Research Projects
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
Stroke is Australia’s second greatest cause of death after coronary heart disease and is aleading cause of disability. We have four independent...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
Acute kidney injury occurs in approximately 25% of patients who undergo cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. During cardiopulmonary...
Supervisor: Professor Roger Evans
This project centres on KIR3DL1 polymorphism and how it translates to improved outcomes in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment...
Supervisor: Mr Julian Vivian
Many bacteria are motile. Chemotaxis, mediated by chemoreceptors, plays an important role in bacterial survival and virulence. In this project, we...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anna Roujeinikova
Some intermediary metabolic enzymes are upregulated in the liver of mice and humans with type 2 diabetes. Here we will test whether and how these...
Supervisor: Dr Adam Rose
Recently, renal denervation (removing the renal nerves) has been shown to be an effective and safe treatment for human resistant hypertension and is...
Supervisor: Professor Katherine Denton
This project involves high resolution imaging (CT, synchrotron CT, X-ray fluorescence microscopy, and MRI) of large sharks native to Australian...
Supervisor: Dr David Reser
Antibiotic resistance continues to emerge and intensify. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising alternative to current antibiotics, but...
Supervisor: Professor Mibel Aguilar
This project aims to determine how conjugative antibiotic resistance and toxin plasmids are transferred in this important pathogenic bacterium.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Rood
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo
Age-related olfactory sensory decay, including smell loss and defective odor-discrimination, during normal and pathological aging is a prominent...
Supervisor: Dr Jie Liu
Viruses pose one of the grand challenges to human and animal health globally and within Australia. Viral disease progression is critically dependent...
Supervisor: Dr Gregory Moseley
Currently the only available effective and durable treatment for morbid obesity is bariatric surgery. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is the most...
Supervisor: Dr Aneta Stefanidis
Currently the only available effective and durable treatment for morbid obesity is bariatric surgery. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG) is the most...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Oldfield
During aging in human, joints, tendons and skin deteriorate both morphologically and functionally, resulting in a progressive physiological...
Supervisor: Dr Jie Liu
We develop methods for single particle electron microscopy (SPEM). Our SPEM developments are motivated by our interest in transcriptional control...
Supervisor: Dr Dominika Elmlund
Our vision: "driving excellence in medical research to build a healthier future"
Our research centres on an exciting development in...
Supervisor: Dr Eliana Marino Moreno
The global importance of addressing cardiovascular disease and hypertension cannot be overestimated; this field needs new insights and novel...
Supervisor: Dr Morag Young
Studies from lower order organisms such as flies and worms have shown that mild mitochondrial dysfunction invokes a stress response that promotes...
Supervisor: Dr Adam Rose