News: Honours projects - Molecular and biomedical science
Honours project - Stuart Roy
Loss of crop yield due to high concentrations of Na+ and Cl- on agricultural land is a significant problem for Australian farmers.
Gene therapy to treat inherited brain disease
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Honours project: Be involved in clinical trials for inherited disorders that affect the brain.
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Bone abnormalities in genetic disease
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Honours project: Learn about bone dynamics in inherited metabolic disorders with the ultimate aim of uncovering new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
Does eating cruciferous vegetables protect us against breast cancer?
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Honours project: Explore the anti-breast cancer actions of isothiocyanates from cruciferous vegetables.
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Investigating & exploiting triplex DNA structures in gene regulation
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Honours project: Explore new leads for disruption of DNA triplex structures for treatment of related human diseases.
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Using the ancient DNA to explore human adaptation & evolutionary medicine
Honours project: Get involved in research into human adaptation and evolutionary medicine.
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Understanding pollination processes between bees and flowers
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Honours project: Investigate the molecular basis of extrorse anther outcrossing mechanism in flowering plants.
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In vitro maturation of canine oocytes
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Honours project: Determine the effects of different in vitro maturation (IVM) conditions on the developmental competence of canine oocytes.
Determining the effect of protein quality control to astrocyte stress responses
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Honours project: Learn how brain cells are adapting to different stress responses, and what happens to this adaptation if the protein quality control is compromised.
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Ubiquitin signalling in human diseases
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Honours project: Investigate the effect of ubiquitin signalling on cell differentiation.