Research Projects
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
Social media has seen the proliferation of pages dedicated to health trends such as clean eating, fitspiration, paleo and detoxes. Some of these...
Supervisor: Dr Cassandra Wright
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
Interventions for the prevention and treatment of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy
Prof. Helena Teede and Dr Aya Mousa
Gestational diabetes mellitus (...
Supervisor: Dr Aya Mousa
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
Shift workers by virtue of their profession are at a greater risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. It...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Maxine Bonham
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) over one year. MND is a fatal neurodegenerative disease
which affects motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord. People...
Supervisor: Dr Phyllis Chua
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
Influenza vaccine is one of the most cost-effective interventions to prevent disease, hospitalisation and death, yet coverage rates are variable...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Michelle Giles
Nausea and vomiting are common problems for patients in Emergency Departments (EDs). Our objective is to determine if Ondansetron 16mg and 8mg and...
Supervisor: Adj ClinAssProf Diana Egerton-Warburton
A Multicentre comparison of techniques in collagenase in the management of Dupuytrens disease
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
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
There are considerable safety issues in passing and confirming the correct placement of nasogastric tubes (NGT). Additionally studies have shown that...
Supervisor: Dr Gabriel Blecher