Project: Towards an understanding of last-resort antimicrobial resistance in hospital superbugs
Howden Group
This project will uncover how widespread resistance to last-resort antimicrobials is within the hospital superbug vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and define at the molecular level the major mechanisms of last-resort antimicrobial resistance. The project will involve a combination of techniques including in silico analyses of large genomic datasets, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, molecular microbiology techniques and murine models of infectious disease.
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Howden Group
5 vacancies
Our research uses genomics, molecular biology, epidemiology and clinical studies to address a broad range of issues related to invasive bacterial diseases in humans, including antimicrobial-resistant and hospital-associated pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecium, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli.
Howden Group Current Projects
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Defining how multidrug-resistant superbugs colonise the gastrointestinal tract
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
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Towards an understanding of last-resort antimicrobial resistance in hospital superbugs
Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
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Genomic epidemiology and AMR of Victorian Burkholderia in a global context
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
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Phylodynamic modelling of outbreaks of multidrug resistant enteric pathogens
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
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Precision genomics for antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens
Master of Biomedical Science, Honours
Research degrees at the Doherty Institute are administered by the University of Melbourne.