Description
Current programs
*Systems pharmacology studies of the mode of action and resistance mechanisms of
antibiotics
*Antibiotic hybrids
*Inhalation delivery of novel antibiotics
*Antibiotic hydrogels to treat burn wound infections
*Central Nervous System delivery of antibiotics
*Cystic Fibrosis
Techniques
*Integrated multi-omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics)
*Peptide chemistry, medicinal chemistry and de novo drug design
*Dry powder formulation of antibiotics
*Synthesis of antibiotic hydrogels
*Animal infection models (lung, sepsis, thigh),
*Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics/Toxicodynamics studies
Essential criteria:
Minimum entry requirements can be found here: https://www.monash.edu/admissions/entry-requirements/minimum
Keywords
Antibiotics, resistance, chemical biology, pharmacology
School
Biomedicine Discovery Institute (School of Biomedical Sciences)
Available options
PhD/Doctorate
Masters by research
Honours
Time commitment
Full-time
Top-up scholarship funding available
No
Physical location
18 Innovation Walk
Co-supervisors
Prof
Jian Li