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Echidna CSI: a citizen science platform for outreach, engagement, communication and education
Honours project: Join the Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) and complete an honours project in science communication or education.
Improving survival of new born piglets & sow performance
Honours project: This research aims to increase the reproductive output of sows by increasing piglet survival using supplementary nutritional strategies in late gestation.
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Heavy metal resistance in carbapenem-resistant bacteria
Honours project: Mechanisms of heavy metal resistance in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from humans, animals and the environment.
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What's the best diet for a zebrafish?
Honours project: Develop diet recipes for a variety of life stages of zebrafish.
Physical enrichment of zebrafish held for research
Honours project: Validate methods for assessing stress in Zebrafish before comparing tanks of fish with and without environmental enrichment.
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Efficacy of commercial transport media swabs for use in aquatic animal disease diagnosis
Honours project: Investigate the appropriateness of commercially available transport media for pathogenic marine bacteria isolated from diseased fish.
Histopathology in Pacific oyster health surveillance
Honours project: Look for health and signs of disease in Coffin Bay oysters, and develop the procedures for a statewide oyster health surveillance program.
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Heavy metal resistance in E. coli isolated from pigs
Honours project: Explore resistance to heavy metals in an Australia-wide collection of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from pigs.
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Can citizen science save the planet?
Honours project: Discover better ways to transform citizen science into behaviours that have a direct benefit for our endangered bandicoots.
Evolution of sterile helpers in bees, ants and wasps
Honours project: Explore evolutionary genetics by explaining the evolution of sterile helpers in the eusocial Hymenoptera - ants, bees and wasps.
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