Research Projects
Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis is a complex biosynthetic process that produces many medically important peptide natural products, including several...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Max Cryle
Opportunities exist to pursue research in body composition studies of low birth weight infants. This includes growth restricted and small for...
Supervisor: Dr Atul Malhotra
We are developing a cohort of children who have lost skills and developed autism, sometimes called autistic regression. Using video footage prior to...
Supervisor: Professor Katrina Williams
Understanding the effect of Upper Airway Surgery on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Vaccination during pregnancy is effective for providing immunity to some infectious diseases in infants. Some types of maternal immune challenges...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Tim Moss
FIKK kinases are unique among apicomplexan parasites. Interestingly the genome of P. falciparum encodes 20 FIKK kinases, but very little is known...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
Clostridium difficile is recognised as the major cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in Australian hospitals and in hospitals worldwide. Chronic colitis...
Supervisor: Professor Dena Lyras
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disorder, present in at least 11% of adult men and 3% of adult women and is an independent risk factor for...
Supervisor: Dr Brad Edwards
Pathogenic enteric bacteria often occupy distinct ecological niches, and have evolved specific genomic characteristics that enable host and...
Supervisor: Dr Jaclyn Pearson
Background:
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common potentially lethal Mendelian disease, affecting around 1/1000 people. It arises when...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ian Smyth
Type I interferons (IFNs) are a family of innate immune cytokines which regulate numerous biological functions in homeostasis, host defense and anti-...
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Tate
Antibiotics are a precious and diminishing resource. There is a desperate need to reduce or replace the use of antibiotics to treat bacterial...
Supervisor: Professor Dena Lyras
One of the major areas of interest in our laboratory is the importance of chemokines and their receptors in the regulation of immune responses and...
Supervisor: Dr Remy Robert
Throughout life exposure to a vast array of pathogens shapes our immune system to establish a repertoire of specific memory T cells that can be...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Mifsud
Project Description: This project will involve molecular and immunohistochemical analyses of hearts, aortas and kidneys from transgenic mice...
Supervisor: Dr Morag Young
Asthma affects approximately one in nine Australians and is one of the most common conditions treated in General Practice. In January 2018 a new...
Supervisor: Dr Chris Barton
Opioid overdose is a major public health problem globally, with overdose incidence and mortality from overdose increasing at rapid rates in North...
Supervisor: Ms Penny Hill
Opioid overdose is a major public health problem globally, with overdose incidence and mortality from overdose increasing at rapid rates in North...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
Online tools assist people with ABI to connect socially and compensate for memory. Alarmingly, sophisticated cybercrime is rife, with $90.9 million...
Supervisor: Dr Kate Gould