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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Carbon-efficient Pseudomonas putida fermentations via synthetic chemolithoautotrophy and co-feeding
This project aims to boost carbon efficiency in Pseudomonas putida fermentations by cutting CO₂ losses via synthetic chemolithoautotrophy and smart co-feeding, converting acetate/molasses and lignin monomers to plastic polymers and other valuable products.
- Supervisor
- Dr Birgitta Ebert
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering
Engineering yeast flavours for food and beverages
Engineering yeast flavour profiles for sustainable foods and beverages via high-throughput genome editing and advanced analytics, integrated with metabolic modelling and machine learning.
- Supervisor
- Dr Birgitta Ebert
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering
Enhancer discovery in crossbred cattle using CAGE-seq
This is a computational/data-analysis project (no wet-lab work). You will work with large scale functional-genomics datasets to identify and interpret active regulatory elements, connect enhancer activity to gene regulation, and compare regulatory signals across crossbred populations.
- Supervisor
- Dr Loan Nguyen and Associate Professor Associate Professor Elizabeth Ross
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Enhancer discovery in crossbred cattle using CAGE-seq
This is a computational/ data-analysis project (no wet-lab work). You will work with large scale functional-genomics datasets to identify and interpret active regulatory elements, connect enhancer activity to gene regulation, and compare regulatory signals across crossbred populations.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Ross and Dr Loan Nguyen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences
Next generation cancer immunotherapies
This project will unravel the mechanisms by which human dendritic cells promote immune responses against cancer and how tumour cells manipulate dendritic cells to subvert immune responses. The project will deliver impactful new knowledge that will be applied to develop next generation cancer immunotherapies.
- Supervisor
- Professor Kristen Radford
- Location
- Woolloongabba
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Bias in data pipelines and AI systems
This PhD scholarship is offered in the context of an Australian Research Council fellowship titled "A principled approach to data bias management in data pipelines".
- Supervisor
- Professor Gianluca Demartini
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Information and computing sciences
Engineering superfluid transport with dissipation
Collaborate with experiment to design and model novel “atomtronic” components that exploit controlled atomic losses for far-from-equilibrium superfluid transport, paving the way for next-generation quantum devices.
- Supervisor
- Professor Matthew Davis and Associate Professor Tyler Neely
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences, Mathematical sciences
From venom to mechanism: Understanding the pharmacology of venom-derived toxins
This PhD project investigates the basic pharmacology of venoms and venom-derived peptides to better understand molecular mechanisms underlying clinical effects and to support the development of mechanism-based treatments.
- Supervisor
- Professor Irina Vetter
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Harnessing many-body coherence for quantum thermodynamics with ultracold gases
Design and model strategies to create robust many-body coherence for quantum thermodynamic processes, leveraging the tunable platform of ultracold quantum gases for next-generation quantum machines.
- Supervisor
- Professor Matthew Davis and Associate Professor Tyler Neely
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Physical sciences
UQ Cyber Research Centre PhD Scholarships
UQ Cyber 2.0 offers funded PhD scholarships supporting multidisciplinary research in cybersecurity and privacy, fostering innovation and collaboration to address emerging digital security challenges.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Dan Kim
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Economics, Education, Health sciences, Human society, Information and computing sciences, Law and legal studies, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences, Psychology