Research Projects
Machine-learning design of new cytokine receptor modulators
Cytokines are small immune signalling proteins that control inflammation, but many are...
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Ellisdon
Air pollution (AP) is a major, yet poorly understood determinant of cardiovascular events. This research aims to comprehensively investigate the...
Supervisor: Dr Quan Huynh
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in Australia and globally. In Australia, ~40,000 people suffer a stroke each year. Survivors often...
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya
Alternative splicing is a regulatory pathway that can can change the messenger RNA produced from a gene and subsequently the proteins that are...
Supervisor: Professor Merlin Thomas
An exciting opportunity exists for a joint Monash-Warwick PhD candidate to work with a team of experts in parenting, youth mental health, and...
Supervisor: Professor Marie Yap
Early life inflammation causes severe diseases in babies born preterm, including the chronic lung disease bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), the...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold
Research shows that earlier initiation of drug use is associated with a range of adverse outcomes later in life including problematic substance use...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
The LCT-producing clostridia are an important group of pathogens that cause severe disease in both humans and animals. In most cases the diseases...
Supervisor: Professor Dena Lyras
The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) was the first facility of its kind to open in the e English-speaking world and the Southern...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
The incredible diversity of Australian mammals, including the remarkable radiation of marsupials, have been researched for over a century. Yet much...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Justin Adams
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature, is essential for tumor growth and metastasis. In the last decade,...
Supervisor: Dr Katrina Colafella
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the most important hormonal systems regulating both acute and chronic blood pressure. The main effector...
Supervisor: Professor Robert Widdop
The perinatal period can be a stressful and challenging time, and the exacerbation of pre-existing mental health challenges, as well as new episodes...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
Curcumin analogues
Curcumin plays an important role in many integrated signaling pathways that regulate cancer development such as apoptosis,...
Supervisor: Professor Dr Rakesh Naidu
The pathophysiologic progression to heart failure is a complex process. Initial insults such a myocardial infarction or chronic hypertension, trigger...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
Helicobacter pylori is a pathogenic bacterium that infects the stomachs of half the world's population, causing chronic gastritis, ulcers, and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anna Roujeinikova
Snake venom contains many bioactive molecules and toxins with potential therapeutic applications, including anti-cancer. Snake venom proteins such as...
Supervisor: Dr Syafiq Asnawi
The project: Antigen presenting cells (APCs) play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining an immune response towards cancer cells. In recent...
Supervisor: Professor Anthony Purcell
Background: Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are fibroblastic precursor cells that have the stem cell-like ability to differentiate into...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracy Heng