Roger Pocock

Professor Roger Pocock is a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at Monash University's Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, leading the Brain Development, Neuroplasticity and Stem Cells Laboratory. He completed his PhD at the University of Oxford (2000-2004) and postdoctoral work at Columbia University Medical Centre, focusing on Caenorhabditis elegans to study nervous system responses to environmental stress. In 2010, he established his own research group at the University of Copenhagen, later relocating to Monash in 2015. His research explores brain development, neuronal fate programming, and brain-intestinal communication mechanisms. Key contributions include groundbreaking work on hypoxia in neural development and microRNA regulation of neuronal migration.

Research interests include C. elegans models of neurobiology, stem cell regulation, and stress responses. Notable awards include the NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (2017) and veski Innovation Fellowship (2015). Pocock leads projects investigating germline regulation, neuroprotection via sphingolipids, and mitochondrial stress pathways. He actively collaborates internationally and serves on editorial and grant review panels.

Recent articles highlight intergenerational neuroprotection mechanisms, nuclear factor Y's role in neuronal gene regulation, and microRNA control of developmental processes. His work bridges genetics, neurobiology, and developmental biology, with implications for understanding human brain disorders and regenerative medicine.