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Epigenetic integration of genomic and environmental information in honey bees

To study the link between DNA methylation and environmental influences.

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Project	Group	Student intake
Role of poisonous plants in the foraging ecology of marsupials	Foley Group - Animal-Plant interactions	Not open to students.
Salinity tolerance along an aridity gradient: linking physiological processes with morphological constraints on leaf function in mangroves	Ball (Marilyn) Group - Ecophysiology of salinity and freezing tolerance	Not open to students.
Seed and seedling ecology	Nicotra Group - Plant physiological ecology, plant evolutionary biology, reproductive ecology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Serotype-converting bacteriophages and O-antigen modification in Shigella flexneri	Verma Group - Bacterial and bacteriophage genetics, and vaccine development	Honours, Masters, PhD
Sexual selection in changing in environments	Head Group – Ecology and evolution of sex	Honours, PhD
Shigella virulence and vaccine development	Verma Group - Bacterial and bacteriophage genetics, and vaccine development	Honours, Masters, PhD
Skeleton formation in soft corals and calcareous sponges	Adamska Group - Genomic and evolutionary basis of animal development	Honours, PhD
Speciation in co-evolved taxa: sexually-deceptive orchids and their mycorrhizal symbionts	Linde Group - Population genetics, evolution, phylogeography and molecular phylogenetics of fungi	PhD
Species discovery and refugia in the monsoonal tropics	Moritz Group - Evolutionary biogeography & conservation	Bachelor, Honours, PhD, Masters
Sponge and coral microbiomes	Adamska Group - Genomic and evolutionary basis of animal development	PhD
Spread of innovation in urban sulphur-crested cockatoos	Aplin Group - Cognitive Ecology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters
Statistical methods of sequence divergence	Huttley Group - Bioinformatics, molecular evolution of genomes	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Structural basis of drug resistance in the Malaria parasite	Brock Group - Membrane Structural & Synthetic Biology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Structural basis of Endometriosis	Brock Group - Membrane Structural & Synthetic Biology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Student projects - additional topics for the future	Atkin Group - Plant respiration in a changing world	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Student projects in thylakoid function and structure	Chow Group - Thylakoid structure and function	PhD
Student research projects in CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves	von Caemmerer Group - CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Student research projects in tumour immunology and liposome targeting	Altin Group - Tumour immunology and liposome targeting group	Honours, PhD
Students opportunities in Sequeira Group	Sequeira Group - Statistical Modelling & Marine Megafauna Movement	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Studies on the biochemical regulation of C3 and C4 photosynthesis	von Caemmerer Group - CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Studying pathogen proteins that cause disease	Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS: Thermal tolerance and response to climate change in plants from extreme environments	Nicotra Group - Plant physiological ecology, plant evolutionary biology, reproductive ecology	Bachelor
SynBio enabled biosensors	Brock Group - Membrane Structural & Synthetic Biology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Synthetic biology to engineer novel disease resistance in cereal crops	Rathjen Group - Plant immunity	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Synthetic nanotubes to mimic biological ion channels	Chung Group - Biophysics of ion channels	PhD