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Using the ancient DNA to explore human adaptation & evolutionary medicine
Honours project: Get involved in research into human adaptation and evolutionary medicine.
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Impact of thermal environment and melatonin on animal body temperature and reproduction

Honours project: Research opportunities are available to investigate how body temperature variation in pigs and sheep impact reproduction.
CRISPR genome editing approach for vetch improvement

Honours project: Opportunities to use state-of-the-art next generation breeding technology to improve vetch seed nutrition.
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Exploring the fundamentals of photo-induced chemical reaction mechanisms

Honours project: Use high-speed lasers to initiate a water-splitting reaction to probe products for analysis.
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Hydrogen: green and renewable energy sourced from sunlight and water

Honours project: A renewable energy project that aims to develop your skills in inorganic synthesis, light initiated reactions, gas chromatography, electron microscopy and chemical engineering.
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Use of local anaesthesia for lamb marking

Honours project: Evaluate the efficacy and adoption of Numnuts, a local anaesthetic used on sheep.
Light driven degradation of persistent organic pollutants

Honours project: Help development methods and processes for effective degradation of Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to mitigate their emerging health and environmental effects.
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Koala health and disease in South Australia

Honours project: Join the Koala Health Research Group and contribute to key research to improve the health of current and future animal populations.
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Effect of prepartum hCG on farrowing performance of older parity sows & their piglets viability

Honours project: Investigate blood oestrogen levels of older sows and subsequent piglet growth and survival.
Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity

The late Quaternary paleorecord, within the past ∼130,000 years, can help to inform present-day management of the Earth's ecosystems and biota under climate change.
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