Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Honours Projects For 2010 - Research Topics

No Location Labhead/Supervisors Project Title
1 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Bharadwaj
Dr Kedzierska
Prof McCluskey
Prof Doherty 		Is the recognition of two different viruses by the same CD8+ T cell beneficial or detrimental?
2 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Billman-Jacobe Resuscitation of dormant Mycobacterium ulcerans
3 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Billman-Jacobe Characterisation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from humans and marsupials
4 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Billman-Jacobe Mercury resistant bacteria
5 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Billman-Jacobe Antibiotic resistant Group A Streptococci
6 Dept Micro/Immunol A/Prof Brooks
Dr Reading
Dr Londrigan		 Identification of cell surface receptors for influenza virus
7 Dept Micro/Immunol A/Prof Brown
Prof Kelso
Dr. McAuley		 Identifying the contribution of the new influenza A virus protein PB1-F2 to viral pathogenesis
8 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Carbone
Dr Gebhardt 		Analysing factors that control the generation and persistence of permanently tissue-resident memory T cells
9 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Coulson
Dr Holloway 		Innate responses to rotavirus infection and viral countermeasures
10 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Coulson
Dr Webster 		The role of immune cells in rotavirus modulation of type I diabetes
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11 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Coulson
Dr Webster
Dr Holloway		 Rotavirus usage of integrins and gangliosides as cellular receptors
12 Burnet Institute Prof Gerondakis Role of the c-Rel transcription factor in TCR dependent Treg development
13 Dept Biochemistry Prof Gleeson A/Prof Van Driel Impact of microbial products on loss of self-tolerance and development of organ-specific autoimmunity
14 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Godfrey
Dr Stankovic
Dr Chan
Dr Berzins		 Generating NKT cells in vitro
15 Burnet Institute A/Prof Gorry
Dr Churchill		 The effect of HIV-1 envelope proteins on cellular autophagy
16 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr. Hartland Translocated effector proteins of Epec, Shigella And Salmonella
17 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr. Hartland Translocated effector proteins of Legionella
18 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Hartland
Dr Ralph		 A putative new virulence determinant of the malaria parasite
19 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Hartland
A/Prof Van Driel		 Immune responses in Legionnaire's disease
20 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Heath
A/Prof Brooks
Dr Bedoui		 The role of Langerhans cells in priming Herpes Simplex Virus-Specific Cd4 T cell responses
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21 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Heath
Dr Mueller 		Cytotoxic T cell control of virus infections in infected tissues
22 Burnet Institute Prof Hogarth Analysis of autoagressive Th17cells and cytokines in a FcγRIIa transgenic mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis
23 Centre for Animal Biotechnology A/Prof Kalinna
Dr Walduck		 Construction of replication incompetent pseudo-typed retroviruses for vector based Rnai, targeting haemoglobin proteolysis pathway components in schistosomes
24 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Kedzierska
A/Prof Turner		 Effects of Tamiflu on influenza infection and establishment of CD8+ T cell immunity
25 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Kent
Dr Sexton
Dr Stambas		 Influenza vs HIV: Which generates the best T cell immunity?
26 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Kent
Dr Stratov
Dr Navis		 Antibodies that kill HIV infected cells: Do they protect against AIDS?
27 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Laurie
Dr Reading
Prof Kelso		 WHO Collaborating Centre For Reference And Research On Influenza
28 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Robins-Browne
Dr Tauschek		 How atypical Epec are able to persist in the intestine
29 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Robins-Browne
Prof Jackson
Dr Tauschek		 Development of a vaccine for St-producing enterotoxigenic E. coli
30 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Stinear Understanding phenolic glycolipid biosynthesis in pathogenic Mycobacteria
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31 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Stinear Are mycolactone-producing Mycobacteria gastrointestinal pathogens?
32 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Stinear
Dr Bulach
Dr Seeman
Dr Lyras		 Spore formation in Mycobacteria
33 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Stinear
Dr Howden		 Understanding pathogenesis in emerging clones of community acquired Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in Australia
34 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Stinear
Dr Howden		 Understanding how Staphylococcus aureus has developed resistance to Vancomycin, one of the last available antibiotics to treat MRSA infections
35 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Stinear
Dr Howden		 Understanding factors associated with increased virulence and persistence of Vancomycin resistance enterococci in hospitals
36 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Strugnell
Dr Bedoui		 The role of dendritic cells during Salmonella infection
37 Centre for Animal Biotechnology Dr Sutton
Dr Walduck		 Investigating the mechanism behind a novel host regulator of bacterial-driven inflammation
38 Dept Biochemistry A/Prof Van Driel The role of antigen presenting cells in the generation of antigen specific regulatory T cells
39 Dept Biochemistry A/Prof Van Driel
Dr Hartland		 Regulatory T cells and the control of immune responses to bacteria
40 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Walduck
Prof Strugnell		 Mechanisms of reduced gastric barrier function in Helicobacter pylori infection
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41 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Wijburg
Dr Brodnicki		 Genetic studies of infection and autoimmunity in mice
42 Dept Micro/Immunol Dr Wijburg
Prof Strugnell 		How does influenza virus affect bacterial pneumonia?
43 Dept Micro/Immunol A/Prof Purcell
Dr Kramski		 Mucosal delivered bovine antibody therapies for HIV
44 Dept Micro/Immunol A/Prof Purcell
Jane Howard		 Structure-function mapping of translation active HIV-1 RNA
45 Dept Micro/Immunol Prof Peter Doherty
A/Prof Turner
Dr Russ		 Epigenetic modulation of immune cell function

 

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