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Characterising the Zymospetoria tritici - wheat interaction

A primary biosecurity threat to the Australian wheat industry.

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

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Projects	Research themes	Degree level
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
Coordination of chloroplast signals with cellular secondary messengers during abiotic and biotic stresses	Plant-microbe interactions Plant genetics and gene regulation Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Coral regeneration	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, PhD
Decrypting chloroplast signalling networks in C4 photosynthesis at cell type-resolution	Plant genetics and gene regulation Photosynthesis and plant energy biology	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
Delivery of virulence proteins by fungal rust pathogens	Host-microbe biology Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, 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
Domestic applicants for PhDs in Ecology & Evolution	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling Evolutionary genetics and genomics Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity	PhD
Duetting and female song in Australian passerines	Behavioural, evolutionary and physiological ecology	Honours, Masters, PhD
Ecological processes in evolutionary radiations	Phylogenetics, population genetics and biodiversity Evolutionary genetics and genomics Bioinformatics and bio-mathematical modelling	Honours, PhD
Ecophysiology of salinity and temperature tolerance in a changing world	Plant environmental biology and functional ecology	Honours, PhD
Effector delivery by fungal rust pathogens	Host-microbe biology Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, PhD
Engineering microRNA pathways for broad-spectrum plant disease resistance.	Host-microbe biology Plant genetics and gene regulation Plant-microbe interactions	Bachelor, Honours, Masters, PhD
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 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