PhD/Master by Research Opportunity in Diet, Immunity, and MR1-Reactive T Cell Responses University of Melbourne in Australia

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a PhD project titled Investigating novel regulators of human pluripotency . This project sits in the Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health , Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and is offered by the Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health . The research focuses on human pluripotent stem cells , pluripotency regulation , and early embryonic lineage development, with emphasis on the transition bet...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne on the causes of immune paralysis and lethal secondary infections in sepsis and trauma patients . This project focuses on immunology , clinical sciences , and biochemistry and cell biology , with an emphasis on understanding how macrophage and dendritic cell paralysis develops after severe infection or trauma, and how this leads to immunosuppression and dangerous secondary infections. The project also aims to develop therapies to prevent...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a project titled MR1 – a molecular detection system for bacteria . This project sits in the areas of immunology , microbiology , and biochemistry and cell biology , with a focus on how MR1 acts as a molecular “alarm system” to detect microbes, capture bacterial metabolite by-products, and activate MAIT cells. The research aims to uncover the molecular machinery behind MR1 function and expression and to better understand how this cons...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne / Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. This Honours project focuses on neuroscience , stem cell culture , neural differentiation , alpha-synuclein , RNA sequencing , and disease modelling for REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD) . RBD is described as highly predictive of later Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and is considered a synucleinopathy. The project aims to generate a...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne PhD project: Immunological mechanisms underlying anti-obesity medication effects in young people: a longitudinal study of inflammation, trained immunity, and anti-infective responses . This project examines how incretin analogues, including GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), affect inflammation, trained immunity, and anti-viral/anti-infective immune responses in young people with obesity. The study is based in paediatrics and sits at the...