Research Projects
Mitochondrial DNA encodes key genes associated with the cell’s major energy-generating process, oxidative phosphorylation, which takes place in the...
Supervisor: Professor Justin St John
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
Project Description: This project will involve molecular and immunohistochemical analyses of hearts, aortas and kidneys from transgenic mice...
Supervisor: Dr Morag Young
Exosomes are nano-sized particles shed by cells. They contain bioactive cargo such as microRNAs and proteins, which can exert effects on specific...
Supervisor: Dr Rebecca Lim
Arnold Chiari malformation is a structural abnormality of the base of the brain where there is displacement of the lower portion of the cerebellum...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Gillian Nixon
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
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder with serious cardiovascular and neurocognitive consequences. Importantly obesity, which...
Supervisor: Adj ClinAssProf Garun Hamilton
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
Acute kidney injury can occur in multiple hospital settings, including after major surgery (particularly when cardiopulmonary bypass is required),...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Roger Evans
Use of an oral health index to detect frailty in an HIV positive population.
In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV positive patients...
Supervisor: Dr Ian Woolley
Use of Patient Specific Products in Maxillofacial Reconstruction: An Anatomical and Clinical Study
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Use of the 4D CT Scan to Assess Glenoid Tracking in Patients with a Tight Posterior Capsule
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Blue-sky research cannot be easily judged on the basis of practical impact, but clinical research is different and should be useful. It should make a...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
Our previous published work uncovered a novel finding that estradiol regulates the expression and neuronal firing of a distinct subgroup of...
Supervisor: Dr Rachel Hill
Drosophila as a model organism: The largest genome wide association study (GWAS) to date in schizophrenia identified approximately 108 risk loci, but...
Supervisor: Dr Rachel Hill
Occupational violence is a hospital priority as it affects all health care workers with significant adverse effects. Key to prevention is to identify...
Supervisor: Dr Stuart Lee