Research Projects
In the developing embryo, the heart starts off as a simple straight tube that pumps blood inefficiently. As the embryo grows, the heart twists and...
Supervisor: Dr. Renee Chow
This project would be situated within the Prato International Collaborative for Improvement in Parent, Child and Family Mental Health ("The...
Supervisor: Dr Rochelle Hine
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a maternally-inherited mitochondrial disorder that...
Supervisor: Mary Herbert
Project type: Systematic Review
Background: Obesity is a complex health concern that impacts every facet of a patients life. Discussing obesity...
Supervisor: Dr Kimberley Norman
Everyday we're faced with a multitude of choices - some big, some small. We look at the information available to us, and make a decision. How is...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Hagan
Lower jaw (mandible) fractures are the most common fractures of the head in civilians and military
personnel, disproportionately affecting minority...
Supervisor: Dr Olga Panagiotopoulou
Recent technological advances in micro and nano-fabrication technology and high-yield electrophysiology techniques allowed us to record the activity...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi
The adaptive arm of immune system uses lymphocytes to generate antibody and memory responses to challenges throughout life. Three lineages of...
Supervisor: Dr Martin Davey
The adaptive arm of immune system uses lymphocytes to generate antibody and memory responses to challenges throughout life. Three lineages of...
Supervisor: Dr Martin Davey
Animal and human behaviour frequently involves a choice between actions or goals with conflicting positive and negative outcomes (e.g. rewards and...
Supervisor: Professor Zane Andrews
Pregnancy can be a challenging time for women with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), as they face higher risks of complications. Maintaining optimal glucose...
Supervisor: Dr Negar Naderpoor
In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka and colleagues made the groundbreaking discovery that differentiated cells can be reprogrammed back to a pluripotent state...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Matthew McCormack
Typical symptoms of dengue include sudden onset of fever accompanied by headache, muscle pains, rash, cough, vomiting and haemorrhagic manifestations...
Supervisor: Prof Diana Hansen
Sarcomas are a rare type of cancer that originate in the connective tissue of the body, including fat, muscle, bone, and cartilage. Sarcoma’s can...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain
Brain cancers are notoriously aggressive, and current treatments are often ineffective at preventing disease progression. This research project...
Supervisor: Dr Iman Azimi
Despite advancement in treatment, cancer remains a leading public health burden worldwide. Our understanding of genetic alterations in cancer has...
Supervisor: Dr Terry Lim
Whilst dichotomous thresholds are currently used to diagnose primary aldosteronism (PA), emerging data support the concept of a continuum of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
Shortly following invasion, Babesia bovis induces the formation of unique structures on the RBC surface, which we have termed ‘ridges’. Importantly,...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
Clozapine is one of the multi-target drugs that remains the only approved treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. The multi-target nature of...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
Despite significant progress in prevention and treatment, stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability globally. Particularly, the number...
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya