Research Projects
The project will use live cell imaging, molecular cell biology and infection models to understand how Candida albicans evades innate immune...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ana Traven
Both osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease share common risk factors, yet both remain undiagnosed until a major life-threatening event occurs, e.g...
Supervisor: Dr Ayse Zengin
Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study is an ongoing pregnancy cohort study with 887 women and their children. This study is designed around...
Supervisor: Professor Megan Galbally
Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study is an ongoing pregnancy cohort study with 887 women and their children. This study is designed around...
Supervisor: Karen Wynter
A series of projects is embedded in our existing prospective cohort study (known as VMAX) of 745 Victorians living in metropolitan and rural areas...
Supervisor: Professor Paul Dietze
Mitochondria more than just “the powerhouse of the cell”. They are fascinating, highly dynamic organelles that carry out an array of cellular...
Supervisor: Dr Kate McArthur
Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. This potentially life-threatening condition can be...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kirsten Palmer
Community pharmacist have the potential to provide accessible health services to adolescents and the potential to improve adolescent’s access to...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Based at the Central Clinical School, our laboratory works closely with clinicians at the Alfred Hospital to study mechanisms of cancer development...
Supervisor: Dr Gamze Kuser Abali
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental illness characterised by recurrent distressing mental obsessions and behavioural compulsions....
Supervisor: Dr Rebecca Segrave
Young Australians frequently engage in risky single occasion drinking. This drinking pattern is associated with a variety of harms including...
Supervisor: A/Prof Megan Lim
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a leading cause of injury and chronic disease and mortality in Australia, and the leading cause of disability or death...
Supervisor: Dr Rowan Ogeil
HIV maturation is a highly regulated process, and viral protease has to cleave precursor of the main structural protein Gag in a sequential manner....
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Alex De Marco
Cellular aging is a complex biological process involving a gradual decline in cellular function and increased vulnerability to disease. It is...
Supervisor: Dr Iman Azimi
Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis is a complex biosynthetic process that produces many medically important peptide natural products, including several...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Max Cryle
Paediatric chronic pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as persistent or recurring pain that lasts for longer than...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
We are developing a cohort of children who have lost skills and developed autism, sometimes called autistic regression. Using video footage prior to...
Supervisor: Professor Katrina Williams
Plasmalogens are a unique class of lipids that are abundant in certain tissues such as the heart, brain and specific immune cell types. Studies have...
Supervisor: Professor Peter Meikle
FIKK kinases are unique among apicomplexan parasites. Interestingly the genome of P. falciparum encodes 20 FIKK kinases, but very little is known...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke