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Leaf respiration under drought

The Earth's climate and ecosystem functioning is sensitive to plant respiration. Drought and temperature both influence respiration, yet we are unable to predict how these factors will impact on future rates of respiration.

This project is open to Honours, Bachelor, Masters and PhD students

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Projects	Research themes	Degree level
Characterizing the mRNA-protein “interactome” of plants	Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, Masters, PhD
Chemical mechanism of Rubisco catalysis	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Chromosomal evolution in the Social huntsman spider Delena cancerides	Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, PhD
Co-evolution between Australian cuckoos and their hosts	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	PhD
CO2 diffusion inside leaves	Membrane transporters and channels Photosynthesis and plant energy biology Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Comparative, meta-analytic and empirical approaches to understanding the impacts of developmental environments on life-history evolution	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	PhD
Control of meristem differentiation and plant architecture in legumes	Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant-microbe interactions	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Coral regeneration	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Design and evaluation of novel antimalarial drugs	Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Designing new channel inhibitors for treating chronic pain	Membrane transporters and channels Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Developing molecular tools for functional analysis of microRNA-mediated gene silencing	Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, Masters, PhD
Development of a simple, inexpensive therapeutic cancer vaccine	Infection and immunity	Honours, PhD
Diseases of amino acid transport	Membrane transporters and channels	Honours, PhD
Distribution of novel Escherichia species	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Honours
Diversity of Escherichia coli along the intestinal tract		Honours, Masters
Drug resistance in the human malaria parasite	Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Duetting and female song in Australian passerines	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Masters, PhD
E. coli within and among host dynamics in poultry	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Honours, PhD
Ecological processes in evolutionary radiations	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Evolutionary genetics and genomics Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, PhD
Ecology of the Silky Hairstreak butterfly and its attendant ant, a potential indicator of old growth forest	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours
Ecophysiology of salinity and temperature tolerance in a changing world	Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, PhD
Effector delivery by fungal rust pathogens	Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, PhD, Honours
Effects of climate change on Australian bird species	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Effects of climate change on Australian bird species	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Effects of climate change on avian morphology	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD