Research Projects
The oocyte-secreted TGF-beta proteins, BMP15 and GDF9, are essential for the acquisition of oocyte developmental competence during folliculogenesis....
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Craig Harrison
The oocyte-secreted factors, bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) and growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), are essential for the acquisition of...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Walton
Background: The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key developmental process that plays an important role during epithelial tumour...
Supervisor: Dr Catherine Carmichael
Rapid advances in virtual reality (VR) technologies have created the means to immerse people in safe, highly realistic, personally designed,...
Supervisor: Dr Rebecca Segrave
Many rehabilitation professionals are starting to use web-based applications to create and monitor exercise programs for their patients. These...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa O'Brien
This is an evolving project that would suit those with a coding/hardware/engineering background as well as medical students. We are currently mass...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Chan
Three dimensional biomodellling, 3D printing and 3D templating for preoperative planning in reconstructive surgery
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The thymus is primarily responsible for generating naïve, self-tolerant T cells from hematopoietic precursors. However, deterioration of thymic...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ann Chidgey
Timely diagnoses and treatments can prevent ongoing transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and hence lead to improved control STIs....
Supervisor: Associate Professor Eric Chow
Glomerulonephritis (GN) involves inflammation of glomerular capillaries in the kidney. One of the most severe forms of GN is associated with...
Supervisor: Dr Dragana Odobasic
Dental wear is a natural and inevitable process consisting in the gradual loss of the enamel layer. Different mechanisms, such as erosion, attrition...
Supervisor: Dr Luca Fiorenza
The cutaneous wound healing process involves three overlapping phases: acute inflammation, proliferation and remodelling. The process involves...
Supervisor: Mr Tom Karagiannis
The Australian Synchrotron is aiming to be a world leader at 3D x-ray imaging of breast cancer patients by performing in-vivo scans by 2021. The...
Supervisor: Dr Matthew Dimmock
Long bones within the limbs grow by forming a cartilage scaffold that is progressively replaced by bone. This happens at the growth plate, located at...
Supervisor: Dr Alberto Rosello Diez
Stroke is due to clot blocking a vessel in the brain. Recent clot retrieval trials have shown that this treatment is very effective and reduce...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The adaptive arm of immune system uses lymphocytes to generate antibody and memory responses to challenges throughout life. Three lineages of...
Supervisor: Dr Martin Davey
Natural killer (NK) cells are effector lymphocytes of the innate immune system that are known for their ability to kill transformed and virus-...
Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Huntington
Transcriptional regulators play a key role in activating oncogenic pathways that impinge on tumour growth, invasion and mestasasis. We have recently...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
The transition to life after birth is one of the greatest physiological challenges that humans face. At birth, the airways are cleared of liquid, to...
Supervisor: Professor Stuart Hooper