Human Reproduction Unit - Honours projects available in 2010

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

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

2. Development

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

1. The control of homeotic gene expression in the early embryo
2. The regulation of epigenetic reprogramming during embryo development

3. Stem cells

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

1. Gene-directed differentiation of embryonic stem cell to insulin-secreting cells for treatment of diabetes.
2. Epigenetic events required for the formation of induced-pluripotent stem cells

4. Cancer

Supervisor + contact details:

• Associate Professor Chris O'Neill

1. Epigenetic dysregulation of gene expression during oncogenesis