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Linking intracellular communication to whole-plant stress responses

This is a major area in our lab and connects to other projects as well.  Projects range from chemical genetics screens for targeted manipulation of chloroplast signals, site-directed mutagenesis of key cellular signalling proteins through to unravelling the dynamics of RNA synthesis and decay (see below), guard cell signalling and protein-metabolite interactions.

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Identification of 2000 novel protein isoforms in the human and mouse genomes
    Bachelor, PhD
    Identification of molecular mechanisms of action and direct target genes of developmental signalling pathways in sponges
      PhD
      Identification of target genes of developmental transcription factors Brachyury, Gata and Caudal in sponges
        PhD
        Impact of early thermal environments on thermal behaviour and physiology in lizards
          Honours
          Improving C4 photosynthesis by genetic manipulation
            Honours, PhD
            Improving drought tolerance in wheat by selectively inhibiting negative regulators of drought stress signalling
              Honours, PhD
              Infection of plants by rust fungi
                Not open to students.
                Insect ecology, morphology or physiology
                  Honours, PhD
                  Insect vision & navigation
                    Not open to students.
                    Integrative taxonomy of Australian monsoonal herpetofauna
                      Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
                      Investigating the genetic architecture of thermal acclimation of leaf energy metabolism using GWAS
                        Honours, Masters, PhD
                        Investigating the interactions between respiration and photosynthesis in leaf photosynthetic function
                          Not open to students.
                          Ion homeostasis in the malaria parasite
                            Not open to students.
                            Kin selection and competition in cooperative breeders Not open to students.
                            Laboratory overview
                              Bachelor, Honours, PhD
                              Landscape genomics
                                Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
                                Limiting factors and impacts of climate change for endangered Australian orchids
                                  Not open to students.
                                  Linking intracellular communication to whole-plant stress responses
                                    Honours, PhD
                                    Manipulating CO2 transport with aquaporins to improve photosynthesis
                                      Honours
                                      Mapping the genetic mechanism of plasmodesmata formation and regulation to improve crops
                                        Summer scholar, Honours, Masters, PhD
                                        Maternal effects and phenotypic development in lizards
                                          Honours
                                          Membrane transport proteins of the malaria parasite and their roles in conferring drug resistance
                                            Not open to students.
                                            Metagenomics and the analysis of microbial genomes
                                              Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
                                              Microbial control of root developmental plasticity
                                                Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
                                                MicroRNA target recognition; the role of the target RNA secondary structure.
                                                  Honours, Masters, PhD

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