PhD & Honour Projects - Topics open
PhDs:
Involvement of the kynurenine pathway in Alzheimer’s disease (animal models)
Honours:
- Expression of IDO in human fetal vs adult astrocytes
- Characterization of the kynurenine pathway in choroid plexus cells
- Characterization of the kynurenine pathway in human red blood cells
- Characterization of the kynurenine pathway in human platelets
- Neuroprotective effects of Cerebrolysin® on human treated with the excitotoxin quinolinic acid
- Characterization of the C Type lectin receptors in human brain cells
- Effects of interferons on IDO and TDO expression in human brain cells and macrophages
- Effects of quinolinic acid on inflammatory mediator production by human macrophages
- Effects of kynurenine pathway metabolites on amyloid beta production by human neurons