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
Although modern humans are now a global species, our ancestral lineage evolved for much of the past 7 million years in Africa. Understanding how and...
Supervisor: Dr Justin Adams
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
Immune cells acutely provide critical inflammatory signals that are required to restrict damage and initiate recovery after injury. However, over-...
Supervisor: Dr Jan Kaslin
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
How does the brain represent information about the external world?
Why do we have so many distinct brain areas?
How is the representation of...
Supervisor: Dr Nicholas Price
Background: Fatigue is the most commonly reported, most disabling but least understood symptom experienced by patients with chronic diseases such as...
Supervisor: Dr Suzanne McDonald
The student would study patients with type 2 diabetes before and after the commencement of insulin therapy. Patients would be studied before and 6...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Christopher Gilfillan
Residents of aged care homes represent one of the sickest and most vulnerable members of the community. One third of residents in residential aged...
Supervisor: Dr Shiva Vasi
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
The aim of this project is to build and test a patient portal developed for men with prostate cancer to assist them in managing their disease. The...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Susan Evans
Stem cells are pluripotent cells that can be differentiated into many different cell types and that harbour enourmous technological and medical...
Supervisor: Dr Harald Janovjak
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
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
This exciting new project is looking for a full-time PhD candidate to work within a cutting edge Prostate Cancer Laboratory that is exploring novel...
Supervisor: Dr Natalie Lister
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