The Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science has a number of potential topics and projects on offer in the fields of biomedical science and pathology for a range of postgraduate qualifications, including PhD and BBiomedSc(Hons).
Scholarship funding for postgraduate study may be available to you depending on your academic merit.
We welcome enquiries and encourage all prospective students to directly contact potential supervisors in their field of interest.
Genome sequencing and human susceptibility to Legionella longbeachae infection
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Sandy Slow, Associate Professor John Pearson
- Level
- Honours
Controlling the microRNAs that contribute to adipocyte-driven progression in breast cancer cells
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Dr Anna Pilbrow, Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Level
- Honours
Characterizing the role of a peroxidase in metastatic melanoma cell invasion
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisor
- Dr Martina Paumann-Page
- Level
- Honours
The epigenetic effects of Legionella longbeachae infection
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Sandy Slow, Dr Aaron Stevens
- Level
- Honours
Predicting acute kidney injury in patients with heart failure
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Moritz Lasse, Dr Judy McKenzie, Dr Tim Prickett
- Level
- Honours
Antibiotic failure in tuberculosis due to interactions with myeloperoxidase, an enzyme released by immune cells
- Close date
- Saturday, 20 June 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Louisa Ashby, Dr Heather Parker, Professor Tony Kettle
- Level
- Honours
The effects of oxidative stress on epigenetics in cancer
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Andrew Das, Professor Margreet Vissers, Professor Mark Hampton
- Levels
- PhD, Honours
Measuring BRCA1/2 allele-specific expression in breast tumours as a marker of disease risk and treatment
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Level
- Honours
Examining resistance of Mycobacteria to neutrophil oxidants
- Close date
- Thursday, 20 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Heather Parker, Professor Mark Hampton
- Level
- Honours
Isolating and identifying amoebal species in pine tree bark for Legionella longbeachae co-culture: Implications for preventing Legionnaires’ disease
- Close date
- Sunday, 21 June 2020
- Supervisors
- Dr Sandy Slow, Professor Steve Chambers, Professor David Murdoch
- Level
- Honours
Understanding the role of vitamin C in cancer biology using cell culture models, animal models of breast cancer and glioma, and human clinical studies
- Close date
- Friday, 3 April 2020
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- PhD
The effects of optimal micronutrient intake on human health and immunity
- Close date
- Friday, 3 April 2020
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- PhD
Hydrogen sulfide and substance P in inflammatory disease
- Close date
- Wednesday, 4 March 2020
- Supervisor
- Professor Madhav Bhatia
- Level
- PhD
Understanding the role of vitamin C in the regulation of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases that control the hypoxic response and many epigenetic processes
- Close date
- Friday, 3 April 2020
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- PhD
Genomics of disease and drug responses
- Close date
- Friday, 21 February 2020
- Supervisors
- Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Simone Cree, Dr Simran Maggo, Associate Professor John Pearson
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours
