 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shigdar S,
    • Henri JL
    Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute - CONTR2020/00320 - $21,600.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    17 Feb 2020 - 23 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shigdar S,
    • Henri JL
    Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre - $1,573.45
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    17 Feb 2020 - 23 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shigdar S,
    • Henri JL
    PMCI - Host Site - $20,769.20
  • GRANT
    A novel approach to target beta-cells to enhance survival and function
    1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    DART Grant - Research - Diabetes Australia - Victoria (Research Trust) - Y20G-ASTK - $59,756.00
  • GRANT
    Saving our antibiotics: an innovative way of restoring bacterial sensitivity to antimicrobials
    15 Feb 2018 - 26 Mar 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    CASS Grant - Research - The CASS Foundation Limited - 7922 - $54,000.00
  • GRANT
    Getting the brain to take its medicine
    5 Feb 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shigdar S,
    • Pouliot N,
    • Khasraw M
    CASS Grant - Research - The CASS Foundation Limited - 7754 - $59,000.00
  • GRANT
    Improving Cancer Diagnostics By Using Chemical Flags - Cancer Research Scholarship
    4 Dec 2015 - 28 Aug 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Equity Trustees - Norman, Ann & Graeme Atkins Charitable Trust - ATK-CRS2015F001 - $42,000.00