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Research groups
Find out more about our research groups below. Details of our honorary group leader profiles can be found in the Honorary groups page.
Atkin Group - Plant respiration in a changing world »
Atkin Group studies plant metabolic responses to environmental gradients, including how leaf respiration varies within and among biomes across the globe.
Ball (Marilyn) Group - Ecophysiology of salinity and freezing tolerance »
We study how physiological adaptations and responses to environmental stresses affect the structure and functioning of plant communities.
Bentley Group - Building crops for climate change »
Wheat, plant breeding, genetics
Borevitz Group - Plant genomics for climate adaption »
We study the genetic basis of Climate Adaptation in foundation plant species, using state of the art Genomic and Phenomic techniques
Byrt Group – Engineering plant membrane proteins and solute transport to increase yield security »
We work on engineering strategies to increase crop tolerance to salinity and drought, and to advance water filtration technology.
Chan Group - Plant Organelle and Cellular Signalling »
We aim to unravel molecular and biochemical mechanisms that enable plant cells to adapt to challenging environmental conditions
Danila Group – Plant cell structure and intercellular communication »
Our group studies plasmodesmata to answer important plant science questions related to development, cellular transport, root biology, signalling and evolution.
Djordjevic Group - Root architecture, root nodule formation, nitrogen fixation, regulatory peptides, plant development, Rhizobium »
Sustainable food security is of utmost importance to the future of the planet.
Farquhar Group - Coordination of CO2 fixation and transpiration in plants »
Our research includes: photosynthesis and growth with N2 and water use of plants; stomatal physiology; isotopic composition of plants & global change science.
Furbank Group – Improving photosynthesis and crop yield »
Our research focuses on the identification of enhanced photosynthetic properties in crop and model plant germplasm, and improving C4 photosynthesis.
Jones Group - Disease resistance »
We investigate the molecular basis of disease and disease resistance in tomato (leaf mould and Fusarium wilt resistance) and flax (flax rust resistance).
Linde Group - Population genetics, evolution, phylogeography and molecular phylogenetics of fungi »
Our main research interest is in fungal-plant-interactions, both applied and pure research, on a range of important pathogens.
Mathesius Group - Root microbe interactions - symbionts to parasites »
We are interested in the molecular mechanisms controlling nodule development in legumes, and how this is linked to other aspects of root architecture.
Melonek Group – Unlocking genetic secrets of cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration in plants »
The Melonek Group studies the genetic and molecular basis of cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration in plants.
Millar Group - Plant microRNA biology and disease resistance »
The principal interest of the lab is gene silencing mediated by microRNAs, with a focus on microRNAs that control plant disease resistance.
Nicotra Group - Plant physiological ecology, plant evolutionary biology, reproductive ecology »
We are interested in phenotypic plasticity - the range of forms a given genetic individual can exhibit under different environments.
Pogson Group - Chloroplast to nuclear signalling: light, drought and carotenoids »
The overarching theme of our research is to determine the controls and regulators of communication between the chloroplast and nucleus.
Price Group - The cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism and the use of synthetic biology to transfer it to C3 crop plants »
The Price lab is presently focusing on the molecular biology and physiology of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria (blue-green photosynthetic bacteria) and plants
Rathjen Group - Plant immunity »
Rathjen group focuses on all aspects of plant immunity, characterising the fascinating interplay between host and pathogen.
Roessner Group »
More information to come
Ruan Group- Optimising Carbon Allocation for Development, Yield and Resilience »
Our research focuses on identifying molecular and biochemical bottlenecks.
Schwessinger Group - Plants, fungi, evolution »
Our team focuses on questions around plant biosecurity in Australia by studying the interaction between plants and their fungal pathogen.
Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity »
The Solomon group focuses on pathogens of wheat that threaten food security and stability.
von Caemmerer Group - CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves »
We are investigating aspects of carbon acquisition by plants including the biochemistry of CO2 fixation and regulation of CO2 diffusion into and within leaves.
Way Group - Plant Ecophysiology and Global Change Biology »
One of the most pressing concerns in biology is whether we can predict how plants and ecosystems will respond to climate change.
Whitney Group - Synthetic Photosynthesis - bioengineering enzymes to adjust carbon fixation »
We focus on the development and use of synthetic tools to scrutinize the biology of the most abundant protein, the photosynthetic CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco.