Current projects

• Cell-type specificity, molecular scope and epigenetic basis for mitochondrial and cellular dysfunction in ME/CFS
  Dr Sarah Annesley, La Trobe University, Melbourne
• ELUCIDATE: Exploring pain and autonomic dysfunction in ME/CFS and temporomandibular disorders
  Mr James Allison, Newcastle University
• Investigating brain-stem dysfunction in ME/CFS using 7-Tesla MRI
  Dr Leighton Barnden, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
• Analysing antibody responses against EBV-derived antigens in ME/CFS
  Dr Nuno Sepúlveda & Prof. Carmen Scheibenbogen, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Charité Universitätmedizin Berlin
• The effect of activated HERVs and the associated immune response in severe ME/CFS
  Prof. Elisa Oltra, Catholic University of Valencia
• The role of epigenetic modification of BDNF and HDACs in pain and post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS
  Prof. Jo Nijs and Prof. Lode Godderis, Vrije Univeristeit Brussel and University of Leuven
• Role of Sirt1/NOS axis in vascular and immune homeostasis: a missing piece in the ME/CFS puzzle?
  Dr Francisco Westermeier, FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
• Investigating sensory processing and cognitive function in people with ME: a pilot study
  Dr Sanjay Kumar and Dr Farzaneh Yazdani, Oxford Brookes University
• Exploring an anti-citrullinated antibody signature in ME/CFS
  Prof. Mercedes Rincon, University of Vermont
• Tracking peripheral immune cell infiltration of the brain in ME
  Prof. Jarred Younger, University of Alabama
• Combatting oxidative stress
  Prof. Faisel Khan, University of Dundee

Completed and awaiting publication

• Two dimensional sequencing and machine learning to maximise genetic marker detection
  Prof. Brett Lidbury, Australian National University