Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids
- Research Opportunity
- PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
- Project Status
- Future
- Department
- Medicine and Radiology
- Location
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
| Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Adrian Achuthan | aaa@unimelb.edu.au | Personal web page | |
Project Details
Steroids (glucocorticoids) are widely used to treat the chronic inflammation and pain associated with many diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Unfortunately, there are side effects associated with usage of glucocorticoids in such diseases.
In this project you will use genome-wide approaches such as microarray to indentify the genes that are regulated by glucocorticoids. More specifically you will investigate molecular signalling pathways that lead to activation of transcription factors that lead to differential expression of glucocoritcoid-controlled genes in inflammatory conditions. Enhancing our understanding of molecular signalling pathways that are governed by glucocorticoids may lead to improved clinical therapies with minimal side effects.
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Research Opportunities
PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Graduate Research Students who are interested in joining this project will need to consider their elegibility as well as other Graduate Research requirements before contacting the supervisor of this research
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Department
Research Node
Royal Melbourne HospitalMDHS Research library
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