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Mainstream anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) that are used to treat epilepsy and some other conditions are associated with a range of cutaneous side...

Stroke survivors are at increased risk of acute symptomatic seizures in the days following a stroke, and are at increased risk for developing...
Supervisor: Dr Emma Foster

Objective: The relationship between neurodivergence and eating disorders is an emerging area of interest. This study aims to measure the prevalence...

The Melbourne Sexual Health Centre is a public sexual health service in Victoria. The clinic provides about 60,000 consultations a year. There have...
Supervisor: Professor Eric Chow

This project is based on the single-chain antibody (scFv) technology, an emerging class of biotechnologically produced therapeutics. ScFvs are...

Interstitial lung diseases (or ILD) are a group of chronic lung scarring diseases, which are characterised by distressing breathlessness, fatigue,...

People with chronic respiratory conditions can achieve improvements in exercise capacity, breathlessness and quality of life through participation in...

Description Brain inflammation appears to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. A major cell type involved in inflammatory cascades...
Supervisor: Dr Idrish Ali

Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common cancer globally and 7th in incidence in Australia. It has a poor survival rate which can be attributed...

The project will focus on developing an energy-efficient and high-performing sensor-based neuromorphic Organic Processing Unit (OPU), an advanced...

This highly innovative project aims to developi an energy-efficient and high-performing sensor-based neuromorphic Organic Processing Unit (OPU). The...

**New Projects On Offer for 2025** Diabetic complications remain the major cause of morbidity and mortality and this is primarily attributed to...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta

Stress and sex hormones are associated with cognitive changes throughout life. This project will explore sex and stress hormones in association with...

We offer students an exciting opportunity to undertake clinical translational research to improve women’s health. Our research programme focuses on...
Supervisor: Dr Lenka Vodstrcil

We offer students an exciting opportunity to undertake clinical translational research to improve women’s health. Our research programme focuses on...

This project aims to develop nanoparticle contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that selectively target molecular markers of...

Alternative splicing is a regulatory pathway that can can change the messenger RNA produced from a gene and subsequently the proteins that are...
Supervisor: Dr Carlos Rosado

Interstitial lung diseases (or ILD) are a group of chronic lung scarring diseases, which is the second leading cause of death due to chronic lung...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is generally due to abnormalities either in a protein called tau (45%) or a protein called TDP-43 (45%). In both types...

Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition which is characterised by spontaneous seizures, or 'fits'. Current medications are effective...

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