Honours in Genetics

Welcome! For general information about the Honours year in Genetics click here. You may also wish to look at this year's Genetics Honours Handbook.

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 apply for Honours in Genetics in the School of Molecular and Biomedical Science click here

Contact Person	Research Interests and Project details
Professor Dave Adelson Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Genetics	Bioinformatics and Computational Genetics
Dr Anthony Borneman Australian Wine Research Institute	Functional genomics, systems and synthetic biology in industrial microorganisms
Dr Anna Brown Leukaemia Biology	Transcription Factors in Leukaemogenesis Molecular Characterisation of Diamond Blackfan Anemia Molecular mechanisms of Polycythemia Vera - identification and characterisation of novel candidate genes β-catenin activation and target gene identification in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)
Dr Sharon Byers Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit	Mesenchymal stem cells in MPS and their use in treatment Understanding osteoclast dysfunction in the MPS Molecular mechanism of growth failure in MPS
Professor Alan Cooper Australian Centre for Ancient DNA	Ancient DNA
Dr Steven Cooper Evolutionary Biology Unit (EBU), SA Museum	Dr Cooper will not be offering Honours Projects in 2011
Dr Tasman Daish Genome Organisation, Epigenetics and Sex Determination Laboratory	Genome Organisation, Chromosome Evolution and Sex Determination in Vertebrates
Dr Jack da Silva Computational Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory	Computational Evolutionary Genetics
Associate Professor Richard D’Andrea Acute Leukaemia Biology	echanisms of leukaemogenesis downstream of activated cytokine receptors Regulation of GADD45A in AML β-catenin activation and target gene identification in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) Transcription Factors in Leukaemogenesis Molecular Characterisation of Diamond Blackfan Anemia Screening for compounds that induce differentiation or cell death of AML cells Proteomic analysis of chemotherapy response in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Molecular characterisation of Polycythemia Vera
Dr Donna Denton	Molecular Regulation Laboratory
Associate Professor Josef Gecz Neurogenetics Research Program	Identification of Genes and Understanding of Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Intellectual Disability and Epilepsy
Dr Stephen Gregory Cell Division and Cancer	Molecular genetics of cell division
Dr Frank Grutzner Genome Organisation, Epigenetics and Sex Determination Laboratory	Genome Organisation, Chromosome Evolution and Sex Determination in Vertebrates
Dr Joan Kelly Fungal Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology	Genetic Dissection of Gene Regulatory Networks
Associate Professor Simon Koblar Developmental Neurobiology Laboratory	Developmental Neurobiology
Professor Sharad Kumar Molecular Regulation Laboratory (SA Pathology)	Cellular and molecular biology of disease, with an emphasis on cancer biologys the study of programmed cell death of normal and cancer cells understanding the regulation of cellular homeostasis by ubiquitination
Dr Michael Lardelli Zebrafish Genetics Laboratory	Using Zebrafish Embryos to Investigate the Normal Development of the Nervous System, the Genetics of Dementia, and Transgenic Technology
Professor Junia Melo Leukaemia Biology Group – Department of Haematology	Leukaemia Genetics
Dr. Nathan O'Callaghan Nutritional Genomics, DNA Damage Diagnostics and Prevention	Nutritional Genomics, DNA Damage Diagnostics and Prevention
Professor Robert Richards Mechanisms in Human Genetic Disease Laboratory	Use of Animal Model Genetic Systems (Drosophilia and Zebrafish) to Dissect the Normal and Pathogenic Molecular Pathways Influenced by Genes Associated with Human Diseases Such as Huntington’s Disease and Cancer
Dr Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin	Eukaryotic Genome Evolution (Organellar DNA transfer to the nucleus)
Professor Hamish Scott Molecular Pathology Research Laboratory	Haematopoietic malignancy predisposition and progression Examination of the BCR serine-threonine kinase domain for acquired mutations that may enhance BCR-ABL oncogenicity Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene defects and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis susceptibility
Professor Jeremy Timmis Eukaryote Evolution and Cotton Biotechnology	Eukaryotic Genome Evolution (Genetic Interactions Between Cytoplasmic Organelles and the Nucleus)