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HDR Opportunities in Biological
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Biomechanics Research Laboratory

  • Landing mechanics & injury prevention: exploring mechanisms of non-contact lower limb injuries and preventative strategies.
  • Foot structure, function & footwear design: particularly older people and children, and biomechanical evaluations of shoe design concepts.
  • Biomechanics of breast health: examining bra fit as well as biomechanical assessments of breast motion, breast discomfort and brassiere design.
  • Innovations in biomechanics, including applications of intelligent textiles as biomonitoring devices.
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    Contact for Biomechanics Research Laboratory:  Professor Julie Steele (julie_steele@uow.edu.au)
    For further information:
    http://www.uow.edu.au/health/brl

Brain & Behaviour Research Institute

Centre for Medical Bioscience

  • Developing recombinant chaperones as potential therapeutic agents (PhD Project, Supervisor - Prof. Mark Wilson)
  • Structure/function studies of alpha-2-macroglobulin, a newly identified extracellular chaperone and protease inhibitor (PhD Project, Supervisor - Prof. Mark Wilson)
  • Development of novel group A streptococcal vaccines (PhD Project, Supervisor - Prof. Mark Walker)
  • The evolution of multipartite structure and recombination in the nematode mitochondrial genome (PhD or Masters by Research, Supervisor - Dr Mark Dowton)
  • Applications of Mass Spectrometry to Study Non-Covalent Binding in Multiprotein Molecular Machines (PhD or Masters by Research, Supervisor - Dr Jennifer L. Beck)
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    For Further Information: http://www.uow.edu.au/science/research/cmb/index.html

Centre for Translational Neuroscience (CTN)

  • Investigation of the developmental neuropathology of schizophrenia
  • Mechanisms of antipsychotic drug, olanzapine, induced body weight gain
  • Investigation of GPCR12, gene knockout, as a modulator of energy balance and affective behaviour
  • Identification of chemical coded neural networks for treating obesity and its related metabolic disorders
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    Contact: Professor Xu_feng Huang (xhuang@uow.edu.au)
    For further information:
    http://www.uow.edu.au/health/healthsciences/ctn/index.html

Institute for Conservation Biology and Law

  • The role of weeds in influencing ecosystem processes (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Kris French)
  • Determining the invasive process in coastal ecosystems. (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Kris French)
  • Modeling dispersal of weeds. (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Kris French)
  • Weed invasion under climate change (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Kris French)
  • Effects of life-history variation on gene flow and population structure in Marine or Freshwater Invertebrates (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: David Ayre)
  • Fisheries genetics (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: David Ayre)
  • Behavioural Ecology e.g. competitive interactions between sea anemone clones (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: David Ayre)
  • Plant/pollinator interactions and their genetic and ecological consequences (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: David Ayre)
  • DNA damage in Antarctic plants (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Sharon Robinson)
  • How is global change influencing terrestrial vegetation dynamics in Antarctica? (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Sharon Robinson)
  • The role of the alternative oxidase and uncoupling proteins in thermoregulating plants (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Sharon Robinson)
  • Why are Mangroves invading salt marshes? (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Sharon Robinson)
  • Fire ecology – impact of various aspects of fire regime on plant populations (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Rob Whelan)
  • Conservation biology – the responses of pollination effectiveness, plant reproductive success and fitness to disruption of plant populations by various factors associated with habitat fragmentation: reduced population size, increased isolation, disruption to pollination guilds (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Rob Whelan)
  • Fire Ecology (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Ross Bradstock)
  • Simulation Modelling (Phd or Masters by Research. Supervisor: Ross Bradstock)
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    For further information: http://www.uow.edu.au/science/biol/icb/

 

 

 
   

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