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Potassium nutrition in oil palm

Oil palm is the first oil-producing crop globally, representing nearly 20 million ha. In the recent past, oil palm cultivation has been controversial not only because of land utilisation at the expense of primary tropical forests or health concerns associated with palm oil, but also pollution caused by fertilisation (including CO2 produced to synthesise fertilisers).

This project is open to Honours, 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 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
ANU International applicants for PhDs in Biomedical Science and Biochemistry	Infection and immunity Membrane transporters and channels Parasitology	PhD
Australian Mountain Research Facility (AMRF, ARC LIEF project)	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Plant environmental biology and functional ecology Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, 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
C4 Rice Project	Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Photosynthesis and plant energy biology Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Plant genetics and gene regulation	Honours, 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	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