News: Honours projects - Molecular and biomedical science: Microbiology and immunology
Identifying new drugs that kill parasites
Honours project: Work with a team of researchers who are identifying and characterising novel drugs that kill apicomplexan parasites.
Group B Strep & oxidative stress
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Honours project: Identify the response of Group B Streptococcus to relevant reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species.
Staphylococcus aureus & lifestyle variations
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Honours project: Conduct biomedical research into Staphylococcus aureus (Golden staph).
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Mixed colony biofilms & disease outcome
Honours project: This molecular and biomedical science honours project explores mixed colony biofilms and their relationship to disease outcomes.
Unwrapping the 3D genome to map autoimmune disease
Honours project: Help unravel the chromatin interactome to map the genetic risk of type 1 diabetes.
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Uncovering the relationship between two malaria proteins required for invasion
Honours project: Delve into an honours project in the structural and functional analysis of malaria proteins required for Red Blood Cell invasion.
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How the body clears a medically important fungal pathogen
Honours project: This immunopathology research project studies innate immunity in the killing of the fungal pathogen, Candida albicans by human phagocytes.
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Complement receptor immunoglobulin - infection & immunity & inflammation
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Honours project: Examine the complement receptor immunoglobulin expression in human macrophages and its role in infection and immunity and inflammation.
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Role of the Actin-Related Protein Complex 1B (ARPC1B) in neutrophil antimicrobial function
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Honours project: Investigate the role of the Actin-Related Protein Complex 1B (ARPC1B) in neutrophil antimicrobial function.
Blinatumomab in relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
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Honours project: Investigate resistance mechanisms to the bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) blinatumomab in relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
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