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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Biogeochemistry of hybrid nitrogen fertilisers in soil
Investigate hybrid N fertilisers, microbial necromass and soil C stabilisation using isotopes, metagenomics, and field experiments with UQ and DPI Queensland.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Paul Dennis and Dr Matthew Redding
- Location
- St Lucia, Toowoomba
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Environmental sciences
Investigation of electrokinetic nanoparticle separation in elasto-inertial flows
ARC-funded PhD project developing microfluidic technologies for gentle and versatile processing of nanoparticles from body fluids and environmental extracts.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dan Yuan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD Scholarship at IMB: unlocking genetic insights into Alzheimer’s disease through AI-predicted hippocampal volume
Using AI, genomics and neuroscience to uncover the genetic basis of hippocampal degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, revealing novel biological pathways and opportunities for therapeutic discovery.
- Supervisor
- Professor Allan McRae
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD scholarship at IMB: Amyloid Precursor Protein in the age of AlphaFold: the interactions of APP with Alzheimer’s risk factors SorLA and TREM2
AlphaFold3 predicts that SorLA and TREM2 bind APP directly, linking three early-onset Alzheimer's genes. We will validate these complexes by crystallography, cryoEM and mutagenesis at atomic resolution.
- Supervisor
- Dr Michael Healy
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD scholarship at IMB: decoding pain: linking neural circuits to behaviour to transform treatment
Map how sensory nerves, the spinal cord, and brain respond to stimuli. AI-assisted analysis will link neural activity to pain behaviour and identify new targets for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy.
- Supervisor
- Dr Hana Starobova and Professor Paul Hodges
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD scholarship at IMB: lipase–host lipid interactions in chronic Salmonella infection and gallbladder carcinogenesis
Explore how chronic Salmonella infections drive gallbladder carcinoma by disrupting host lipid biology. This project combines microbiology, infection biology and cancer research to uncover novel disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.
- Supervisor
- Professor Ian Henderson
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD scholarship at IMB: targeting the oxytocin receptor for cancer diagnosis and treatment
Develop OTR-targeted imaging tracers to improve detection, treatment monitoring and surgical guidance in breast and prostate cancer, enabling earlier and more accurate intervention.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Markus Muttenthaler and Associate Professor Karine Mardon
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD scholarship at IMB: venom-derived peptides as next-generation therapeutics for pain
Develop venom-derived peptides that selectively target ion channels involved in pain signalling to create safer, more effective analgesics using advanced pharmacology, neuroscience and drug discovery approaches.
- Supervisor
- Professor Irina Vetter and Professor Mehdi Mobli
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Simon Anders Axelsen PhD scholarship at IMB: venoms to drugs: peptide analgesics for the treatment of severe chronic pain
Develop next-generation non-opioid peptide analgesics from venom peptides that target pain-signalling sodium channels using dual-site mechanisms for safer, longer-lasting pain relief.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Markus Muttenthaler and Associate Professor Lachlan Rash
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Chemical sciences, Health sciences, Information and computing sciences
Molecular phenomena of electrode–electrolyte interfaces for high-current-density green hydrogen electrocatalysis
Combine experimental investigation and molecular dynamics simulations to understand electrode surface and gas-bubble behaviour that limits hydrogen production at industrially relevant high current densities, guiding next-generation electrocatalyst design.
- Supervisor
- Dr Hong Peng and Dr Mu Xiao
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences