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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 55 – 60 of 68 Projects  
Investigating host ubiquitin ligases in fighting Toxoplasma infections
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Bernhard Lechtenberg, A/Prof Chris Tonkin
Diseases:
Toxoplasmosis
Area:
Cell signalling, Infection
Technology:
Flow cytometry, Proteomics, Structural biology, Imaging
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Does restraining protein synthesis stop dysregulated T cell activation?
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours
Supervisors(s):
Dr Julia Marchingo, Prof Andreas Strasser
Area:
Cell signalling, Immunology, Inflammation
Technology:
Flow cytometry, Proteomics
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Functional epigenomics in human B cells
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD and Graduate Research Masters
Supervisors(s):
Dr Hamish King, Viacheslav Kriachkov
Diseases:
Leukaemia, Lymphoma, Allergy, Asthma, Lupus, Autoinflammatory diseases, Coeliac disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, Primary immunodeficiency, Multiple sclerosis
Area:
Epigenetics, Immunology, Inflammation, Infection, Immunotherapy
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Genomics
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Illuminating signalling mechanisms of PEAK pseudokinases in cell migration and cancer
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Graduate Research Masters/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Isabelle Lucet, Dr Michael Roy
Diseases:
Bowel cancer, Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Stomach cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Cell signalling, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Structural biology, Drug discovery, Imaging
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How does DNA damage trigger leukaemia and how can we stop it?
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD and Graduate Research Masters
Supervisors(s):
A/Prof Ian Majewski
Diseases:
Blood cancers, Cancer, Leukaemia
Area:
Cancer biology
Technology:
Genomics
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Identifying new ways to target cancers with DNA repair defects
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD and Graduate Research Masters
Supervisors(s):
A/Prof Ian Majewski
Diseases:
Cancer
Area:
Cancer biology
Technology:
Genomics, Drug discovery
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