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How do biological molecules distinguish between ions?

Although critical in biology, telling potassium from sodium is harder than you think!

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

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Projects	Research themes	Degree level
Acacia evolution: why do some species evolve faster than others?	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Bachelor, Honours, PhD
New methods in phylogenetics	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Reading the history of mutations in individual plants	Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Plant genetics and gene regulation Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, Masters, PhD
A changing climate and coastal marine ecosystem function	Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Masters, PhD
A molecular view of Australian biodiversity - exploring insect genomes for major shifts in functional genes	Evolutionary genetics and genomics	Masters, PhD
A synthetic biology approach to supercharging plant CO2 fixation	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Abiotic stress signalling, developmental programming and plant adaptation	Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant environmental biology and functional ecology Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Acoustic communication in birds	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Adaptations of solid tumours to their environment	Membrane transporters and channels	Honours, Masters, PhD
Alarm signals and interspecific eavesdropping	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Analysis of population dynamics using bioacoustic monitoring	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Honours, Masters, PhD
Aquatic conservation ecology	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, Masters, PhD
Aquatic ecosystem ecology	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, Masters, PhD
Behaviour, morphology and ecology of fishes in extreme environments	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, Masters, PhD
Bioinformatic / Computational methods	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Bioinformatics and gene discovery in wheat rust pathogens	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant-microbe interactions	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Biologically inspired membranes for the efficient desalination of water	Membrane transporters and channels Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Caenorhabditis elegans as a potential animal model to study host-pathogen interactions	Infection and immunity	Honours, Masters, PhD
Cancer metabolism	Membrane transporters and channels	Honours, Masters, PhD
Carotenoid derivatives as chloroplast signals	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology Plant environmental biology and functional ecology Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, PhD
Cellular adaptations that allow the transmission and survival of Plasmodium falciparum when taken up by the mosquito	Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD
Characterising the Zymospetoria tritici - wheat interaction	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Characterization of low CO2 sensitive Arabidopsis photosynthetic mutants	Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Honours, Bachelor, PhD
Characterizing the mRNA-protein “interactome” of plants	Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, Masters, PhD
Chemical mechanism of Rubisco catalysis	Plant environmental biology and functional ecology Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Honours, Bachelor, Masters, PhD