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Oral Presentations 18: Respiratory and Inflammation 3

Tracks
Track 2
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Meeting Room 210 (Level 2)

Speaker

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Ms Liv Young
Monash University

AT2R agonists inhibit ECM production in an ex-vivo model of IPF-like fibrogenesis

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Abstract

Biography

Olivia Young is a researcher and member of the Bourke Lab within the Monash University Discovery Institute. Her work, likely within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, focuses on areas within the biomedical or biological sciences, collaborating within a team specializing in chronic disease research.
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Miss Elaine Koh
The University Of Melbourne

Fibroblast growth factor 2 in modulating Nintedanibs anti-fibrogenic efficacy in pulmonary fibroblasts

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

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Biography

Elaine Koh is a student of the University of Melbourne of the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Her honours year research focused on investigating anti-fibrotic drug efficacy in Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This research characterised select interactions between Fibroblast growth factor 2 and a drug, Nintedanib, in influencing either pro- or anti-fibrogenic behaviour in pulmonary fibroblasts.
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Mr Avanka Gunatilaka
The University of Melbourne

CXCL17 augments inflammatory signalling by PolyI:C in human airway epithelial basal cells

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

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Biography

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Mr Will Studley
Monash University

Vascular remodelling in an ex vivo lung model of pulmonary arterial hypertension

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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Biography

William Studley is a Biomedical Scientist and PhD student within the Department of Pharmacology at Monash University. Based in the Bourke Lab at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, his research focuses on pharmacological studies. He has contributed to research regarding small-molecule formyl peptide receptor agonists.

Session chair

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Nurgul Ablakimova
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University

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Jane Bourke
Monash University

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