Project title
Establishing metabolic phenotypes in prostate cancer molecular subtypes to test response to therapy
Supervisory Team
Principal Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Gunter
Associate Supervisors: Professor Colleen Nelson, Dr Lisa Philp, Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams
Project description
Briony’s project focuses on establishing a new methodology for the metabolic analysis and characterisation of prostate cancer tissues and spheroid models. This project investigates the metabolic and phenotypic characteristics of various stages of prostate cancer with the aim of identifying novel co-targeting strategies.
Short biography
Briony is an MPhil student at QUT studying the metabolism of prostate cancer after completing her Bachelor of Biomedical Science in 2020. She is also the proud receiver of the 2020 School of Biomedical Sciences Excellence Award in honour of Dr Ron Epping. Briony is passionate about all things biomedical science and currently works as a research assistant with the Waugh/McGovern lab based at the Translational Research Institute.
Education
2020 Bachelor of Biomedical Science (majoring in cell and molecular biotechnology) from QUT