Research Projects
Led by Dr. Aya Mousa and Prof. Helena Teede
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common metabolic disorder affecting 15-20% of pregnancies,...
Supervisor: Dr Aya Mousa
Access to live human cancer tissue for functional molecular and biological analysis to improve translational cancer research is extremely limited....
Supervisor: Dr Gwo-Yaw Ho
The eukaryotic genome consists of two classes of genes preceded by distinctly different promoter sequences. Housekeeping genes (90%) code for...
Supervisor: Dr Dominika Elmlund
This is a unique opportunity to look at an area of the brain whose function is almost completely unknown. This project will involve exploration of...
Supervisor: Dr David Reser
Announcing an exciting opportunity for a PhD student to work on an Australian Research Council funded longitudinal study examining the relationships...
Supervisor: Dr Bei Bei
Traumatic brain injury can have profound and long lasting impacts on an individuals cognition, emotions, relationships, ability to work and study, as...
Supervisor: Miss Amelia Hicks
We wish to revolutionise the treatment of autoimmune diseases. We are hoping to devise strategies to eliminate harmful auto reactive cells using...
Supervisor: Professor Charles Mackay
Current transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) protocols are designed based on abnormal activity of isolated brain regions. This notion is...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Shapour Jaberzadeh
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
A collaborative study with engineering assessing sitting with novel technology and its effect on spinal health
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
A comparison of the outcomes of the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation utilising radiofrequency, cryotherapy or high intensity focused...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Good sleep is vital for good physical and mental health. The average Australian adult spends 8 hours a night sleeping, corresponding to ~30% of their...
Supervisor: Dr Rowan Ogeil
A Multicentre comparison of techniques in collagenase in the management of Dupuytrens disease
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
A multicentre prospective registry for endoscopic skull base surgery for the management of pituitary and skull base tumours
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an incurable disease that affects approximately 1 in 200 young Australians, with increasing incidence worldwide. Up to...
Supervisor: Dr Edward Giles
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays key roles in apoptosis, synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, learning, and memory, but its exact physiological...
Supervisor: Professor Zhi-Cheng Xiao
Project Aims: Identify genetic markers that predict the risk of valproate-induced birth defects.
It is recognised that women with epilepsy who...
Supervisor: Professor Terence O'Brien
Background:
A novel class of agents, the Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) agonists have recently been introduced to treat type 2 diabetes....
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anthony Dear
New incontinence is a devastating and not uncommon consequence of stroke - affecting 30-40% of survivors. Rehabilitation of continence is poorly...
Supervisor: Professor Geoffrey Cloud