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Cell division & cancer
Honours project: Explore the molecular machinery that controls cell division to allow rational cancer chemotherapy.
Role of HIFs in cancer
Honours project: Decipher the specific roles of HIF1 and HIF2 in multiple myeloma.
Synthetic phage therapy
Honours project: Investigate the structural biology of bacteriophage proteins.
Synthesis using Nature’s catalysts; enzymes
Honours project: Projects in this area involve the isolation and study new enzymes from bacteria of interest or taking existing enzymes and adapting them for chemical synthesis.
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Understanding the mechanism of enzyme catalysed reactions of importance in drug metabolism
Honours project: Learn about the mechanism by which the major family of enzymes involved in drug metabolism catalyse oxidative transformations.
Staphylococcus aureus & lifestyle variations
Honours project: Conduct biomedical research into Staphylococcus aureus (Golden staph).
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Mixed colony biofilms & disease outcome
Honours project: This molecular and biomedical science honours project explores mixed colony biofilms and their relationship to disease outcomes.
Role of eEF2K & cancer cell migration & invasion
Honours project: Study cell signalling and gene regulation through the exploration of the role of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) and cancer cell migration and invasion.
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Group B Strep & oxidative stress
Honours project: Identify the response of Group B Streptococcus to relevant reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species.
Sim1 gene & its link to morbidly obese children
Honours project: Investigate Sim1 deficiency, a gene linked to severe childhood obesity and resultant from defects in satiety signalling in the hypothalamus.
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