Our students are involved in research projects covering all areas of pharmacology and anaesthesiology.

Current honours projects

2009 - 2010 Students

• The role of the tyrosine phosphatase, PTPRO, in macrophage motility and the promotion of tumour invasion.
  Supervisor: Fiona Pixley
  Student: Kellie Mouchemore  

2009 Students

• Impact of a smoke constituent acrolein on the bronchoprotective effects of PAR2 activators.
  Student: Leah Benington
  
  
• Characterization of the effect of dopamine, glutamate and nitric oxide drugs on prepulse inhibition in wild type and RGS5 knockout mice.
  Supervisor: Matthew Martin-Iverson
  Student: Jarrad Bothe
  
  
• The Characterization of protein damage caused by a reactive metabolite of the Anti-HIV drug Abacavir.
  Supervisor: Phil Burcham
  Student: Kimberley Burton
  
  
• Dexamphetamine effects on PPI, time perception and hedonia in healthy volunteers.
  Supervisor: Mathew Martin-Iverson
  Student: Kyran Graham
  
  
• The use of a lung slice model to investigate airway hyperresponsiveness.
  Supervisors: Lyn Fernandes, Peter McFawn, Peter Noble
  Student: Ian Jacob
  
  
• Regulation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor signaling in head and neck cancer cells by microRNA.
  Supervisor: Peter Leedman, Fiona Pixley
  Student: Felicity Kalinowski
  
  
• Noninvasive monitoring in the postoperative period: any use for the assessment of pain?
  Supervisor: Thomas Ledowski
  Student: Bradley MacDonald
  
  
• Investigating skeletal muscle actin mutant proteins and their binding partners in muscle cell culture.
  Supervisor: Nigel Laing, Fiona Pixley
  Student: Aline Nakagawa
  
  
• Protein markers of acrolein exposure in mouse tracheal segments.
  Supervisor: Phil Burcham
  Student: Vanessa Pang

2008 - 2009 Students

• Investigating the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and the proposed roles of ERBB4 and OLIG2 genes.
  Supervisor: Sibylle Schwab
  Student: Alexander Barty
  
  
• The assessment of cannabinoid reward through CB1 receptor stimulation and the stress related effects associated.
  Supervisor: Mathew Martin-Iverson
  Student: Aindreas Dorai-Raj
  
  
• The role of SLIRP, a novel nuclear co-repressor, in human colorectal cancer.
  Supervisor: Peter Leedman, Fiona Pixley
  Student: Adriana Messineo

2008 Students

• Peri-Operative pain assessment: comparison between skin conductance and the Surgical Stress Index monitor.
  Supervisor: Thomas Ledowski
  Student: Bernice Ang
  
  
• The dopamine influence on pre-pulse inhibition and attention.
  Supervisor: Mathew Martin-Iverson
  Student: Kate Chitty
  
  
• Metabolic regulatory effects of SLIRP in liver.
  Supervisors: Peter Leedman, Fiona Pixley
  Student: Nina Kresoje
  
  
• Genetic factors in regulating microRNA expression in asthma.
  Supervisor: Carolyn Williams, Peter Henry
  Student: Brenda Lauder
  
  
• Functional studies of vasopressin-2 receptor mutants: separate signalling and internalisation.
  Supervisor: Kevin Plfeger, Peter Henry
  Student: Natalia Sampaio
  
  
• CSF-1R regulation of macrophage adhesion and motility mediated by Y974 phosphorylation and downstream signalling pathways.
  Supervisor: Fiona Pixley
  Student: Andrew Sunderland
  
  
• Neural-immune communication as measured by HRV assessment: the impact of limb reperfusion and anaesthesia modality on the inflammatory response.
  Supervisor: Thomas Corcoran, Thomas Ledowski
  Student: Uyen Vo
  
  
• Differentiation of islet precursor cells into insulin producing pancreatic islet cells.
  Supervisor: Fang-Xu Jiang, Fiona Pixley
  Student: Robert Woods

Back to top