2008 Research Opportunities
Project Title
Improving smallholder beef health & production in Cambodia and Laos through developing and testing a program of best practice animal health.
Project Summary
An opportunity exists for a PhD candidate to work within an ACIAR project aimed at identifying the preferred interventions that can improve smallholder beef health & production in Cambodia and Laos.
Contact
A/Prof Peter Windsor
Ph:+61 2 9351 1710
Email: pwindsor@camden.usyd.edu.au
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Project Title
A Study on the Evolution of the Alphaherpesviruses and their Impact on Australian Biodiversity
Project Summary
New herpesviruses will be identified by sequence analysis and this data will be used to study herpesvirus evolution and host range.
Contact
A/Prof David N. Phalen
Ph: +61 2 9036 7757
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Project Title
Nematode virulence proteomics as worm resistance markers in sheep
Project Summary
Worm components which enhance infectivity may be targets for neutralisation by host defences and the reaction may be exploited as a marker to identify resistant and susceptible sheep
Contact
A/Prof David Emery
Ph:+61 2 9351 3102
Email:
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Project Title
Bioinformatics approach to Cryptosporidium identity: database prospects
Project Summary
The Bioinformatics approach to Cryptosporidium identity: database prospects study will examine (i) the applicability of web based platform to clinical and field data and (ii) develop an automated approach to identification and annotation to sequences.
Contact
Dr Jan Slapeta
Ph:+61 2 9351 2025
Email: jslapeta@usyd.edu.au
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Project Title
Emerging parasitic disease: epidemiological, diagnostic and experimental approach
Project Summary
The project Emerging parasitic diseases: epidemiological, diagnostic and experimental approach will focus on development and elucidation of the epidemiology of newly or neglected disease in veterinary parasitology including (i) haemo- / tissue- parasites (Atoxoplasma, Babesia) and (ii) gastrointestinal parasites (Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Tritrichomonas).
Contact
Dr Jan Slapeta
Ph:+61 2 9351 2025
Email: jslapeta@usyd.edu.au
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Project Title
Evaluation of the hepatic microvasculature in normal dogs and dogs with a naturally-occurring vascular malformation of the liver (congenital portosystemic shunt).
Project Summary
Description of the electron microscopic characteristics of the hepatic microvasculature of dogs with a congenital vascular abnormality of the liver.
Contact
A/Prof Geraldine B Hunt
Ph:+61 2 9351 5320
Email: gbhunt@mail.usyd.edu.au
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Project Title
Investigation into gastrointestinal absorption of xenobiotics by the koala
Project Summary
Investigation into factors that influence gastrointestinal absorption in koalas
Contact
Dr Merran Govendir
Ph:+61 2 9351 5442
Email: M.Govendir@vetc.usyd.edu.au
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Project Title
EHN Virus in the Murray Darling Basin
Contact
Professor Richard J Whittington
Ph:+61 2 93511619
Email:
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Project Title
Environmental impact of viral disease in fish in the Murray Darling Basin
Project Summary
This project will investigate the occurrence of epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus (EHNV) in native finfish and determine the conservation impact by determining the susceptibility of these species to the virus experimentally, drawing on techniques and knowledge from fields of virology, immunology and pathology.
Contact
Professor Richard J Whittington
Ph:+61 2 93511619
Email:
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Project Title
Molecular characterization of different forms of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses in sheep and cattle
Contact
Dr. Imke Tammen
Ph: +61 2 4655 0604
Email:
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Project Title
Statistical Genetics
Contact
Dr Peter Thomson
Ph: +61 2 9351 1654
Email:
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Project Title
Natural immunity and anti-microbial proteins
Contact
Dr Peter Williamson
Ph: +61 2 9351 3653
Email: peter_williamson@usyd.edu.au
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Project Title
Intracellular pathways as targets for regulation of cell response
Contact
Dr Peter Williamson
Ph: +61 2 9351 3653
Email:
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Project Title
Functional genomic and molecular investigations of lactation gene function
Contact
Dr Peter Williamson
Ph: +61 2 9351 3653
Email:
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