Vicky Batchelor

Research Assistant

My role is based at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology where I primarily work with Prof Tonia Vincent and Dr Fiona Watt. The two projects I am involved with include studying the pathogenesis osteoarthritis and the molecular mechanisms of pain in osteoarthritis.

I completed my undergraduate training in Neuroscience at the University of Western Australia in 2017. Prior to commencing this post I was awarded a First Class Honours degree at the University of Melbourne. I was based in the Epigenetics and Neuroplasticity laboratory within the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. My Honours project studied the transgenerational effects of paternal chronic stress on offspring stress physiology.

Recent publications

Does pain at an earlier stage of chondropathy protect female mice from structural progression after surgically induced osteoarthritis?
Journal article

von Loga IS. et al, (2020), Arthritis rheumatol
IDENTIFICATION OF PUTATIVE SEX-DEPENDENT PAIN PATHWAYS THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY FEMALE MICE DEVLOP PAIN BEHAVIOUR DESPITE LOWER CHONDROPATHY SCORES
Conference paper

Batchelor V. et al, (2020), Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 28, S128 - S128
THE CILIARY PROTEIN INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT 88 IS REQUIRED FOR THE MATURATION, HOMEOSTASIS AND MECHANOADAPTATION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
Conference paper

Coveney CR. et al, (2020), Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 28, S75 - S75
HPA axis regulation and stress response is subject to intergenerational modification by paternal trauma and stress
Journal article

Batchelor V. and Pang TY., (2019), General and comparative endocrinology, 280, 47 - 53

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