Research Projects
Interleukin (IL)-37 was discovered in silico in 2000, but received very little attention (not even 10 publications) in general and nothing at all was...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold
Direct clinical relevance: medium/low. Hands-on learning opportunities: Culture of primary human blood cells and cell lines, protein detection by...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
Granulosa cell tumours (GCT) of the ovary are endocrine tumours that both make and respond to hormones. We have recently confirmed a key mutation in...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Simon Chu
This project involves the translation of findings from mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to human patients, both with IBD and healthy...
Supervisor: Dr Edward Giles
The paediatric bladder may be affected by many functional and anatomical issues that affect it's development. These are poorly described and...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi
The Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University is Australia's first psychedelic lab, and is pioneering a rigorous program of research and...
Supervisor: Paul Liknaitzky, PhD
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) results from childbirth injury, affecting 25% of all women. It causes bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction. POP is...
Supervisor: Adjunct Prof Caroline Gargett
Migraine is a common disorder with estimated age adjusted prevalence of 19089 per 100000 (https://gntem3.shinyapps.io/msglobal/). It is more common...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Neonatal brain network dynamics in the preterm period: A mathematical-clinical neuroscience approach
Little is known about how the neuronal circuits and neuronal population dynamics in the brain of preterm-born infants can be adequately characterised...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
We are looking for an HONS student in 2025 to join our multidisciplinary team that uses video review of neonatal resuscitations to improve...
Supervisor: Dr Douglas Blank
Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer great promise as a neuroprotective therapy against a range of neurological conditions, like cerebral palsy. NSC...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
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
Newborn/infant parasympathetic evaluation (NIPE) to evaluate intraoperative pain response in infants undergoing laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Medical health records are essential tools for documenting patients' medical histories. Standardizing these records is crucial because it allows...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe
Direct clinical relevance: high. Hands-on learning opportunities: Various aspects of work with mice, workup of tissues for various downstream...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), predominantly Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), is a chronic inflammatory condition of unknown...
Supervisor: Dr Edward Giles
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive collapse (apnoea) or partial collapse (hypopnoea) of the pharyngeal airway during sleep...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Garun Hamilton
Inflammation in the lung is critical for host defence against viruses. However, excessive inflammation and immunopathology are characteristic...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Michelle Tate
We manage the Australian Autoinflammatory Disease Registry (AADRY.org), and collaborate widely to identify genetic variants that may be the cause of...
Supervisor: Prof Seth Masters
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects over 7 million people worldwide. Hallmark symptom of PD is...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee