Research Projects
IMPDH2, an oncogene in various cancers, is a key rate-limiting enzyme in nucleotide synthesis, maintaining guanine-based nucleotides for nucleic acid...
Supervisor: Dr Gamze Kuser Abali
Background
Nuclear transport is central to eukaryotic cell processes such as signal transduction and differentiation, where changes in transcription...
Supervisor: Professor David Jans
Nuclear transport inhibitors to combat diseases
Two major health burdens world-wide are cancer and infectious diseases like viral illnesses and...
Supervisor: Professor David Jans
Bacteria are embroiled in a constant struggle with virulent bacteriophages. This battle for survival spans millions of years of evolution. Throughout...
Supervisor: Dr Gavin Knott
Women are recommended to have a 6-8 postnatal check after having a baby, usually with their general practitioner (GP). Whilst there is an expectation...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
This project is examining nutrigenomics as a tool for prevention of cardiometabolic risk factors.
The candidate will have an opportunity to learn...
Supervisor: Professor Barbora De Courten
As the global population ages, it's increasingly important to understand the role of behavioral risk factors such as diet in disease prevention...
Supervisor: Holly Wild
Maternal and foetal health outcomes are significantly influenced by nutritional status during pregnancy. Micronutrients, including vitamins and...
Supervisor: Dr Md Nazmul Karim
This research program utilises implementation science theories and frameworks to develop an implementation intervention aimed at enhancing the uptake...
Supervisor: Dr Ching Shan (Angela) Wan
Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) disease effects more than 80% of obese patients. This disease is gaining increasing attention as independent driver...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton
Primary liver cancer is one of the world’s deadliest cancers and the third most common cause of cancer death. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...
Supervisor: Professor Tony Tiganis
Occupational therapists frequently work with children and families using a client, child and family centred approach. Investigating the modes and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ted Brown
Cubosomes have attracted widespread attention in the pharmaceutical industry due to their high stability, ability to contain amphiphilic drugs,...
Supervisor: Nanoantibiotics - SHEN LAB
Background: Developing new commodities for obstetric-related conditions is impeded by several barriers, including a focus on “recycling” or...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
Given the Australian Government spent over $135 million on older person health assessments in 2019 alone, it is important that the value of the 75+HA...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
Oligodendrocytes play a vital role as supporting cells within the central nervous system, aiding in signal transmission among a plethora of other...
Supervisor: Yasith Mathangasinghe
The rising rates of obesity represent a serious public health challenge worldwide. It currently outranks smoking as a leading modifiable risk factor...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi
Advanced age is the strongest risk factor for cancer development, with 1 in 2 persons developing cancer by age 85. Despite being a strong predictor...
Supervisor: Dr Lochlan Fennell
Psychedelic therapies are undergoing a innovation revolution. There has been a rapid increase in the number of research trials, funding, commercial...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Adrian Carter
In Australia, 20% of pregnancies occur within the first year of a birth and most are unintended. Unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield