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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Identifying sources of contaminants of concern entering Australian sewers
Map industrial inputs to quantify contaminants in Australian sewers, using systematic sampling and analysis to profile chemicals, identify polluters, and reduce releases into wastewater treatment plants.
- Supervisor
- Professor Jochen Mueller
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Improving Quality of Survival for Women with Gynaecological Cancer
Focus on improving quality of life, health & function during & after gynaecological cancer treatment, with a focus on biomarker research, implementation research and cancer survivorship.
- Supervisor
- Professor Andreas Obermair
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Investigating traditional Mithaka water management systems
This project aims to discover how Indigenous communities managed cycles of drought and flood in the Lake Eyre Basin, and to learn from this to manage Australia’s inland rivers sustainably.
- Supervisor
- Professor Michael Westaway, Dr Duncan Keenan Jones, Professor Hubert Chanson, Professor James Shulmeister, Associate Professor Richard Martin and Dr James Hunter
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- History, heritage and archaeology
Monitoring illicit tobacco in Australia
Apply an integrated wastewater-based epidemiology approach to improve our understanding of the impact of tobacco control and tax policies on illegal tobacco markets in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Phong Thai
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Nanoarchitectonics of Magneto-plasmonic Mesoporous Materials for Sensing Applications
This project aims to develop mesoporous magneto-plasmonic nanostructures and films and their integration into nano-electromechanical systems to achieve portable and sensitive sensors
- Supervisor
- Professor Yusuke Yamauchi
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering
Novel genomic assessments for finding true DNA variants contributing to the difference in beef cattle fertility
Use long-read Oxford Nanopore sequencing to uncover structural variants affecting cattle fertility, improving genomic prediction and accelerating genetic gains in northern beef production.
- Supervisor
- Dr Loan Nguyen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences
Quantitative systems pharmacology from patient-derived tumour organoids to personalise drug treatment
This National Industry PhD project is a collaboration between Genomics For Life and The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. This project will: (1) formulate, (2) validate, and (3) develop software for a mathematical model to optimise patient drug treatment regimens from patient-derived organoid and/or molecular profiling data.
- Supervisor
- Dr Mark Allenby and Dr Gloria Monsalve Bravo
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences, Engineering, Mathematical sciences
Race, translation, and ancient Greek tragedy
Focus on Greek tragedy, translation and adaptation, and indigeneity. It can be a creative writing PhD.
- Supervisor
- Dr Emma Cole
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Creative arts and writing
Sustainable beneficiation of lithium minerals
Pioneer a novel flotation beneficiation method to upgrade lithium ores, lowering costs and environmental impacts while enabling sustainable recovery of critical minerals.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Liguang Wang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Systems neuroscience approaches to the developing neocortex
This project aims to unravel the mechanisms by which spatio-temporal symmetries between cortical hemispheres instruct the precise formation of functional connections.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Rodrigo Suarez
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences