Sample Student Research Project Outlines

Project outlines are samples of projects available to honours, masters and postgraduate students of the School of Anatomy & Human Biology.
The projects finally undertaken are determined by discussion between the appropriate Chair, the academic supervisor and the student.

 
Art in Science

Cell Biology

1. The role of apoptosis and its signalling molecules in cancer
2. Bone in Health and Disease
3. Metals in Medicine

Ecology

1. Intergenerational relationships in terms of help provided to adult offspring by mothers and fathers. 
2. Intergenerational relations in conjunction with ICHR or WAHD.
3. Database development and statistical analyses of patterns of ecology and life history traits across species.
4. Behavioural studies of captive mammals (especially primates) at the  Perth Zoo.
5. Behavioural studies of sex differences in humans.

Education 

1. Development Of Computer Aided Learning
2. Creating virtual environments and educational animations for e-learning

Evolutionary Biology

1. The development of alternative reproductive strategies in humans
2. The genetic consequences of isolation in Kimberley, Pilbara and Abrolhos islands

Functional Anatomy

1. Functional Anatomy Projects

Human Biology

• Human Biology projects integrate the disciplines from the biological and social sciences to examine current issues such as human fertility, overweight and obesity and organisational and industrial stress and more

Information Technology 

1. Development of medical diagnostic software

Muscle Regeneration 

1. Age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function
2. Muscle metabolism and dietary interventions: impact on muscular dystrophy
3. The Extracellular Matrix: differences between muscles, the impact of age and interventions to reduce fibrosis
4. Combined therapies for muscular dystrophy

Neuroscience

1. Cell and tissue transplantation, gene therapy and the repair of central nervous tissue damaged after injury.
2. Fetal Origins of Adult Health and Disease

Reproductive Biology 

1. The Influence of Age and Reproductive Status on Stress Perception and Responsivity
2. Attitudes to Release of Information in Open-Identity Donor Programs
3. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
4. Oxidative Stress and Placental Function

Sleep Science

1. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea