Honours in Biochemistry

Welcome! For general information about the Honours year in Biochemistry click here.

To find a research area that might interest you look at the table below. Click on laboratory leader names or photos to visit their lab websites and read more about their research. Don't hesitate to contact laboratory leaders about Honours projects, even when none are listed!

To Express an Interest apply for Honours in Biochemistry in the School of Molecular and Biomedical Science click here.

Contact Person	Research Interests and Project details
Associate Professor Grant Booker Structural Biology and Drug Design	Structural Biology and Drug Design
Dr John Bruning Laboratory of Protein X-ray Crystalography	Structural Biology of Nuclear Receptors cancer therapeutic and Antimicrobial Design
Dr. Anne Chapman-Smith Protein and DNA Interactions	bHLH.PAS transcription factors: Structure, function and understanding specificity
Dr. Briony Forbes Forbes Laboratory	Insulin-like growth factor system structure and function
Dr Bryan Haines Laboratory of Molecular Embryology	Regulation of cell signalling by leucine rich repeat transmembrane proteins during muscle and nerve development
Dr Peter Hoffmann Adelaide Proteomics Centre	Protein and proteome analyses
Dr Kirk Jensen Jensen Laboratory	Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulatory Mechanisms and the Control of Development
Dr. Yeesim Khew-Goodall Cell Signalling Laboratory	Cell Signalling: the Regulation of Cell-Cell Adhesion and How It Impacts Upon Developmental Mechanisms, Cancer Progression and Inflammatory Processes
Dr Dan Peet Peet Laboratory	Molecular Components of Cellular Oxygen Sensing and the Hypoxic Response
Dr Stuart Pitson Molecular Signalling Laboratory	Sphingolipid-Mediated Signal Transduction Pathways and How They Contribute To Cancer, Inflammatory Diseases, Hypertension and Other Conditions
Dr Keith Shearwin Shearwin Laboratory	Biological Switches and Synthetic Biology
Associate Professor Paul Thomas Laboratory of Developmental Genetics	Molecular Genetics of Brain Development in Mice and Man
Associate Professor Murray Whitelaw Whitelaw Laboratory	Signal Regulated Transcription Factors in Stess Responses, Development and Disease