Research Projects
This project aims to develop integrative, data-driven frameworks to elucidate how genomic, environmental, and behavioural factors interact to shape...
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Alshawsh
The Y-chromosome gene, SRY, is widely expressed in the male brain, such as the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area (VTA), pre-frontal cortex (...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
Pelvic organ Prolapse (POP) is a debilitating urogynecological disorder arising from vaginal birth trauma that goes unrecognised, and culminates as a...
Supervisor: Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
Lung cancer patient's die from metastatic disease, not primary disease. In the case of small cell lung cancer the brain is a primary site of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough
Osteosarcoma is the most prevalent primary bone tumour, with a predominance in children and adolescents in periods of rapid growth. Despite...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain
Pattern recognition receptors, including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and NOD-like receptors (NLRs), are key components of the innate immune response....
Supervisor: Associate Professor Kate Lawlor
Osteosarcoma is the most prevalent primary malignant tumour of the bone, mainly affecting teenagers and young adults, particularly during growth...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain
Our laboratory has for the first time identified a new NOD-like receptor (NLR) protein in the regulation of inflammation in response to chronic...
Supervisor: Professor Richard Ferrero
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been instrumental in discovering these loci, and they have successfully identified numerous disease-...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
There are over 7,000 rare diseases that on average take ~4 years to diagnose, during which families consult on average 5 doctors and receive 3...
Supervisor: Professor Katrina Williams
Stroke affects one in five Australian women. There is emerging evidence that stroke affects women different to men.The requirement for stroke...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
There is a well defined difference between a novice and an expert in surgical training and simulation-based educational programmes and research....
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Determination of intermediate surgical skill in surgeons, a simulation-based educational validation study
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Clinical trials have been criticized for not having gender balance. However, there is a lack of understanding of the reasons why this may have...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Traditionally, the ischemic penumbra has been analyses using volumetric approach. It is defined as perfusion deficit on Tmax minus infarct core...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
We are developing 3-dimensional human brain organoids using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We can model the effect of neuroinflammation in...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
The COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has shown high infection and mortality rates worldwide. Although most people experience mild...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
Lymphomas bearing translocations of the MYC oncogene represent some of the most aggressive blood cancers in the clinic - Burkitt lymphoma and Diffuse...
Supervisor: Professor Jake Shortt
Spectroscopy, an analytical chemical technique is an attractive approach for analysing human disease for biomarker discovery. Biospecimens can be...
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Keung
Inflammation-induced brain injury remains one of the main causes of lifelong disability after birth. There is no effective treatment. Elevated levels...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky