Research Projects
Shortly following invasion, Babesia bovis induces the formation of unique structures on the RBC surface, which we have termed ‘ridges’. Importantly,...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
Infection triggers large-scale changes in the phenotype and function of killer T cells that are critical for immune function, yet the gene regulatory...
Supervisor: Professor Stephen Turner
Stroke is a debilitating disease that can cause permanent neurological damage, complications, and death. At present, there are very few treatment...
Supervisor: Dr Bradley Broughton
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic poses a continued threat to public health and well-being, especially in people who have a compromised immune system....
Supervisor: Dr Gabriela Khoury
The spleen is an important organ of the immune system and it is often removed for the treatment of different medical conditions, to perform surgery...
Supervisor: Dr Gabriela Khoury
Aim 1:
Identify the impact of the anatomic handover on Australian medical student’s perception of anatomy?
Aim 2:
How do anatomy conversions of...
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Lazarus
The mammalian oocyte is the largest cell in the body and undergoes two highly specialised asymmetric meiotic cell divisions. Coordination of...
Supervisor: Professor John Carroll
Background: Approximately 10% of infants worldwide are born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation), at a time when their kidneys are still...
Supervisor: Professor Mary Black
This project investigates the neurological effects of natural bushfire exposure on brain cells, with a particular focus on inhibitory neurons. We...
Supervisor: Dr Nafiseh Atapour
A major neglected environmental issue is contamination from synthetic chemicals. These chemicals encompass a vast and rapidly growing number of...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Stringer
Cancer develops through a complex evolutionary process where cells acquire mutations that accelerate their growth, compete and co-operate with each...
Supervisor: Dr David Goode
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo
The food intake of the mother during gestation and the breastfeeding period has far-reaching consequences for the development of the child and their...
Supervisor: Dr. Asolina Braun
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the most important hormonal systems regulating both acute and chronic blood pressure. The main effector...
Supervisor: Professor Robert Widdop
People with underlying non-communicable disease have lower tolerance and worse outcomes to infections but we don't understand why. To begin to...
Supervisor: Dr Adam Rose
This project is part of the RNA Systems Biology Lab's ambition to de-risk discovery and translational research using a novel RNA-seq based...
Supervisor: Prof Traude Beilharz
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
Recent advancements in the field of nuclear medicine have introduced promising theranostic agents for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer....
Supervisor: Dr Laura Porter
Background:
The innate immune system senses and responds to endogenous and exogenous danger signals in order to protect the host. cGAMP synthase (...
Supervisor: Dr Dominic De Nardo
Gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia are relatively common pregnancy complications that increase the risk of adverse outcomes for the mother...
Supervisor: Dr Kristen Bubb