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Use of a tobacco Pathogenesis-related Protein-5 (PR-5) promoter: β glucuronidase (GUS) reporter system to study plant defence activation in response to phytohormones, abiotic stresses and biotic inducers.

Transient gene expression via agroinfiltration of tobacco leaves has been used to study the interaction between many different resistance (R) proteins and their cognate avirulence (Avr) proteins. In this assay system, R protein activation and downstream signalling results in leaf necrosis, a threshold phenotype that is not well suited to quantification of signal strength.

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Project	Group	Student intake
The causes and consequences of dispersal in seed beetles		Honours, PhD
The causes and effects of mortality in tropical Australian trees		Not open to students.
The chemical, biochemical, genetic and ecological basis of pollinator-driven speciation in Australian orchids		Not open to students.
The directed evolution of RuBisCO		Not open to students.
The ecological and molecular basis of pollinator-driven speciation in Australian orchids		PhD
The ecology and evolution of aposematism		Honours, PhD
The evolution and functional sigificance of leaf shape		Not open to students.
The evolution of cooperative behaviour in Rabbit fish		Honours, PhD
The evolution of genital size in mosquitofish		Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
The evolution of mouth markings in estrildid finches		Masters, PhD
The evolution of song in female birds		Not open to students.
The impact of climate change on inter-specific interactions		Not open to students.
The molecular basis for plant susceptibility and immunity to Fusarium wilt disease		Bachelor, Honours, PhD
The role of amino acids in diabetes		Honours, PhD
The role of hormones in parental care		Honours, PhD
The role of N-terminal post-translational modifications of the tobacco Rubisco large subunit		Not open to students.
The role of phospholipid flippases in the immune system		Honours, PhD
The role of RNA binding proteins in post-transcriptional gene regulation and plant biology.		Honours, Masters, PhD
Thermal acclimation, metabolism and thermal physiology in lizards		Honours
To what degree does autotransporter folding inside the bacterial cell resemble autotransporter folding in bulk solution?		Honours, Masters, PhD
Transcriptome and genome sequencing of the coral, Acropora millepora		Not open to students.
TREASURE (Teaching Research: Evaluating Assessment Strategies for Undergraduate Research Projects)		Not open to students.
Tree water use, bushfires, and the implications for urban and rural water supplies		Not open to students.
Understanding chloroplast/nuclear signaling and response pathways which determine photosynthetic capacity		Not open to students.
Understanding how drought affects the risk of increased mortality in tropical rain forests		Not open to students.