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Our postgraduate students, their research topics and supervisors.
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PhD
Alexandra Bloomberg
Identifying modifiers of cancer risk in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
Supervisors: George Wiggins, Aaron Stevens, Logan Walker
Patrick Campbell
Enhancing the effectiveness and safety of leprosy control in Kiribati through expansion and analysis of clinical, molecular and programmatic surveillance.
Supervisors: Stephen Chambers, Martin Kennedy, Nick Douglas
Elizabeth Chernysheva
Development and integration of technology for the non-invasive diagnoses of bacterial infections
Supervisors: Martin Kennedy, Amy Scott-Thomas, Stephen Chambers
Olivia Damiano
Investigating epigenetic links between inflammation and cancer
Supervisors: Mark Hampton, Annika Seddon, Aaron Stevens, Arielle Sulit
Pierre De Cordovez
Probing the mechanism and intermediate species of the redox-induced amyloid formation of the tumour suppressor p16INK4A
Supervisors: Christoph Goebl, Vanessa Morris, Mark Hampton
Sarah Du Toit
Investigating antioxidant systems of Streptococcus pneumoniae as potential new drug targets for antimicrobial therapy
Supervisors: Nina Dickerhof, Renwick Dobson, Mark Hampton, Christoph Goebl
Annika Goelitz
Unravelling the role of p16 amyloids in cancer
Supervisors: Christoph Goebl, Julia Horsfield, Mark Hampton, Vanessa Morris
Grant Greene
Characterising the effect of oxidation on tumour suppressor proteins and their ability to form amyloid structures in response to such events
Supervisors: Christoph Goebl, Vanessa Morris
Tiffany Ilott
Investigation of endometrial cancer risk through development of 3D cell co-culture models
Supervisors: Elisabeth Phillips, George Wiggins, Margaret Currie, Logan Walker
Te Whetu Aarahi Kerekere
Cardiac genetics to benefit Te Tai Rāwhiti whānau
Supervisors: Martin Kennedy, Anna Pilbrow, Polona Le Quesne Stabej, Anna Rolleston
Muntakim Khan
Machine learning and medical imaging
Supervisors: Anthony Butler, James Atlas, John Pearson
Sina Lotz
The role of ferumoxytol-loaded macrophages in iron overload of cancer cells
Supervisors: Gabi Dachs, Elisabeth Phillips, Citra Praditi, Mark Hampton
Sharon McKenzie-Lequeux
Hide and Seek: Targeting bacterial pathogens that persist inside the neutrophil phagosome
Supervisors: Mark Hampton, Nina Dickerhof, Mihnea Bostina, Matt McNeil
Deb Paull
Understanding Genetic Modification of TRPC6
Supervisors: Martin Kennedy, John Pearson, Nicholas Cross
Joseph Ramana
Conformation-specific detection of p16INK4a for luminal A breast cancer chemotherapy treatment optimisation
Supervisors: Christoph Goebl, Vanessa Morris
Aqsa Shahid
Effect of alpha-lipoic acid on the hepatic hydrogen sulfide signaling pathway; a prospective approach for the amelioration of liver injury in sepsis
Supervisors: Madhav Bhatia, Steve Chambers, Amy Scott-Thomas
Ella Simpson
Mechanisms of immune escape in endometriosis
Supervisors: Annika Seddon, Martina Paumann-Page, Mark Hampton, Clare Henry
Saouila Tolovaa
Developing RNA-based Diagnostic Tools and Anti-sense Oligonucleotide Strategies for Modulation of BRCA1/2 genes in Breast Cancer Patients
Supervisors: Vanessa Lau, Logan Walker, George Wiggins
Kate Watson
Modelling and targeting fat cells and breast cancer
Supervisors: Elisabeth Phillips, Margaret Currie
Rebekah Whitehead
The diagnostic and therapeutic value of monoclonal antibodies 1D2 and 4E4 for Aspergillus fumigatus induced invasive aspergillosis
Supervisors: Amy Scott-Thomas, Sean MacPherson, Stephen Chambers, John Lewis, Christoph Goebl
Katharina Wolf
Development of a non-invasive 'liquid biopsy' for Kingella kingae and Staphylococcus aureus infections in children using cell-free DNA
Supervisors: Amy Scott-Thomas, Stephen Chambers, Tony Walls
MBiomedSc
Briana Holloway
Investigating pharmacogenetic variants in Māori and Pacific people’s genomes
Supervisors: Martin Kennedy, Megan Leask, Alison Miller
BBiomedSc(Hons)
Lorna Christian
Measurement of ergothioneine levels and how these relate to aging of humans
Supervisors: Mark Hampton, Paul Pace, Nina Dickerhof, Shaya Helem
Jack Eggleston
Development and integration of technology for the non-invasive diagnosis of bacterial infections
Supervisors: Amy Scott-Thomas and Michael Maze
Anvi Goyal
Urolithins as modulators of mitochondrial turnover and therapeutic response in acute myeloid leukaemia
Supervisors: Annika Seddon, Mark Hampton, Shaya Helem, Paul Pace
Jessica Ianev
Sensitising Streptococcus pneumoniae to immune-derived oxidants: repurposing a drug as a novel antibacterial agent
Supervisors: Nina Dickerhof, Mark Hampton
Monica James
Investigating the formation of heteroamyloids of the ink4 tumour suppressor protein family
Supervisors: Christoph Goebl, Vanessa Morris
Maryann Mathew
Investigating the ligand binding domain of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Supervisors: Christoph Goebl, Vanessa Morris
Summer-Rose Murphy
Characterising the Role of Oxidative Stress in Endometriosis
Supervisors: Martina Paumann-Page, Mark Hampton, Claire Henry
Jasmine Rosengrave
GDF15 as a Marker of Mitochondrial Stress in Parkinson’s Disease Cognitive Decline: Clinical Biomarker and Neuronal Modelling
Supervisors: Mark Hampton, Shaya Helem, Annika Seddon, Toni Pitcher
Emily Shaw
Genetics of Breast Cancer
Supervisors: Logan Walker, Vanessa Lau
Scott Winefield
5-aminosalicylates in Ulcerative Colitis
Supervisors: Anthony Kettle, Louisa Ashby
Postgraduate dissertations and theses
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