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Student research projects

We offer diverse opportunities for students to join our research teams. Our student projects enable students to develop a range of skills in medical research, through tackling important research questions with the support of experienced mentors.
Showing 7 – 12 of 69 Projects  
Nanobodies against pathogens of pandemic potential
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Graduate Research Masters/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Wai-Hong Tham, Dr Phill Pymm
Diseases:
Coronavirus
Area:
Infection, Global health
Technology:
Antibody technologies, Structural biology, Vaccine development
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Improving treatment responses in KRAS-mutant lung cancer
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Kate Sutherland, Dr Mara Zeissig
Diseases:
Cancer, Lung cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Immunotherapy
Technology:
Flow cytometry
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Studying tumour evolution and immune cell composition in uterine leiomyosarcoma to define novel effective combinations of targeted therapies
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Clare Scott AM, Dr Holly Barker
Diseases:
Cancer, Rare cancers
Area:
Immunology, Cancer biology, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Imaging, Genomics, Proteomics
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Identifying effective combination therapies including HER2-targeting agents for the treatment of aggressive endometrial cancers
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours
Supervisors(s):
Prof Clare Scott AM, Dr Holly Barker
Diseases:
Cancer, Rare cancers
Area:
Healthy development, Cancer biology
Technology:
Genomics, Imaging, Drug discovery
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Exploring variation in gene and transcript expression across tissues
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Matthew Ritchie, Yupei You
Diseases:
Cancer, Blood cancers, Leukaemia
Area:
Cancer biology, Healthy development
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Genomics
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Understanding cellular-cross talk within a tumour microenvironment
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD
Supervisors(s):
A/Prof Tracy Putoczki
Diseases:
Cancer, Pancreatic cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Cell signalling, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Imaging, Structural biology, Antibody technologies
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