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School Research
WABRI
Honours

Honours in the School of Biomedical Sciences

Students interested in pursuing an honours degree should contact the program director Dr Elizabeth Watkin. You should initially fill in an Expression of Interest form. The form may be returned to the School Enquires office or placed in Dr Watkin's pigeon hole. Forms must be returned no later than November 9, 2007.

Projects in 2008

Supervisor (s)	Project Title
Dr Ghanim Almahbobi Dr James McFarlane	The role of BMP4 in follicular development and ovulation rate in mice
Dr Steve Bottomley Dr Kylie Munyard	Predicting the structure of Alpaca melanocortin 1 receptor mutant
Dr Steve Bottomley & Dr Ricardo Mancera	Investigating Putative Insulin-Binding Proteins by Molecular Modelling
Dr Brian Brestovac Dr Paul Costantino	Expression of p16INK by Flow Cytometry and Human Papillomavirus Genotype in Cervical Dysplasia
Dr Anna Cook Dr Marian Sturm Dr Richard Herrmann	Mesenchymal stromal cell–induced gene profile changes in B-lymphocyte populations: an investigation into mechanisms of immune modulation
Dr Anna Cook Dr Benedict Carnley Dr Marian Sturm Ms Kathryn Shaw Dr Richard Herrmann	Immune Dysregulation in Myelodysplasia
A/Prof David Groth	Is zygote selection occurring in the Western Rock Lobster larvae? Does Tenascin contribute to wool growth in Sheep?
Dr Cyril Mamotte	Allele expression imbalance and its application to studies on polymorphisms associated with degenerative and other diseases. Role of genetic variation in the low-density-lipoprotein receptor related protein, or LRP, in disease. The Acute Effect of Dietary Composition on Biomarkers of Coronary Heart Disease and Other Degenerative Diseases
Dr Cyril Mamotte Adj Professor P O'Leary	ACCE model for genetic test evaluation: congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Dr Ricardo Mancera	Structure-based drug design of new insulin mimetics Ligand-induced conformational activation of the insulin receptor Can water drive molecular evolution?
Prof Ralph Martins Jeff Jago	Role of tau on regulating beta amyloid production in a mouse model of tau hyperphosphorylation Novel oxidative stress and cholesterol oxidation compounds as early diagnostic markers for Alzheimer's disease
Dr TK Mukkur	An investigation of the immunomodulatory properties of Astragalus membranaceus using mouse as a model system Comparative protective potential of aromatic-dependent mutant of Bordetella pertussis grown under iron-replete versus iron-starvation conditions Immunogenicity of pertussis toxoid delivered intradermally following encapsulation in nanoparticles
Dr Kylie Munyard	Inheritance of fibre colour in alpacas
Dr Delia Nelson Dr Marilyn Bennet-Chambers Prof Erik Helmerhorst	Assessing the therapeutic, immunological and anti-vascular consequences of anti-copper treatments in lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma
Dr David Townsend	Analysis of conjugative staphylococcal plasmid and its relaxosome Regulation of multi-drug transportation in staphylococci
Dr Elizabeth Watkin Dr Lesley Mutch Dr Helen Watling	The determination of population dynamics in a bioleaching column using T-RFLP
Dr Elizabeth Watkin Dr Lesley Mutch	The genetic organisation of symbiotic genes in an “unusual” group of root nodule bacteria for Western Australian legumes.
Dr Elizabeth Watkin Dr Lesley Mutch Dr Ron Watkins	Is the acidification of Perth’s groundwater microbially driven?
Dr Elizabeth Watkin Dr Alison Mackie Dr Elaine Davidson	Which pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae infect stone fruit trees in WA?
Dr David Williams	Detecting and characterising emerging viruses of the Asia-Pacific region