2023 Honours/Masters seminars
11:00-11:20 | Colagiuri, David | Hons | Investigation and characterisation of a novel Penicillium that parasitises wheat rust fungi |
11:20-11:40 | Ma, Xiaoce | Masters | Characterizing enzymatic roles of glucanase and trypsin in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici |
11:40-12:00 | Gao, Jialing | Masters | Synthetic biology to engineer novel disease resistance in cereal crops |
12:00-12:20 | Meade, Alek | Hons | A metagenomic approach to analyse the effect of Medicago truncatula exudates on microbe composition in root nodules and surrounding soil |
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12:40-13:00 | Trantino, Helana | Hons | The structural basis of effector interaction with plant wall-associated kinase |
13:00-13:20 | Hasemer, Heath | Hons | Measuring the rate of carbon dioxide removal by enhanced weathering |
13:20-13:40 | Singh,Lavi | Masters | Exploring host-specific infection mechanisms of broad host pathogen Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle fungus) |
13:40-14:00 | Zhuang, Zixiong | Masters | Finding genomic structural variants (SVs) in Eucalyptus viminalis with long-read sequencing |
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14:20-14:40 | Shepherd, Luc | Hons | High-Throughput identification and quantification of pathogenic fungi |
14:40-15:00 | Andrews, Oliver | Hons | Environmenmtal effects on diel leaf starch turnover in woody plants |
15:00-15:20 | Tristram, Amy | Hons | Investigating aquaporin tetramer stoichiometry relationships as novel salt-tolerant strategies in mangroves |
15:20-15:40 | Woodford, James Russell | Hons | Elucidating the role of PGR5 in cyclic electron flow of C4 photosynthesis |