Research Projects
Patients born with a single functioning ventricle typically undergo a series of complex surgeries that ultimately lead to blood flow that bypasses...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dave Bark
Our laboratory has recently discovered that select Toll like receptor agonists could be modified to present novel adjuvant properties - with broad...
Supervisor: Prof Michael Gantier
How does the heart form in the embryo?
The heart starts as a simple tube. Even then, it pumps blood around the body. Over time, heart cells sense...
Supervisor: Dr. Renee Chow
Trauma confers risk for virtually all forms of psychopathology. The relationship between trauma, stress, resilience and psychopathology remains...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Cryo-electron tomography (CET) allows for the highest resolution cellular imaging possible at the moment. To get access to all areas of the cell we...
Supervisor: Dr Georg Ramm
Kidney stones are a common urinary tract problem. They can cause obstructions in the urinary system and are a significant risk factor for the...
Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Starkey
This involves the development of Clear, Understandable, Learning-focused, Technology-supported, Culturally aware, Reflective, and Engaging feedback...
Supervisor: Professor Basia Diug
Variant curation is the process of collecting, combining and weighting evidence to determine if a genetic variant is pathogenic, benign or a variant...
Supervisor: Dr Philip Harraka
Pre-eclampsia is a common complication associated with significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although improvements...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
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
This project aims to develop integrative, data-driven frameworks to elucidate how genomic, environmental, and behavioural factors interact to shape...
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Alshawsh
The Y-chromosome gene, SRY, is widely expressed in the male brain, such as the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area (VTA), pre-frontal cortex (...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
Pelvic organ Prolapse (POP) is a debilitating urogynecological disorder arising from vaginal birth trauma that goes unrecognised, and culminates as a...
Supervisor: Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
This ARC funded project will decipher the mechanism(s) underpinning the rapid and extensive membrane remodelling in the Gram-negative bacteria...
Supervisor: Dr Meiling Han
Plasma cells produce antibodies so are important for protection from infections. We are interested in understanding the programming of their...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
In 1 out of 2000 people, an infection with the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) can lead to acute rheumatic fever (ARF), an autoimmune...
Supervisor: Dr Danika Hill
Transcription factors (TFs) are key proteins that regulate gene expression by binding to specific regions of the genome known as regulatory elements...
Supervisor: Dr Anja Knaupp
Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionised the treatment of many cancers, but this potentially effective treatment can also cause significant side-...
Supervisor: Dr Miles Andrews
Lung cancer patient's die from metastatic disease, not primary disease. In the case of small cell lung cancer the brain is a primary site of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough
Osteosarcoma is the most prevalent primary bone tumour, with a predominance in children and adolescents in periods of rapid growth. Despite...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain