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Design and evaluation of novel antimalarial drugs

Recent publications have identified a number of novel quinoline and acridone compounds that appear to either reverse or evade the chloroquine-resistance mechanism in vitro, and which are considered to be promising leads for the development of new antimalarials (Burgess et al. J Med Chem 2006; 49:5623-5, October et al.

This project is open to Honours, Bachelor, Masters and PhD students

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Projects	Research themes	Degree level
Chromosomal evolution in the Social huntsman spider Delena cancerides	Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, PhD
Co-evolution between Australian cuckoos and their hosts	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	PhD
CO2 diffusion inside leaves	Membrane transporters and channels Photosynthesis and plant energy biology Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Comparative, meta-analytic and empirical approaches to understanding the impacts of developmental environments on life-history evolution	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	PhD
Control of meristem differentiation and plant architecture in legumes	Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant-microbe interactions	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Coral regeneration	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Delivery of virulence proteins by fungal rust pathogens	Host-microbe biology Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Design and evaluation of novel antimalarial drugs	Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Designing new channel inhibitors for treating chronic pain	Membrane transporters and channels Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Developing molecular tools for functional analysis of microRNA-mediated gene silencing	Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, Masters, PhD
Development of a simple, inexpensive therapeutic cancer vaccine	Infection and immunity	Honours, PhD
Diseases of amino acid transport	Membrane transporters and channels	Honours, PhD
Domestic applicants for PhDs in Ecology & Evolution	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	PhD
Drug resistance in the human malaria parasite	Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Duetting and female song in Australian passerines	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Masters, PhD
Ecological processes in evolutionary radiations	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Evolutionary genetics and genomics Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, PhD
Ecology of the Silky Hairstreak butterfly and its attendant ant, a potential indicator of old growth forest	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours
Ecophysiology of salinity and temperature tolerance in a changing world	Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, PhD
Effector delivery by fungal rust pathogens	Host-microbe biology Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, PhD
Effects of climate change on Australian bird species	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Effects of climate change on Australian bird species	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Effects of climate change on avian morphology	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Electron transport and ATP synthesis in chloroplasts	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Honours
Energy use and the plant canopy - measuring local respiration trends.	Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Bachelor
Engineering microRNA pathways for broad-spectrum plant disease resistance.	Host-microbe biology Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD