PhD Opportunities in Genetics in Australia

PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne in epigenetic regulation of the honeymoon period in adult-onset type 1 diabetes , using Oxford Nanopore sequencing . This research degree project is offered by the Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health , Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, at the University of Melbourne , with the work based at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia. The project focuses on type 1 diabetes, autoimmune β-cell loss, partial clinical re...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a PhD project titled Discovering new genetic causes of cerebellar ataxia . This project aims to identify new genetic causes of cerebellar ataxia in individuals who remain undiagnosed after standard testing. The research sits at the intersection of genetics , neurology , bioinformatics , and genomic analysis , with a strong focus on pathogenic repeat expansions and the limitations of conventional short-read sequencing. The opportunity...

PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne on A population reference resource to decode repeat expansion disorders . This research degree project focuses on repeat expansion disorders , including Huntington disease , fragile X syndrome , and hereditary cerebellar ataxias . The project addresses a key challenge in clinical genetics: determining the normal range of DNA repeat sizes in healthy populations so that disease-causing thresholds can be interpreted more accurately. The opportunity is ...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a Master by Research or PhD project titled Developing lipid and mRNA-based therapies for Friedreich ataxia heart disease . This project focuses on Friedreich ataxia , a rare inherited multisystem disease caused by reduced expression of frataxin (FXN). The main research problem highlighted is cardiomyopathy , which is described as the leading cause of premature death in affected individuals and an area where no disease-modifying cardi...

2 fully funded PhD positions are available at the University of Sydney in the School of Biomedical Engineering with Dr. Kaiyue Ma . The research sits at the intersection of genetics , molecular biology , and translational biomedical science, with a strong focus on turning biodiversity discoveries into real-world applications. Key themes include medical genetics (variant interpretation, neuromuscular diseases such as FSHD and Duchenne/Becker), molecular biotechnologies (gene editing and gene ther...