Research Projects
Stroke affecting the visual pathway cause considerable disability due to impairment of visual field and driving. Previous study have suggested that...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Knowledge of the topographic distribution of infarcts of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA) may give insight into the limits of the arterial...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease affecting the brain and spine and has an autoimmune component. Women are affected more than men. There are...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The anterior choroidal artery is a branch of the internal carotid artery and to a lesser extent the middle cerebral artery. It supplies the area from...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Title of project: Measuring the value of spleen preserving procedures
Short description: The spleen is an important part of the immune system,...
Supervisor: Prof Ian Woolley
Diseases such as SLE (lupus) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are treated by glucocorticoids (steroids), because these drugs are highly effective....
Supervisor: Professor Eric Morand
The gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and Shigella translocate virulence proteins, termed "effector proteins...
Supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Hartland
We have identified novel molecules expressed during the early events of ovarian cancer invasion to healthy tissue. We hypothesize that these...
Supervisor: Dr Maree Bilandzic
Stroke is a global leading cause of death and disability. Despite this, there is currently no
treatment to limit inflammatory events which has been...
Supervisor: Dr Joshua Bourne
Accurate prediction of neurologic outcome after hypoxic coma is important. We have previously published on the utility of pupillary responses,...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Macrophages are innate immune cells that detect environmental, pathogen or host cellular danger molecules, and initiate appropriate immune responses...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Kate Lawlor
Mitochondria are critical to cellular function, producing cellular bioenergy, but they also have important roles in ion homeostasis, programmed cell...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Garama
The aim of this project is to assess the need for mobile imaging. The PhD project will focus on x-rays and ultrasound. The study will perform a data-...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe
Background: Leukaemia accounts for ~30% of all childhood cancers and ~20% of childhood cancer deaths, representing the most common pediatric cancer...
Supervisor: Dr Catherine Carmichael
This research project aims to generate patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived brain cells to model the effects of Type I...
Supervisor: Dr. Natalia G. Sampaio
The innate immune system is capable of intricately detailed detection, differentiation and elimination of pathogenic bacteria. However, the vast...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sam Forster
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
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
Monash Live-Biobanking & Precision Cancer Immunotherapy (MoLBi-PCI): From Bench to Precision Therapies
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith