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Development of Tissue-Targeted Vectors for Musculoskeletal Gene Therapy

A unique opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar to conduct research in developing tissue-targeted AAV vectors for gene delivery and CRISPR gene editing. more...

Supervisor(s): Schindeler, Aaron (Associate Professor)

Gene therapy for genetic and acquired diseases of the liver and haematopoietic system.

We are working on developing new therapies for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases of the liver and haematopoietic system. The Gene Therapy Research Unit has a diverse se more...

Supervisor(s): Alexander, Ian (Professor), Ginn, Samantha (Dr), Logan, Grant (Dr)

GENE THERAPY FOR GENETIC BONE DISEASES

Gene therapy is becoming a practical approach to treat severe genetic conditions and in recent years conditions such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) have been success stories. Our more...

Supervisor(s): Schindeler, Aaron (Associate Professor), Munns, Craig (Associate Professor)

Methods and devices to improve cancer imaging and targeted radiotherapy

Prof Keall's research team is part of Sydney Medical School-Central and is located at the Australian Technology Park. It is a multidisciplinary team of physicists, engineers, mathem more...

Supervisor(s): Keall, Paul (Professor)

Novel therapies for preventing kidney failure in chronic kidney disease

PhD and Master of Phil opportunities, at Centre for Transplantation and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and He more...

Supervisor(s): Zheng, Guoping (Dr), Harris, David (Professor)

UNDERSTANDING GENETIC VARIATIONS IN BONE

Functional genomics is a field that is undergoing major changes in practice due to the accessibility of gene editing technologies. Our team has developed methods for gene editing in more...

Supervisor(s): Schindeler, Aaron (Associate Professor), Munns, Craig (Associate Professor)

PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BONE-BINDING ANTIMICROBIALS

Our team has spent several years developing and testing new a new class of drugs termed bone-binding antimicrobials (BBAs). Our lead compound (BBA-1) has been shown to have antimicr more...

Supervisor(s): Schindeler, Aaron (Associate Professor), Little, David (Professor)

The role of a novel mutant gene in dementia and motor neuron disease

We have identified a new gene that when mutated causes dementia and motor neuron disease (MND), diseases that are currently incurable. This project will examine how this mutated gen more...

Supervisor(s): Dobson-Stone, Carol (Dr)

Identifying the causes of fibrosis after kidney transplantation

This is a PhD project. The successful applicant will be top up scholarship. This study will lead to publish high quality of papers and apply a new NHMRC project grant. more...

Supervisor(s): O'Connell, Philip (Professor)