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PhD/Masters/Honours

AMPK drug discovery – small molecule inhibitors

Lab: Metabolic Signalling

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Jon Oakhill Dr Ashfaqul Hoque

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing

Dr Andrew Tsatsanis

Diseases focus: Cancer Healthy Ageing
PhD, MSc

Developing lipid and mRNA-based therapies for Friedreich ataxia heart disease

Lab: Cardiometabolic Disease

Supervisor(s): Dr Jarmon Lees

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing

Dr Ashfaqul Hoque

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing
PhD/Masters/Honours

Metabolite regulation of mitochondrial health

Lab: Metabolic Signalling

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Jon Oakhill

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing
PhD/Masters

Investigating a novel mechanism for suppressing hepatic steatosis in NAFLD.

Lab: Diabetes & Metabolic Disease

Supervisor(s): Dr Kim Loh

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing
PhD, MSc

Modelling diabetic heart disease using human cardiac microtissues

Lab: Cardiometabolic Disease

Supervisor(s): Dr Jarmon Lees

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing

Dr Jarmon Lees

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing
PhD/Honours

Structural biology of proteins involved in neurodegenerative disorders and mental illness

Lab: Structural Biology

Supervisor(s): Professor Michael Parker

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing
Developing new treatments for Friedreich ataxia heart disease

Developing new treatments for Friedreich ataxia heart disease

Lab: Cardiac Regeneration

Supervisor(s): Dr Jarmon Lees

Diseases focus: Healthy Ageing