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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
Green Energy-Powered Offshore Aquaculture
Develop advanced modelling and experimental tools to support offshore aquaculture systems powered by green energy through cutting-edge research in nonlinear wave-structure interactions.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Wenhua Zhao and Professor Tom Baldock
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Offshore Renewable Energy: Offshore Wind or Floating Solar
Develop advanced modelling and experimental tools to support floating offshore wind, solar systems through cutting-edge research in nonlinear wave-structure interactions.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Wenhua Zhao and Professor Tom Baldock
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Data-driven, agent-based modelling of multimodal micromobility systems
This PhD project will develop data-driven, agent-based models to capture multimodal micromobility dynamics, user behaviour and safety interactions, enabling network-level analysis under different policy and infrastructure scenarios.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mehmet Yildirimoglu and Professor Zuduo Zheng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Built environment and design, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Next-generation antenna design using advanced manufacturing techniques
Investigate next-generation antenna designs enabled by advanced manufacturing techniques. Research will explore conformal antennas, gradient-index concepts, and layered arrays.
- Supervisor
- Dr Sasan Ahdi Rezaeieh, Professor Christophe Fumeaux and Dr Mitch Dunn
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Optimal design and allocation of micromobility infrastructure in urban networks
This PhD project will develop optimisation and simulation tools to determine how urban road space should be allocated for micromobility, balancing safety, efficiency and policy goals in multimodal transport networks.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Mehmet Yildirimoglu and Professor Zuduo Zheng
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Built environment and design, Engineering, Information and computing sciences, Mathematical sciences
Rewiring enzymes for direct electrochemistry
Electrochemical methods will be applied to novel synthetically modified enzymes providing improved electrical connections and allowing direct electron exchange between the enzyme and an electrode leading to applications in chemical analysis, small molecule activation.
- Supervisor
- Professor Paul Bernhardt
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences
AI-assisted design of functional polymers
This project harnesses AI-assisted approaches to accelerate the design and discovery of functional polymers with tailored properties for advanced applications.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Cheng Zhang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Information and computing sciences
Beneficial use of desalination brine for integrated aquaculture production
Maximising brine water supply resources is critical to addressing water deficiencies in regional and rural Australia. We are seeking a PhD student to research and pilot integrated saline brine aquaculture. The trial of integrated brine aquaculture could potentially unlock the potential for further utilisation of under-developed brackish/ brine water resources.
- Supervisor
- Dr Andrew Ward and Professor Damien Batstone
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences