Opportunities

Research Overview

Professor Justine Smith supervises projects on the group of diseases called uveitis. Professor Smith is an ophthalmologist (eye doctor), who treats patients with uveitis at Flinders Medical Centre, and at her laboratory, the research team studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of uveitis and works towards better treatments.

Key staff associated with projects

Mr. Liam Ashander (Microbiologist, Lab Manager) and Dr. Yuefang Ma (Cell biologist), plus the group of HDR students and MD students who also work on the team to progress research on uveitis.

Skills students will gain

• Experimental design, including developing scientific hypotheses.
• Laboratory methods: our research involves many different molecular and cell biology techniques.
• Data analysis and presentation.
• Science communication.