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C4 Rice Project

This project is looking to install the C4 pathway from maize into rice, to supercharge photosynthesis and increase crop yeilds.
It is part of a C4 rice international consortium of labs, and is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This project is open to Honours and PhD students

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Projects	Research themes	Degree level
Engineering the secretory pathways of yeast		Honours, Masters
Enhancing carotenoid levels in cereals by esterification	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology Plant environmental biology and functional ecology Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, PhD
Entropy, information theory and biodiversity	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Environmental effects on photosynthesis of species with the C3-C4 intermediate photosynthetic pathway	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Honours
Environmental physiology of locusts	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Epigenetic integration of genomic and environmental information in honey bees	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Epigenetics of brain plasticity	Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Erythrocyte membrane modifications during malaria infection	Host-microbe biology Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Evolution at extremes: Macroevolutionary responses to harsh environments	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, PhD
Evolution of Australia's globally unique biodiversity hotspot	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	PhD
Evolution of scald and net form of net blotch	Evolutionary genetics and genomics Host-microbe biology Plant-microbe interactions	Honours, PhD
Evolution of the Australian Onychophora	Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Honours, PhD
Evolutionary biology of Australian reptiles and amphibians	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Honours, Masters, PhD
Evolutionary significance of early developmental environments: Interaction between maternal effects and offspring thermal environment on phenotypic development and fitness	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Evolutionary genetics and genomics	PhD
Evolving with sexually transmitted infections	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, PhD
Exploring Australia’s diversity for pathogens of weeds	Plant-microbe interactions	Honours, Masters
Exploring the evolutionary protein landscape of Rubisco	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	PhD
Factors impacting gene silencing efficacy in plants	Evolutionary genetics and genomics Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, Masters, PhD
Feeding and ecology of grapevine scales	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	PhD
Flavonoid functions in nitrogen-fixing symbioses	Host-microbe biology Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Function of molecular chaperones in the export and display of parasite proteins	Host-microbe biology Parasitology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Functional characterisation of novel autotransporter proteins	Infection and immunity Membrane transporters and channels	Honours, Bachelor
Fungal bioinformatics	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Host-microbe biology	PhD
Genes, diet and environment	Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, PhD
Genital evolution in insects	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Honours, PhD