Staff profile
Dr Jacqueline Monique Orian
Senior Research Fellow, Lab Head
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering
School of Molecular SciencesDepartment of Biochemistry
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science
Reid Building, Room 410, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 1113
- T: +61 0 9479 1155
- F: +61 3 9479 1266
- E: J.Orian@latrobe.edu.au
- W: Biochemistry
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), PhD (Monash)
Area of study
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Brief profile
Jacqueline Orian completed a Ph.D. at Monash University and post-doctoral fellowships at The University of Melbourne and Imperial College, London, in neurodevelopment. She joined La Trobe University in 2001 where her focus changed to neurodegenerative disease, especially Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She has been supported by Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Bethlehem-Griffiths Foundation. Her current major research areas include the mapping of early changes in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of MS, comparison of white and grey matter pathology in EAE, molecular profiling of cerebral endothelial cells in EAE and the role of astrocytes in neuroinflammation.
Research interests
Cell biology and molecular pathogenesis
- Neuropathology
Neurodegenerative diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
Teaching units
- MED3MSB: ADVANCED TOPICS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE B (Disorders of the CNS)
- MBB: RECENT ADVANCES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (Classical and advanced approaches in investigations of neurodegenerative disorders)


