HDR Opportunities in Biological
and Behavioural Sciences

School of Biological Sciences

• Development of combination anti-cancer chemotherapeutic drugs incorporating 5-Fluorouracil; investigation of anticoagulant properties.
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  For Further Information contact: Marie Ranson or phone: 42213291 or view http://www.uow.edu.au/science/biol/academics/UOW009789.html

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

• Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Problem gambling
• Brain dynamics
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  For further information: http://www.uow.edu.au/health/psyc/research/bbri/index.html

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 (ICBL)

• 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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  Contact the Director of ICBL Professor David Ayre: dja@uow.edu.au  or
  For further information: http://www.uow.edu.au/science/biol/icb/