Human Reproduction Unit - Honours projects available in 2009

An Honours project undertaken in this lab would be administered by the Discipline of Physiology.

Associate Professor Chris O'Neill's laboratory undertakes research in four broad themes. Honours projects are available in each as follows:

1. Reproduction

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

Project description:

1. The regulation of fertilization - changes in sperm function in preparation for fertilization
2. Signal transduction by survival factors and mitogens in the early embryo
3. The consequences of assisted reproductive technology (e.g. IVF) on the health of offspring and across generations
4. Proteomic analysis of the factors that control to embryo viability

2. Development

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

Project description:

1. The regulation of epigenetic reprogramming during embryo development
2. Characterization of the transcriptome coding for pluripotency
3. The regulation of embryonic diapause in the mouse and wallaby

3. Stem cells

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

Project description:

1. The production of insulin-secreting cells from embryonic stem cells for treatment of diabetes

4. Cancer

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

Project description:

1. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression during oncogenesis