Research Projects
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...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
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...
Supervisor: Dr Phillip Kantharidis
Self-reactive T cells cause many autoimmune diseases, and can also trigger serious autoimmune side-effects in cancer patients undergoing...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ross Dickins
Background:
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing in prevalence and is associated with high morbidity and mortality...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
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...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Priya Sumithran
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