Research Projects
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a physical disability that affects movement and posture. CP is the most common physical disability in childhood, but the...
Supervisor: Dr Jan Kaslin
Project title: Investigating how nuclei communicate to coordinate gene expression
With technical advances in tissue engineering, genomics, and...
Supervisor: Dr. William Roman
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
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
Recent advancements in the field of nuclear medicine have introduced promising theranostic agents for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer....
Supervisor: Dr Laura Porter
Background:
The innate immune system senses and responds to endogenous and exogenous danger signals in order to protect the host. cGAMP synthase (...
Supervisor: Dr Dominic De Nardo
Stillbirth and small for gestational age (SGA) remain major adverse, unresolved, and untreated outcomes of pregnancy. Global estimates indicate 1.9...
Supervisor: Dr Stacey Ellery
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder, chronic inflammation leads to chronic pain. People with endometriosis experience pain during and...
Supervisor: Dr Fiona Cousins
The development of diabetic complications including vascular and renal disease is enhanced in diabetic patients. However, the underlying mechanism as...
Supervisor: Dr Jay C. Jha
Gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia are relatively common pregnancy complications that increase the risk of adverse outcomes for the mother...
Supervisor: Dr Kristen Bubb
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
While traditionally thought to primarily support neuronal function, there is increasing evidence to suggest astrocytes play an important role in...
Supervisor: Dr Bianca Jupp
To survive in an environment regularly exposed to fungal, bacterial, parasitic, and viral pathogens, the adaptive arm of the immune system of jawed...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jerome Le Nours
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