Research Projects
Metallo‐peptidases cleave amino acids from either the N‐ and C‐termini of peptide hormones to either generate or degrade biologically active peptides...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
Fibroblasts in the lymph nodes are able to regulate differentiation and localization of innate and adaptive immune cells. They are also a primary...
Supervisor: Dr Kostas Knoblich
TCR recognition of peptide + MHC class I complexes (pMHCI) is central to CD8+ T cell function. It is clear that the nature of the TCR-pMHCI...
Supervisor: Professor Nicole La Gruta
DC take up, process and present antigen (Ag) to T cells to initiate immune responses. There are multiple DC subsets that are tailored for different...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Mireille Lahoud
Anorexia nervosa (AN) has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder - 12 times higher than the death rate from all other causes in...
Supervisor: Dr Claire Foldi
Development of protein nanopores for long sequence genome reading
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Michelle Dunstone
A central feature of inflammatory diseases is the migration of white blood cells into the affected tissues. This is controlled by a group of proteins...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Martin Stone
We are interested in defining the biological principles that define connectivity between cells in the primate brain. This requires information about...
Supervisor: Professor Marcello Rosa
Despite enormous progress in research, cancer remains a devastating disease worldwide. Since generally not all patients will respond to a specific...
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen
A blow to the head causes a number of behavioural, cognitive, emotional, sensory and motor problems. We are interested in the brain changes that...
Supervisor: Professor Ramesh Rajan
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has a mortality rate 12 times higher than the annual death rate from all causes in females aged 15 to 24. Currently, there is...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Oldfield
Cancer cachexia is the progressive loss of body weight, accompanied by loss of appetite, which affects around 80% of cancer patients. Inappropriate...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Lockie
We are constantly bombarded with sensory information, and our brains need a mechanism to filter out necessary information. The process of visual...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Hagan
Damage to primary visual cortex will cause cortical blindness, a condition where patients no longer have conscious visual perception in the parts of...
Supervisor: Dr Leo Lui
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo
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
We are facing an era where the antibiotic cornerstone of modern medicine is under threat due to bacterial resistance. Deadly superbugs are not only...
Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Payne
Tuberous sclerosis, or “tuberous sclerosis complex” (TSC), is a lifelong genetic disorder that affects millions of individuals. TSC is manifest in...
Supervisor: Dr Charles Bayly-Jones
Industry-Academia PhD Position
New tools for immunopeptidomics
An opportunity for an outstanding PhD candidate to undertake a collaborative...
Supervisor: Professor Anthony Purcell
Therapies that enhance the immune response to tumours have revolutionised the management of cancer. However, most tumours do not have a high...
Supervisor: Professor Tony Tiganis