Research Projects
A central feature of inflammatory diseases is the migration of white blood cells into the affected tissues. This is controlled by a group of proteins...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Martin Stone
Migraine is a common disorder with estimated age adjusted prevalence of 19089 per 100000 (https://gntem3.shinyapps.io/msglobal/). It is more common...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Neonatal brain network dynamics in the preterm period: A mathematical-clinical neuroscience approach
Little is known about how the neuronal circuits and neuronal population dynamics in the brain of preterm-born infants can be adequately characterised...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
We are looking for an HONS student in 2025 to join our multidisciplinary team that uses video review of neonatal resuscitations to improve...
Supervisor: Dr Douglas Blank
We are interested in defining the biological principles that define connectivity between cells in the primate brain. This requires information about...
Supervisor: Professor Marcello Rosa
Despite enormous progress in research, cancer remains a devastating disease worldwide. Since generally not all patients will respond to a specific...
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen
In this project, we will investigate the neural basis of conscious through the extensive analysis of the behavioural, electrophysiological or brain...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nao Tsuchiya
In this project, we will investigate the neural basis of conscious through psychophysical testings of healthy human subjects, primarily through...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nao Tsuchiya
A blow to the head causes a number of behavioural, cognitive, emotional, sensory and motor problems. We are interested in the brain changes that...
Supervisor: Professor Ramesh Rajan
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has a mortality rate 12 times higher than the annual death rate from all causes in females aged 15 to 24. Currently, there is...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Oldfield
Cancer cachexia is the progressive loss of body weight, accompanied by loss of appetite, which affects around 80% of cancer patients. Inappropriate...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Lockie
We are constantly bombarded with sensory information, and our brains need a mechanism to filter out necessary information. The process of visual...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Hagan
How do brain waves control cognitive processes? Using a combination of in vivo electrophysiology and sophisticated cognitive paradigms of working...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Damage to primary visual cortex will cause cortical blindness, a condition where patients no longer have conscious visual perception in the parts of...
Supervisor: Dr Leo Lui
Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer great promise as a neuroprotective therapy against a range of neurological conditions, like cerebral palsy. NSC...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with knee pain, loss of quadriceps strength and reduced functional performance. Knee pain inhibits muscle...
Supervisor: Dr Luke Perraton
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo
Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Degenerative cerebellar ataxias are complex and heterogeneous diseases defined by a range of debilitating motor and non-motor symptoms. These include...
Supervisor: Dr Louisa Selvadurai
The cochlea is the organ of the inner ear essential for hearing. It is embedded in the skull and converts sound waves into electrical impulses...
Supervisor: Professor Phillip Bird