Dr Guo Jun Liu
Biology Task Leader
ANSTO Life Sciences
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Dr Guo Jun Liu is the Biology task leader in the Bio-analytics group of ANSTO LifeSciences. Dr Liu examines the impact of radiation on genes, proteins and lipids.
Background
Dr Liu attained his MD at the Jilin University in China and PhD at the Gifu University School of Medicine in Japan. He then accepted a University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Western Australia, followed by a University Research Fellowship at the University of Technology Sydney. Before joining ANSTO LifeSciences, he worked as a Senior Research Officer and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology and the Brain and Mind Research Institute at Sydney University, where his field of study was Neuroscience.
Research interests and areas of expertise
Dr Liu's research interest is mainly in the study of basic biology, using radiation combined with genetic and physiological methods. He is an expert in the areas of cell biology, cell imaging (including calcium imaging), electrophysiology (including patch clamp), and impedance spectrometry.
Qualifications & Achievements
MD, PhD
University postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the University of Western Australia;
University Research Fellowship from the University of Technology Sydney
Publications
Werry EL, Liu GJ, Lovelace MD, Nagarajah R, Bennett MR (2012) Glutamate potentiates lipopolysaccharide-stimulated interleukin-10 release from neonatal rat spinal cord astrocytes. Neuroscience, in press
Werry EL, Liu GJ, Lovelace MD, Nagarajah R, Hickie IB, Bennett MR (2011) Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated interleukin-10 release from neonatal spinal cord microglia is potentiated by glutamate. Neuroscience, 175:93–103.
Liu GJ, Nagarajah R, Banati RB & Bennett MR. (2009). Glutamate induces directed chemotaxis of microglia. European Journal of Neuroscience 29, 1108-1118.
Liu GJ, Kalous A, Werry EL, Bennett MR (2006) Purine release from spinal cord microglia following elevation of calcium by glutamate. Molecular pharmacology, 70:851-859.
Werry EL, Liu GJ and Bennett MR (2006) Modulation of glutamate-mediated adenosine triphosphate release by substance P in spinal cord astrocytes. Journal of Neurochemistry, 99:926-934.
Liu GJ, Werry EL, Bennett MR, (2005). Secretion of ATP from Schwann Cells in Response to Uridine Triphosphate. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21:151-160.
Liu GJ, Simpson AM, Swan MA, Tao C, Tuch BE, Crawford RM, Jovanovic A, Martin DK, (2003). ATP-sensitive Potassium Channels Induced in Liver Cells after Transfection with Insulin cDNA and the GLUT2 Transporter Regulate Glucose-stimulated Insulin Secretion. FASEB Journal, 17:1682-1684 (express article 10.1096/fj.02-0051fje).