The Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) provides eligible students with the opportunity to participate in a research project. If you're interested in research and thinking of pursuing a research degree the scheme is an opportunity to see if research is right for you. Further information about the scheme is available on HiQ.
QUT offers a diverse range of student topics for VRES. Search to find a topic that interests you.
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BIOM01 Towards development of a new therapy for prostate cancer.
Metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) accounts for the deaths of 375,000 men each year because tumours develop resistance to therapies that block activity of the androgen receptor, the major molecular driver of prostate cancer. New treatment strategies are aimed at understanding and targeting the molecular mechanisms tumours adopt to escape therapy. Through studying the molecular and metabolic changes in tumour cells under therapy pressure, we have identified a metabolic adaptation that enables tumours to thrive under therapy pressure using altered mitochondrial …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
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- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
Versatile Framework for Physics-Informed Machine Learning with NVIDIA Modulus
Integrating physics principles into machine learning algorithms enhances their adaptability and generalization. Physics Informed neural networks (or PINNs) pivotal for this fusion, leverage physics laws to improve model accuracy and interpretability. This project aims to harness the capabilities of the popular NVIDIA Modulus framework to develop PINN-based machine learning algorithms tailored for computer vision tasks. By leveraging Modulus' computational power and flexibility, we seek to advance the performance and robustness of these algorithms. Subsequently, new (or improved) algorithms will be …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
BIOM05 The functional role of IRX cluster proteins in prostate cancer stem cells
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-associated death among Australian men. Unfortunately, there is no cure for advanced prostate cancer patients who develop resistance to currently available treatments. Cancer stem cells are a significant factor contributing to treatment resistance in prostate cancer. The Iroquois-class homeodomain family, consisting of six Iroquois (IRX) genes, encodes transcription factors that have been implicated in cancers. Our previous studies1 identified a link between IRX4, one of the IRX cluster genes, and prostate cancer stemness. …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
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- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
NURS04 Ambient clinical intelligence for procedural sedation: consciousness level assessments
Procedural sedation involves the administration of sedative and/or analgesic medications that allow patients to tolerate painful or uncomfortable diagnostic or therapeutic procedures without general anesthesia. It is commonly used for radiology, cardiac catheterisation and endoscopy procedures. The number, complexity, and diversity of procedures performed with procedural sedation is growing.Clinicians perform regular assessments of the adequacy of procedural sedation to inform their decision-making around sedation titration and also for documentation of the care provided. Additionally, regular assessment of consciousness is required …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Nursing
Habitable Water Infrastructures
This research project explores the public realm and buildings as water infrastructures.Water is integral to human survival and has a long-standing relationship with human habitation. Despite this intertwined relationship, water and habitation are still treated as two separate aspects, with one attached to the other. In many current practices, water-related infrastructures are still perceived as simple systems attached to spaces in the form of pipes, water tanks and biofiltration systems, all aimed at conveyance, retention, percolation, filtration, infiltration, and discharging. …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment
Stroke risk prediction for patients with atrial fibrillation
The presence and severity of an atrial myopathy, not atrial fibrillation (AF), is the primary driver of the risk of stroke. However, current stroke risk stratification and screening focuses only on AF, using risk scoring systems (such as CHA2DS2-VASc) derived from demographic and clinical profiles. These systems do not incorporate any personalised metrics of altered atrial structure or function and are limited in their overall accuracy (c statistics 0.675). Importantly, patients with atrial myopathy and a high risk of stroke …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Develop point-of-care microfluidic technologies for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Excessive clotting (thrombosis) leads to the cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke, killing one Australian every 12 minutes. It has long been recognized that platelets play a central role in thrombosis and are unique in their ability to form stable adhesive interactions under conditions of rapid blood flow.We've recently discovered a new ‘biomechanical’ prothrombotic mechanism that highlights the remarkable platelet sensitivity to the shear stress gradients of blood flow disturbance. Importantly, we've found that current anti-thrombotic drugs, such …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
AI to predict intracranial aneurysm rupture
Intracranial aneurysms are bulging, weak areas of an artery that supply blood to the brain which are relatively common. While most aneurysms do not show symptoms, 1% spontaneously rupture which can be fatal or it can leave the survivor with permanent disabilities. This catastrophic outcome has motivated surgeons to operate on approximately 30% of aneurysms despite their rate of complications arising and cost of operation.The impact of aneurysm morphology on blood flow shear stress and rupture could educate surgical decision-making …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Assembly of metallo supramolecular materials for guest sensing applications
The concept of creating molecular electronic devices has resulted in the development and rapid advance of the field of supramolecular chemistry. We are particularly interested in how we can use simple building blocks to self-assemble into complex, functional structures both in solution and at the solution:surface interface. These types of structures have shown great promise in applications such as catalysis, sensing, drug delivery and even in the development of molecular machines.
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Materials Science
ENS04 Nutrition outcomes of dietetic-led Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (CBT-AR).
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder(ARFID) is an eating disorder where the person restricts their food due to sensory aversions, lack of interest or fear of aversive consequences. A clinical trial is being conducted at QUT looking at dietetic led treatment of ARFID as part of a PhD. This is the provision of CBT-AR by a specialist eating disorder dietitian, with supports from a multidisciplinary team. As part of this trial, the nutrition presentation of the disorder will be characterised and assessed pre/post-treatment.
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Making seen what we can’t feel – wearable suns sensors for UV protection
Radiation exposure can be damaging, but at the right dose it can also have health benefits. An example, while ultraviolet (UV) light can cause skin damage and melanoma, it is also necessary for Vitamin D production. The key is knowing what dose we are receiving and when we have had too much. In this collaborative project with the School of Design, we are developing new wearable sun sensors that are sensitive to UV radiation, but also fashionable and desirable to …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
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- Centre for Materials Science
Hospital Readmission Prediction with domain knowledge
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has highlighted that reducing avoidable hospital readmissions supports better health outcomes, improves patient safety and leads to greater efficiency in the health system. Previous studies have reported that up to 11% of the Emergency (ED) population are "heavy users" with a higher prevalence of psychosocial problems and often co-existing chronic medical conditions. All Australian governments have committed to reforms under the National Health Reform Agreement Addendum,1 and the …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Computer Science
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Data Science
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