Research Projects
The discovery of a hepatitis C (HCV) treatment has the potential to lead to disease elimination, with smaller countries such as Iceland likely to be...
Supervisor: Dr Nick Scott
The gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and Shigella translocate virulence proteins, termed "effector proteins...
Supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Hartland
Viruses pose one of the grand challenges to human and animal health globally and within Australia. Viral disease progression is critically dependent...
Supervisor: Dr Gregory Moseley
HIV remains among the world’s most serious healthcare challenges, with 1.7 million new infections in 2019 alone. Sub-Saharan Africa is the epicentre...
Supervisor: Dr Lindi Masson
The innate immune system is capable of intricately detailed detection, differentiation and elimination of pathogenic bacteria. However, the vast...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sam Forster
Strengthening routine surveillance of infectious diseases is a high priority in Papua New Guinea (PNG). A major challenge is the lack of cost-...
Supervisor: Professor Leanne Robinson
The cochlea is the organ of the inner ear essential for hearing. It is embedded in the skull and converts sound waves into electrical impulses...
Supervisor: Professor Phillip Bird
Pneumonia is highly prevalent and often deadly in stroke patients, raising the possibility of weakened lung immunity after stroke. The focus of this...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Connie Wong
Industry-Academia PhD Position
New tools for immunopeptidomics
An opportunity for an outstanding PhD candidate to undertake a collaborative...
Supervisor: Professor Anthony Purcell
An opportunity for an outstanding PhD candidate to undertake a collaborative project between Industry and Monash University.
The project: The use...
Supervisor: Professor Anthony Purcell
HIV infection has a substantial impact on immune cells, and whilst many of these effects are improved after starting anti-HIV therapy, they are often...
Supervisor: Dr Anna Hearps
Inflammation in the lung is critical for host defence against viruses. However, excessive inflammation and immunopathology are characteristic...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Michelle Tate
As malaria transmission continues to decline, even the most sensitive methods for determining prevalence via detection of the parasite become...
Supervisor: Professor Leanne Robinson
Background
Nuclear transport is central to eukaryotic cell processes such as signal transduction and differentiation, where changes in transcription...
Supervisor: Professor David Jans
Nuclear transport inhibitors to combat diseases
Two major health burdens world-wide are cancer and infectious diseases like viral illnesses and...
Supervisor: Professor David Jans
Bacteria are embroiled in a constant struggle with virulent bacteriophages. This battle for survival spans millions of years of evolution. Throughout...
Supervisor: Dr Gavin Knott
Transplantation is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage organ disease, but requires immunosuppressive medications to prevent rejection...
Supervisor: Brad Gardiner
Hepatitis B infection affects over 257 million people worldwide and is a major public health issue. Without timely treatment, chronic hepatitis B...
Supervisor: Dr Jess Howell
Australia has an estimated 3000+ needle and syringe distribution outlets, servicing an estimated population of 90,000 people who inject drugs (PWID...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
Over the past years, our scientific and clinical research team has pursued basic discovery and preclinical research into the skin autoimmune disease...
Supervisor: Dr. Asolina Braun