Tara Walker

Associate Professor Tara Walker is a Senior Research Associate at the Queensland Brain Institute. Associate Professor Walker's group is investigating the mechanisms governing the lifelong production of neurons in the adult brain (adult neurogenesis). Tara studied Biotechnology as an undergraduate at the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), before carrying out her PhD in the field of Plant Biotechnology. In 2003 she made the transition to neuroscience, joining the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and the group of Professor Perry Bartlett. Here she became interested in the field of adult hippocampal neurogenesis, particularly in its activity-dependent regulation. In 2010, she joined the group of Professor Gerd Kempermann at the Center for Regenerative Therapies in Dresden, Germany, where she was awarded a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship in 2011. In July 2018 she returned to QBI to lead a research group investigating how lifestyle interventions such as exercise and diet affect brain health in ageing and neurodegenerative diseases. Biological Sciences

[2026] Objectively Measured Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Potential Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Older Adults: Evidence from the Generation 100 Study [2026] Platelet concentrate-derived extracellular vesicles promote adult hippocampal neurogenesis [2026] Ferroptosis susceptibility in hippocampal neural precursor cells influences neurogenesis and memory across aging [2026] Longitudinal associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and cognition in older adults: a 10-year-follow-up from the Generation 100 Study [2025] Effects of 5-year exercise training on cognition in older adults: 10-years follow-up from the Generation 100 Study [2025] Parvalbumin interneuron-dependent hippocampal neurogenesis evoked by prolonged rhythmic light flicker [2025] Neuroferroptosis in health and d