Listed below is an example of projects available in the Solomon Lab. Please contact Peter to discuss these further or other possibilities (note that the skills gained in the project are shown in brackets after the project)

Malaria parasite proteins involved in ion homeostasis show promise as much-needed new drug targets.

Most Restorer-of-fertility genes in crops encode RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins. Plants have hundreds of PPR proteins but only a few act as restorers of fertility and these define a clade referred to as ‘Restorer‑of‑fertility‑...

Comparative, meta-analytic and empirical approaches to understanding the impacts of phenotypic plasticity on population persistence

We are a dynamic group of researchers interested in understanding climate change ecology, in particular how form and function evolve and will determine performance and persistence of Australian native plant species and communities under rapidly...

We are focusing on the diverse Australian plant family Proteaceae (which includes such iconic genera as Banksia, Hakea and Grevillea) to explore plant diversification processes generally, and the diversity of Australia's southwest corner in...

We use modern tools like golden gate cloning and CRISPR to design and build living biosensors.

A combined bioimaging analysis and complementary multi-'omics approach to map the genetic mechanism underlying plasmodesmata formation and regulation using fluorescent protein tagged-plasmodesmata lines of C3 and C4 crops.

This project will examine the structures and folding behaviour of autotransporter proteins and reengineered derivatives fused to target heterologous proteins. This will provide insights into factors that dictate their folding and enhance the...