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Management practices to enable early wet season forage production in lowland rice production systems of The Lao PDR
Honours project: Explore management options to improve early wet season crop production in Lao PDR, southeast Asia
Improving plant responses to sub-optimal conditions through plant hormones
Honours project: Make fundamental discoveries about how strigolactones act to alter the growth of plant root cells or applying the latest knowledge of strigolactones to crops.
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Exploring the function of MADS-box genes in barley inflorescence development
Honours project: Learn about functional gene research combined with molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and developmental biology
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A sweet treat? Salmonella in raw egg based desserts
Honours project: Combine your interest in food science, animal science and biomedical science by investigating the the behaviour of Salmonella in mousse, tiramisu, and custard.
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Improving drought and salt tolerance of wheat
Honours project: Examine wheat water use efficiency under saline conditions.
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How can teachers teach science better?
Honours projects: Australia is slipping behind the rest of the world in science and mathematical achievement; how could we improve STEM education?
Citizen Science: Using people power to drive research
Honours project: What will it take to make the Wild Orchid Watch national citizen science project successful in the long term?
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Communicate to collaborate: tailoring science communication within the scientific community
Honours project: Investigate how to increase awareness and collaborative opportunities within the research and industry sectors for a national ecosystem monitoring program.
How do the public perceive climate change?
Honours project: Monitoring the impact of media reporting on the public attitude to climate change
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Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
Honours project: Investigate the role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during early reproductive development as mutants abort early during seed development.
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