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Above and below-ground specialization in Australian orchids

This project is exploring the consequences of pollinator and fungal interactions for orchid speciation and vulnerability.

Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity

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Project	Group	Student intake
Electron transport and ATP synthesis in chloroplasts	von Caemmerer Group - CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves	Honours
Energy use and the plant canopy - measuring local respiration trends.	Atkin Group - Plant respiration in a changing world Borevitz Group - Plant genomics for climate adaption Pogson Group - Chloroplast to nuclear signalling: light, drought and carotenoids	Bachelor
Enhancing carotenoid levels in cereals by esterification	Pogson Group - Chloroplast to nuclear signalling: light, drought and carotenoids	Honours, PhD
Entropy as a novel determinant of photosynthetic structure and function	Chow Group - Thylakoid structure and function	Not open to students.
Entropy, information theory and biodiversity		Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Environmental effects on photosynthesis of species with the C3-C4 intermediate photosynthetic pathway	von Caemmerer Group - CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves	Honours
Environmental physiology of locusts	Cooper Group - Insect physiology, salt and water regulation	Honours, PhD
Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified Alfalfa mosaic virus resistant white clover (Trifolium repens L.)	Linde Group - Population genetics, evolution, phylogeography and molecular phylogenetics of fungi	Not open to students.
Epigenetic integration of genomic and environmental information in honey bees	Maleszka Group - From molecules to behaviour	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Epigenetics of brain plasticity	Maleszka Group - From molecules to behaviour	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Erythrocyte membrane modifications during malaria infection	Maier Group - Molecular mechanisms of malaria pathogenesis	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Evolution at extremes: Macroevolutionary responses to harsh environments	Bromham Group - macroevolution, molecular evolution & Language evolution Cardillo Group - Macroevolution, Macroecology and Biogeography	Honours, PhD
Evolution of Australia's globally unique biodiversity hotspot	Crisp Group - Plant systematics and biogeography	PhD
Evolution of salt tolerance in plants	Bromham Group - macroevolution, molecular evolution & Language evolution	Not open to students.
Evolution of scald and net form of net blotch	Linde Group - Population genetics, evolution, phylogeography and molecular phylogenetics of fungi	Honours, PhD
Evolution of the Australian Onychophora	Rowell Group - Population genetics, karyology and phylogeography of terrestrial invertebrates	Honours, PhD
Evolutionary biology of Australian reptiles and amphibians	Keogh Group - Evolutionary biology & ecology of reptiles and amphibians	Honours, Masters, PhD
Evolutionary causes and ecological consequences of ageing in superb fairy-wrens (current PhD)	Kruuk Group - Evolutionary ecology and quantitative genetics	Not open to students.
Evolutionary significance of early developmental environments: Interaction between maternal effects and offspring thermal environment on phenotypic development and fitness	Noble Group - Animal ecophysiology and evolutionary ecology	PhD
Evolvability	Bromham Group - macroevolution, molecular evolution & Language evolution	Not open to students.
Evolving with sexually transmitted infections	Head Group – Ecology and evolution of sex	Honours, PhD
Examining Rubisco - Rubisco activase interactions.	Whitney Group - Synthetic Photosynthesis - bioengineering enzymes to adjust carbon fixation	Not open to students.
Exploring the evolutionary protein landscape of Rubisco	Whitney Group - Synthetic Photosynthesis - bioengineering enzymes to adjust carbon fixation	PhD
Expression of modified tobacco and foreign Rubiscos in tobacco chloroplasts	Whitney Group - Synthetic Photosynthesis - bioengineering enzymes to adjust carbon fixation	Not open to students.
Factors affecting Perigord truffle production in Australia	Linde Group - Population genetics, evolution, phylogeography and molecular phylogenetics of fungi	Not open to students.