PhD and Honours research projects: 2012 intake

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Research Theme Research Division Research Project Title Supervisor(s)
Infectious diseases Immunology
Immunology
Understanding the persistence of immunological memory

Associate Professor David Tarlinton

Professor Phil Hodgkin

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of hearing loss

Dr Rachel Burt

Dr Marina Carpinelli

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Investigation of the genetics of progressive hearing loss

Dr Rachel Burt

Dr Marina Carpinelli

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Molecular Immunology
Molecular Immunology
Therapies to promote immune mediated clearance of HIV, hepatitis B virus and tuberculosis

Dr Marc Pellegrini

Dr Gabrielle Belz

Dr Axel Kailles

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Regulation of host cell invasion in Toxoplasma parasites

Dr Chris Tonkin

Professor Alan Cowman

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Moving in and renovating: Understanding the role of malaria proteins in erythrocyte remodeling

Professor Alan Cowman

Dr Justin Boddey

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Chemical Biology
Infection and Immunity
Plasmepsin V inhibitors as antimalarial agents

Dr Justin Boddey

Dr Brad Sleebs

Professor Alan Cowman

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Role of exported proteins in the intracellular dynamics of liver-stage malaria

Dr Justin Boddey

Professor Alan Cowman

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Understanding how malaria parasites remodel the red blood cell of humans

Professor Alan Cowman

Dr Justin Boddey

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Structural Biology
Understanding the role of proteins in invasion of human red blood cellsby malaria parasites

Professor Alan Cowman

Dr Tony Hodder

Dr Peter Czabotar

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Understanding the structure and function of adhesins in invasion of malaria parasites

Professor Alan Cowman

Dr Wai-Hong Tham

Dr Tony Hodder

Cancer Stem Cells and Cancer
Stem Cells and Cancer
LMO4 in lung development and cancer

Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat

Professor Jane Visvader

Cancer Stem Cells and Cancer
Stem Cells and Cancer
Preclinical validation of new combination therapies in xenograft mouse models of lung cancer

Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat

Professor Geoff Lindeman

Infectious diseases Molecular Immunology
Molecular Immunology
The role of effector regulatory T cells in immunity and pathology

Dr Axel Kallies

Dr Stephen Nutt

Cancer Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Systems biology for RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq data

Professor Gordon Smyth

To be advised.

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
The role of chemokine networks in severe malaria and the control of parasite density

Dr Diana Hansen

Associate Professor Louis Schofield

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Development of B cell memory and antibody responses to malaria

Dr Diana Hansen

Associate Professor Louis Schofield

Cancer Stem Cells and Cancer
Stem Cells and Cancer
Stem Cells and Cancer
Identification of microRNAs that regulate cell-fate decisions & differentiation in the mammary gland

Professor Jane Visvader

Professor Geoff Lindeman

Dr Bhupinder Pal

Cancer Stem Cells and Cancer
Bioinformatics
Pre-clinical analysis of therapies targeted to specific sub-types of epithelial ovarian cancer

Associate Professor Clare Scott

Dr Matthew Wakefield

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
The role of NF-kB in the development of autoimmunity and cancer in FasL-Fas mutant mice

Dr Lorraine O'Reilly

Professor Andreas Strasser

Infectious diseases Inflammation
Inflammation
Inflammation
Screening for virus miRNA that target the host innate immune response and inflammation

Dr Seth Masters

Dr Motti Gerlic

Dr Ben Croker

Chronic inflammatory diseases Inflammation
Immunology
Targeting inflammation during islet transplantation

Dr Seth Masters

Dr Robyn Sutherland

Cancer Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Cell Signalling and Cell Death
The role of phosphorylation in the regulation of pro-apoptoic Bax

Dr Grant Dewson

Dr Ruth Kluck

Robert Ninnis

Cancer Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Complex dynamics of natural acquisition of host immune responses to P. falciparum and P.vivax in PNG

Professor Ivo Mueller

Associate Professor Louis Schofield

Cancer Cancer and Haematology
Cancer and Haematology
Modelling the multi-step pathogenesis of T-cell leukaemia

Dr Matthew McCormack

Professor Warren Alexander

Infectious diseases Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Discovering new treatments for debilitating parasitic diseases using medicinal chemistry

Associate Professor Jonathan Baell

Dr Brad Sleebs

Infectious diseases Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Discovery of novel agents with dual trypanocidal and fungicidal activity to treat Chagas’ disease

Associate Professor Jonathan Baell

Dr Brad Sleebs

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
How do apoptosis and anergy integrate to prevent autoimmune disease?

Dr Daniel Gray

Professor Andreas Strasser

Cancer Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
PAINS: Elucidation of mechanisms of action in inhibiting translation

Associate Professor Jonathan Baell

Dr Chris Burns

Infectious diseases Structural Biology
Structural Biology
Targeting cell death pathways in parasites

Dr Doug Fairlie

Dr Erinna Lee

Cancer Chemical Biology
Structural Biology
Design and structural characterisation of Bcl-2 inhibitors

Dr Guillaume Lessene

Dr Peter Czabotar

Cancer Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Synthesis and mode of action studies of spirocyclic alkaloids

Dr Guillaume Lessene

Dr Chris Burns

Cancer Cancer and Haematology
Cancer and Haematology
Contribution of platelets to cancer progression

Dr Emma Josefsson

Dr Benjamin Kile

Chronic inflammatory diseases Immunology
Immunology
Improving drug therapies for immune diseases

Professor Phil Hodgkin

Dr Susanne Heinzel

Infectious diseases Structural Biology
Structural Biology
Mechanics of transmembrane signalling in the immune system

Dr Matthew Call

Dr Melissa Call

 

Cancer Cancer and Haematology
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Programmed cell death and angiogenesis

Dr Leigh Coultas

Professor Andreas Strasser

Infectious diseases Structural Biology
Structural Biology
How do immune regulatory enzymes recognise substrates inside the lipid bilayer?

Dr Matthew Call

Dr Melissa Call

Cancer Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Cytokine signalling in myeloid leukaemia

Dr Anissa Jabbour

Associate Professor Paul Ekert

Cancer Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Synthesis and testing of novel covalent enzyme inhibitors

Dr Chris Burns

Associate Professor Jonathan Baell

Dr Kurt Lackovic

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
How do malaria parasites signal for invasion?

Professor Alan Cowman

Dr Wai-Hong Tham

Cancer Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Design and synthesis of selective kinase inhibitors

Dr Chris Burns

Dr Guillaume Lessene

Cancer Structural Biology
Structural Biology
Ligand binding to the insulin-like growth factor receptor

Associate Professor Mike Lawrence

Dr Jacqui Gulbis

Cancer Chemical Biology
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Chemical Biology
Development of fluorescently labeled Bcl-2 inhibitors

Dr Chris Burns

Professor Andreas Strasser

Professor David Huang

Cancer Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Generation of an inter-lineage cross-talk model of haematopoietic stem cell development

Dr Samir Taoudi

Professor Doug Hilton

Cancer Structural Biology
Structural Biology
A novel strategy for understanding how insulin binds to its receptor

Associate Professor Mike Lawrence

Dr Jacqui Gulbis

Cancer Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Computational methods and analysis of tumour genome sequence data

Dr Tony Papenfuss

Professor Terry Speed

Infectious diseases Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Scabies mite genome project

Dr Tony Papenfuss

Professor Terry Speed

Cancer Chemical Biology
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Personalised Medicine and Systems Biology
Identifying and validating novel targets for cancer therapy

Professor David Huang

Professor Andreas Strasser

Professor Liam O'Connor

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Immunology
Molecular Immunology
Tgfb signalling in Blimp1-mediated T cell differentiation

Dr Axel Kallies

Dr Stephen Nutt

Cancer Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Chemical Biology
Identification of Novel Targets for Cancer Therapy

Dr Ian Street

Dr Hendrik Falk

Professor David Huang

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Cancer and Haematology
Investigating transcriptional regulation of eosinophil development

Dr Clare Morgan

Professor Doug Hilton

Professor Warren Alexander

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
The molecular epidemiology of malaria transmission in the Southwest Pacific

Professor Ivo Mueller

Dr Alyssa Barry

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Mapping malaria parasite population structure in the Asia-Pacific

Dr Alyssa Barry

Professor Ivo Mueller

Cancer Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Molecular Genetics of Cancer
Regulating the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis

Dr Ruth Kluck

Dr Amber Alsop

Infectious diseases Molecular Immunology
Infection and Immunity
Molecular Immunology
Understanding the generation of protective memory T cells

Dr Gabrielle Belz

Dr Marc Pellegrini

Dr Axel Kallies

Chronic inflammatory diseases Molecular Immunology
Molecular Immunology
Transcriptional regulation of innate immune cells protecting the intestinal tract

Dr Gabrielle Belz

Dr Erika Cretney

Infectious diseases Molecular Immunology
Molecular Immunology
Molecular Immunology
Epigenetic control of dendritic cell development and function

Dr Rhys Allan

 

Dr Gabrielle Belz

Dr Stephen Nutt

Infectious diseases Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity
Population biology of two newly identified species of human malaria parasite

Dr Alyssa Barry

Dr Celine Barnadas

Chronic inflammatory diseases Inflammation
Cancer and Haematology
Targeted deletion of GM-CSF from immune cell populations and the effect on inflammatory arthritis

Professor Ian Wicks

Professor Warren Alexander

Cancer Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Analysis of CARP1 and CARP2 KO mice

Professor David Vaux

Dr Najoua Lalaoui

Dr James Vince

Cancer Cancer and Haematology
Cancer and Haematology
Understanding the interplay between JAK2 and SOCS3 in blood diseases

Dr Jeff Babon

Dr James Murphy

Cancer Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Cell Signalling and Cell Death
How FADD connects TNF receptors to RIPK1 and RIPK3

Professor David Vaux

Dr Kate Lawlor

Chronic inflammatory diseases Cell Signalling and Cell Death
Personalised Medicine and Systems Biology
Mapping the TNFR1 interactome

Associate Professor John Silke

Dr Andrew Webb

Chronic inflammatory diseases Structural Biology
Structural Biology
Regulation of calcium signalling

Dr Jacqui Gulbis

Associate Professor Mike Lawrence

Infectious diseases Immunology
Immunology
Exploring cellular calculation with the B lymphocyte model

Professor Phil Hodgkin

Associate Professor David Tarlinton

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