Pursuing a Doctorate (Ph.D) at the ACBD

The ACBD encourages the development of science at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The centre hosts dynamic postgraduate PhD programs as well as fostering undergraduate science talent.  

The ACBD is currently responsible for the supervision of 17 PhD students:

• Akiko Ono
• Erik Westein
• Katherine Monaghan
• Mehran Ghasemzadeh
• Trifina Sofian
• Jessica Mountford
• Rachel Borg
• Mohammad Al-tamimi
• Be'eri Niego
• Amanda Au
• Bernadine Lu
• Cindy Lin
• Emily Nicholls
• Gabrielle Van Der Kraan
• Hannah Lee
• Linda Nguyen
• Saheb Al-daher

We congratulate the following students who were successfully awarded their doctorate:

2007-2008

• Dr Penelope Anne Mayes: Title: Towards a New Steroid Synthesis; Conformational Analogues of Oxamflatin as Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
• Dr Melinda Paterson:Title: Characterisation of centerin, a germinal cell serpin
• Dr Anthony Vinh: Title: Angiotensin IV-Evoked Modulation of Vascular Function and Atherogenesis in ApoE-Deficient Mice

2005-2006

• Dr Anita Horvath:- Title: Molecular characterisation of the murine α1-antichymotrypsin-like serpins
• Dr Mhairi Maxwell:- Title: Investigation of signalling molecules involved in integrin-mediated adhesion.
• Dr Isaac Goncalves:- Title: Adhesion-specific signalling mechanisms in platelets.
• Dr Mythily Sachchithananthan:- Title: Post-transcriptional regulation of prothrombin gene expression.
• Dr Andre Samson:- Title: Investigation into the influence of tissue-type plasminogen activator and plasmin on the neuronal N-methyl-D-aspartate(NMDA) receptor
• Dr Karly Koutrouvelis:- Title: Mechanisms of TRAIL action and resistance in multiple myeloma