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Work towards a PhD degree, that will develop a computational network model of complex biological system. You will investigate how different types of...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon

Many cancers display differences in incidence, prognosis, and treatment response between males and females. In most cases, it is not well understood...
Supervisor: Dr Miles Andrews

The ability of the adult nervous system to adapt/remodel across the lifespan (and importantly after stroke) offers potential for brain recovery...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon Kramer

How do brain waves control cognitive processes? Using a combination of in vivo electrophysiology and sophisticated cognitive paradigms of working...

Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...

People may develop epilepsy at any time throughout their life, and there are many different causes of epilepsy. This study will identify whether...
Supervisor: Dr Emma Foster

Inflammatory pathways are a key contributor to diabetic vascular disease, including atherosclerosis. Underlying the development of vascular disease...

Self-reactive T cells cause many autoimmune diseases, and can also trigger serious autoimmune side-effects in cancer patients undergoing...

Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing in prevalence and is associated with high morbidity and mortality...

IMPDH2, an oncogene in various cancers, is a key rate-limiting enzyme in nucleotide synthesis, maintaining guanine-based nucleotides for nucleic acid...
Supervisor: Dr Gamze Kuser Abali

Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) disease effects more than 80% of obese patients. This disease is gaining increasing attention as independent driver...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton

Almost a third of Australians are directly impacted by obesity and its accompanying adverse health effects. Recently, the emergence of novel, highly...

Cancers of the oesophagus and stomach are common malignancies. Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophago-gastric junction is one of the most...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton

Bariatric surgery has been a defined surgical speciality for nearly fifty years. However, the number of weight loss procedures performed over the...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton

**New Projects On Offer for 2025** The development of diabetes involves pathogenetic processes that either destroy the β-cells of the pancreas or...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta

The primary aim of the project is to gain a deeper understanding of and develop effective treatments for neurological and cardiovascular disorders...
Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Javaid

PERSIST, funded by the Medical Research Future Fund, is a new collaboration between the University of Queensland and Monash University (https://www....
Supervisor: Dr Ana Antonic-Baker

Epilepsy is a brain disorder affecting 1% of population. Patients can acquire post-traumatic epilepsy from a traumatic brain injury after a latent...
Supervisor: Dr Idrish Ali

Introduction: Epilepsy is a devastating neurological disorder that affects around 50 million people worldwide. Patients with acquired epilepsy, one...
Supervisor: Dr Idrish Ali

Transplantation is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage organ disease, but requires immunosuppressive medications to prevent rejection...
Supervisor: Brad Gardiner

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