Research Projects
Our recent study of silica-exposed workers found that 51% of stone benchtop industry (SBI) workers screened were born overseas, and 33% were born in...
Supervisor: Dr StellaMay Gwini
This project will structurally and functionally characterise the S-Pumps found in Clostridioides difficile, Bacillus solimangrovi, and Paenibacillus...
Supervisor: Dr Christopher Stubenrauch
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
This project will explore the human T cell receptor molecular recognition of mycobacterial lipid antigens presented by CD1b. These lipids are unique...
Supervisor: Dr Adam Shahine
Wombats and koalas are the only survivors of an extensive radiation of mostly terrestrial vombatiforms dating back to the late Oligocene. Wombats and...
Supervisor: Dr Olga Panagiotopoulou
Occupational therapists, other health care professionals and education staff often assess the skills and abilities of children presenting with...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ted Brown
The interplay between genotype and phenotype is governed by a multitude of genetic interactions (GIs), and the mapping of GI networks holds...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
Long COVID has emerged as a global health issue with long-term social and economic impacts. It is estimated that 5-10% of people infected with SARS-...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Gill
Endometriosis is a chronic, severe disease characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus and occurs in 1 in 7 women...
Supervisor: Dr Harriet Fitzgerald
The Treatment and Prevention study (TAP) was a world first clinical trial of DAA treatment for a group of people who inject drugs (PWID). The idea is...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
Cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are a family of species-specific viruses that have evolved sophisticated strategies to interfere with host immunity, thereby...
Supervisor: Dr Richard Berry
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a prominent opportunistic pathogen that can cause chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients, as well as serious...
Supervisor: Dr Meiling Han
Advancing age is associated with impaired functional ability, which refers to a reduced ability to perform activities of daily living, such as...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a devastating condition that causes profound disability in millions of children worldwide. Significant knowledge gaps...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
A diet rich in ultra-processed foods and refined carbohydrates, yet low in nutrients and fibre, is associated with an increased risk of chronic...
Supervisor: Dr Michael Houghton
Interferon epsilon (IFNe) is a unique member of the type I interferon family which is constitutively expressed by mucosal epithelia. We recently...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Campbell
Refractory status epilepticus (RSE), is a rare neurological emergency, characterised by continuing or recurrent seizures despite initial...
Supervisor: Dr Neha Kaul
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
As stone and bronze use shaped their respective ages, the current uncurbed plastic use is shaping what historians have dubbed the “Plastic Age”....
Supervisor: Dr Kim O'Sullivan
Neutrophils, T cells and B cells are all critical cells of the immune system which participate in the vicious cycle of inflammation in ANCA...
Supervisor: Dr Kim O'Sullivan