Research Projects
Cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are a family of species-specific viruses that have evolved sophisticated strategies to interfere with host immunity, thereby...
Supervisor: Dr Richard Berry
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a prominent opportunistic pathogen that can cause chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients, as well as serious...
Supervisor: Dr Meiling Han
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
Stroke is Australia’s second greatest cause of death after coronary heart disease and is aleading cause of disability. We have four independent...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
A number of universities run units or majors in the field of developmental biology, embryology or stem cells. Developmental biology encompasses and/...
Supervisor: Dr Sonja McKeown
This project centres on KIR3DL1 polymorphism and how it translates to improved outcomes in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment...
Supervisor: Mr Julian Vivian
Current programs
*Systems pharmacology studies of the mode of action and resistance mechanisms of
antibiotics
*Antibiotic hybrids
*Inhalation...
Supervisor: Tony Velkov
Many bacteria are motile. Chemotaxis, mediated by chemoreceptors, plays an important role in bacterial survival and virulence. In this project, we...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anna Roujeinikova
Gram-negative bacteria have caused substantial multi-drug resistance (MDR) in both clinical and community settings. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs),...
Supervisor: Nanoantibiotics - SHEN LAB
Some intermediary metabolic enzymes are upregulated in the liver of mice and humans with type 2 diabetes. Here we will test whether and how these...
Supervisor: Dr Adam Rose
Recently, renal denervation (removing the renal nerves) has been shown to be an effective and safe treatment for human resistant hypertension and is...
Supervisor: Professor Katherine Denton
Tumours lose features of multicellularity, such as tissue differentiation and coordinated cell division, and start to resemble colonial unicellular...
Supervisor: Dr David Goode
Our laboratory aims to create new knowledge in host-pathogen interactions driven by intracellular bacterial pathogens. Our research team has projects...
Supervisor: Professor Hayley Newton
Mapping the topography and the conditions of indoor/outdoor terrains is an important ongoing research area, as terrain mapping is required for safe...
Supervisor: Don Samitha Elvitigala
This project uses spatial proteomics and transcriptomics data to map locations of immune cells within the vicinity of paediatric and adult brain...
Supervisor: Dr David Goode
Antibiotic resistance continues to emerge and intensify. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising alternative to current antibiotics, but...
Supervisor: Professor Mibel Aguilar
This project aims to determine how conjugative antibiotic resistance and toxin plasmids are transferred in this important pathogenic bacterium.
Supervisor: E/Prof Julian Rood
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo
Age-related olfactory sensory decay, including smell loss and defective odor-discrimination, during normal and pathological aging is a prominent...
Supervisor: Dr Jie Liu
Unlike other infections in which one single encounter with the pathogen is enough to induce long-lasting protection, immunity to malaria might take...
Supervisor: Prof Diana Hansen