Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling

Using mathematical approaches to biological problems underpins many research approaches to understand how plants operate. This approach applies to many aspects of plant biology, ranging from understanding genetic information content, function of molecular & cellular processes, plant-environment interactions and global climate change models.

Project Groups
Acacia evolution: why do some species evolve faster than others? Lanfear Group - Mutation, molecular evolution and phylogenetics
New methods in phylogenetics Lanfear Group - Mutation, molecular evolution and phylogenetics
Reading the history of mutations in individual plants Lanfear Group - Mutation, molecular evolution and phylogenetics
Bioinformatic / Computational methods Huttley Group - Bioinformatics, molecular evolution of genomes
Bioinformatics and gene discovery in wheat rust pathogens Rathjen Group - Plant immunity
Bioinformatics Summer Scholarship projects Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity
Biologically inspired membranes for the efficient desalination of water Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
C4 Rice Project
  • Furbank Group – Improving photosynthesis and crop yield
  • von Caemmerer Group - CO2 fixation and water loss of leaves
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    Can cooperative species better handle environmental variability?
    Characterising the Zymospetoria tritici - wheat interaction Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity
    Comparative, meta-analytic and empirical approaches to understanding the impacts of developmental environments on life-history evolution Noble Group - Animal ecophysiology and evolutionary ecology
    Computational models of nerve conduction Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
    Conservation Genetics of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Mikheyev Group - Evolutionary genomics
    Coral development and comparative genomics Ball (Eldon) Group - The molecular basis of coral biology
    Coral regeneration Adamska Group - Genomic and evolutionary basis of animal development
    Designing new channel inhibitors for treating chronic pain Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
    Detection of fungal pathogens and their associated microbiome Schwessinger Group - Plants, fungi, evolution
    Do repetitive elements contribute to variation in chromosome structure between populations?
  • Mikheyev Group - Evolutionary genomics
  • Rowell Group - Population genetics, karyology and phylogeography of terrestrial invertebrates
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    Domestic applicants for PhDs in Ecology & Evolution
    Ecological processes in evolutionary radiations Cardillo Group - Macroevolution, Macroecology and Biogeography
    Entropy, information theory and biodiversity
    Evolution at extremes: Macroevolutionary responses to harsh environments
  • Bromham Group - Macroevolution, molecular evolution & Language evolution
  • Cardillo Group - Macroevolution, Macroecology and Biogeography
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    Fungal bioinformatics Linde Group - Population genetics, evolution, phylogeography and molecular phylogenetics of fungi
    Fungal genomics, evolution, and host adaptation Schwessinger Group - Plants, fungi, evolution
    Genome wide association mapping Borevitz Group - Plant genomics for climate adaption
    Have megajournals changed the way that science is done? Lanfear Group - Mutation, molecular evolution and phylogenetics
    Honours projects are now available to study a wide range of topics in biosecurity and pathogenesis Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity
    How do biological molecules distinguish between ions? Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
    How do climate-related changes in tidal patterns affect the foraging time and breeding behaviour of shorebirds?
    How do RNA binding proteins find the right partner? Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
    Identification and characterisation of membrane transport proteins
    Identification and functional characterisation of flax rust effectors Jones Group - Disease resistance
    Identification of 2000 novel protein isoforms in the human and mouse genomes Fahrer Group - Immunology
    Identification of molecular mechanisms of action and direct target genes of developmental signalling pathways in sponges Adamska Group - Genomic and evolutionary basis of animal development
    Identification of target genes of developmental transcription factors Brachyury, Gata and Caudal in sponges Adamska Group - Genomic and evolutionary basis of animal development
    Identifying general rules why species differ in their sensitivity to climate variability
    Investigating adaptive genomic variation underlying drought tolerance in Eucalyptus Borevitz Group - Plant genomics for climate adaption
    Kin selection and competition in cooperative breeders
    Leaf respiration under drought Atkin Group - Plant respiration in a changing world
    Metagenomics and the analysis of microbial genomes Huttley Group - Bioinformatics, molecular evolution of genomes
    Molecular evolution and Phylogenetics Huttley Group - Bioinformatics, molecular evolution of genomes
    Out of the darkness: predicting rates of respiration of illuminated leaves along nutrient gradients Atkin Group - Plant respiration in a changing world
    PhD projects are now available to study a wide range of topics in biosecurity and pathogenesis Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity
    Phylogenomic assessment of conservation priorities in two biodiversity hotspots: The Pilbara and Kimberley Moritz Group - Evolutionary biogeography & conservation
    Rates of molecular evolution in parasites Bromham Group - Macroevolution, molecular evolution & Language evolution
    Rust resistance in Australian Myrtaceae Foley Group - Animal-Plant interactions
    Species discovery and refugia in the monsoonal tropics Moritz Group - Evolutionary biogeography & conservation
    Sponge and coral microbiomes Adamska Group - Genomic and evolutionary basis of animal development
    Statistical methods of sequence divergence Huttley Group - Bioinformatics, molecular evolution of genomes
    Student opportunities in molecular analysis of CO2 acquisition by cyanobacteria Price Group - The cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism and the use of synthetic biology to transfer it to C3 crop plants
    Student projects - additional topics for the future Atkin Group - Plant respiration in a changing world
    Studying pathogen proteins that cause disease Solomon Group - Wheat biosecurity
    SynBio enabled biosensors Brock Group - Membrane Structural & Synthetic Biology
    The role of hormones in parental care Head Group – Ecology and evolution of sex
    The transport game – modelling the physiology of cells Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
    Uncovering the hare microbiome
  • Rathjen Group - Plant immunity
  • Schwessinger Group - Plants, fungi, evolution
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    Understanding the proteins responsible for our sense of touch Corry Group - Transport proteins and computational biophysics
    Using approximate Bayesian computation to infer ancestral population size of pre-Columbian North American human populations Mikheyev Group - Evolutionary genomics
    Using computer vision and machine learning to study honey bee behavior Mikheyev Group - Evolutionary genomics
    Wolbachia infection of honey bee parasites Mikheyev Group - Evolutionary genomics

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