| Supervisor |
Co-Supervisor |
Honours project title |
| Dr Gwen Allison
|
|
Further screening of the isolates and characterisation of traits
involved in survival in the gut |
| Molecular characterisation of S-layer genes and proteins produced
by lactobacilli originating from the chicken GIT |
| Identification and characterisation of novel species from the chicken GIT |
| Dr Joseph Altin |
|
Determine whether the targeted stealth liposome approach can be used to target the delivery and expression of DNA to dendritic cells in vivo |
| Assess whether the approach can be used to either enhance immunity (eg. to cancer) or to induce tolerance (eg. to antigens of relevance to autoimmune diseases). |
| Dr Carolyn
Behm |
|
Investigation of the function of genes of (currently) unknown
function |
| Stephen Trowell |
Molecular olfaction using C. elegans as a model organism |
| Dr Ulrike Mathesius |
A worm's view of the bacterial world |
| Dr Stefan
Broer |
|
Novel brain amino acid transporters |
| Structure-function relationships in the Neurotransmitter transporter family |
| Prof Kiaran Kirk |
Projects involving expression of transporters from the malaria parasite |
| Dr Aude Fahrer |
|
Identifying condensin II interacting proteins . |
| Further characterising the T cell developmental defect in the nessy mouse |
| Understanding the alternative transcripts of the mutated gene. |
| Characterising functional T cell defects in the nessy mouse |
Prof
Adrienne Hardham |
David Jones |
The role of cell wall degrading enzymes in Phytophthora infection
of host plants |
| Leila Blackman |
Analysis of the role of zoospore motility in plant infection |
| Leila Blackman & Andrea Robold |
Characterisation of the Phytophthora spore adhesive |
| Dr Susan
Howitt |
|
Genetic analysis of interactions within sulphate transporters |
| Prof Kiaran Kirk |
Expression and analysis of members of the folate transporter family from the malaria parasite in yeast. |
| Dr.Dean Price |
Structure and function of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters |
| Cyanobacterial Genetics: Rapid evolution by Lateral Gene Transfer? |
| Dr.Lynn Jones &
Prof Robert Saint Robert.Saint@anu.edu.au |
|
Test the possibility that the sister protein kinases, Wee1 and Myt1, regulate the Pav motor protein by phosphorylating it. |
| Dr. Javier
G.Fernandez-Velasco |
|
The study of the biology of H 2 production/assimilation in C. reinhardtii in order to clarify the physiological role of the hydrogen metabolism in C. reinhardtii . |
| Prof Kiaran
Kirk |
Dr Rowena Martin |
Amino acid transport in the malaria parasite |
| A novel channel encoded by the malaria parasite |
| Dr Pauline Junankar and Dr Rongwei Teng |
Metabolic profiling of the malaria parasite |
| Dr Kevin Saliba |
The mechanism of chloroquine resistance in the malaria parasite |
| Dr Richard Allen |
Novel channels induced by the parasite in the human erythrocyte membrane |
| Dr Rowena Martin and Dr Susan Howitt |
Expression and analysis of members of the folate transporter family from the malaria parasite in yeast |
| Dr Ulrike
Mathesius |
Dr Carolyn Behm |
A worm's view of the bacterial world |
| Prof. Helen
O'Neill |
|
Leukemic stem cell |
| Development of dendritic cells in spleen |
| Dr Barry
Pogson |
|
Characterising plants that are resistant to environmental stress,
such as drought and excess light |
| Plant Development and Carotenoid Biosynthesis. |
| Studying the function of novel transcription factors on photoprotection and photosynthetic acclimation to altered light regimes (in collaboration with Murray Badger, RSBS). |
| Dr Sadiq Rahman &
Dr Zhongyi Li & Dr Peter Chandler |
|
Grain mutants a proteomic, genomic and chemical analysis. |
| Kevin Saliba |
|
Localisation and knockout of the malaria parasite's H + -pyrophosphatases |
| High throughput assay for the identification of drugs that interfere with parasite pH regulation |
Dr Louise Tierney |
|
Distinguishing between a structural or functional role for the conserved cysteine loop. |
| Determining the role of the cysteine loop in the moloecular gating mechanism and the binding of anaesthetics in GABA A receptors. |
| Functional consequences of clustering GABA A receptor and the physical interactions underlying clustering. |
| Dr
Barbara Van Leeuwen & Dr
Peter Kerr |
|
Host-virus coevolution |
| The immune response to viral infection involves both cellular mediators and soluble factors called cytokines. |
| Dr Naresh
Verma |
|
Structure and function studies of glucosyltransferases (O-antigen modification genes) encoded by serotype-converting bacteriophages of Shigella flexneri |
| Role of O-antigen modification in S. flexneri virulence |
| Vaccine design against Shigellosis |
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