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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 25 – 30 of 72 Projects  
Characterising a novel mitochondrial damage control pathway and its importance in neurodegenerative disease
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Grant Dewson, A/Prof Michael Lazarou
Diseases:
Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Neurodegenerative disorders
Area:
Cell death, Healthy ageing, Healthy development, Infection
Technology:
Imaging, Proteomics
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Identifying lipid changes needed for apoptotic pore formation in mitochondria to enhance responses to anti-cancer treatments
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Graduate Research Masters/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Rachel Uren, A/Prof Ruth Kluck
Diseases:
Cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Cell death, Cell signalling
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Imaging
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Targeting cytokine signaling in blood cancer and inflammation: a structural biology approach
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Graduate Research Masters/Honours/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Nadia Kershaw, A/Prof Jeff Babon
Diseases:
Autoinflammatory diseases
Area:
Cell signalling, Inflammation, Immunotherapy
Technology:
Artificial intelligence and machine learning, Structural biology
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Analysis of non-coding gene regulatory element function in the human immune system
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Graduate Research Masters/Honours/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Hamish King, Davide Vespasiani
Diseases:
Autoinflammatory diseases
Area:
Infection, Inflammation, Epigenetics
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Genomics
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Deciphering mechanisms of tobacco-unassociated lung tumourigenesis
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours
Supervisors(s):
Prof Kate Sutherland, Dr Rachel Joyce
Diseases:
Cancer, Lung cancer
Area:
Cell death, Cancer biology
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Using combination immunotherapy to tackle heterogeneous brain tumours
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours
Supervisors(s):
Prof Misty Jenkins AO
Diseases:
Brain cancer, Cancer
Area:
Immunotherapy, Immunology
Technology:
Antibody technologies, Flow cytometry, Imaging
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