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Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation
![Improving food safety using plasma sterilisation](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-09/coad-honours-plasma.jpg?h=7e824dc5&itok=zBX2Hj8G)
Honours project: Investigate the use of a high energy form of matter (plasma) to improve food safety.
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Group B Strep & oxidative stress
![Dr Stephen Kidd](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/stephen-kidd-lab.jpg?h=34477e30&itok=bHzuNOTK)
Honours project: Identify the response of Group B Streptococcus to relevant reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species.
Staphylococcus aureus & lifestyle variations
![Stephen Kidd Staph](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/stephen-kidd-staph.png?h=62529416&itok=tpFNi6Xs)
Honours project: Conduct biomedical research into Staphylococcus aureus (Golden staph).
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Mixed colony biofilms & disease outcome
Honours project: This molecular and biomedical science honours project explores mixed colony biofilms and their relationship to disease outcomes.
Role of eEF2K & cancer cell migration & invasion
![Cancer cells survive and gain the ability to spread under microenvironmental stress conditions through the inhibition of mTORC1 and subsequent activation of eEF2K](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-06/proud-figure1-cancer-cells-survive.png?h=d470be75&itok=uM8YIUca)
Honours project: Study cell signalling and gene regulation through the exploration of the role of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) and cancer cell migration and invasion.
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Understanding the molecular mechanisms of intellectual disability
Honours project: Investigate the role IQSEC2 and synaptic morphology and plasticity on the orchestration of the complex architecture required for ‘normal’ cognition.
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Unwrapping the 3D genome to map autoimmune disease
Honours project: Help unravel the chromatin interactome to map the genetic risk of type 1 diabetes.
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Systematic analysis of the eIF4E interactome
![Active mTORC1 phosphorylates 4E-BP, preventing 4E1 binding. (B) mTORC1 inhibition leads to 4E-BP hypophosphorylation; 4E-BP now binds 4E1 and blocks eIF4F](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-06/proud-figure-active-mtorc1.png?h=cafa2d6d&itok=OA1E0VC5)
Honours project: Conduct a systematic analysis of the eIF4E interactome to understand the distinct functional roles of the three mammalian eIF4E proteins in translation initiation.
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Ecological & evolutionary genetics of plants, wildlife forensic biology
![Professor Andy Lowe](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/andy-lowe.jpg?h=d4abd7f0&itok=cGif-2I-)
Honours project: How about a research project in ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants and wildlife forensic biology?
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Do gut microbes promote migratory fattening in shorebirds?
![This animal science honours projects aims to determine if gut microbes promote migratory fattening in shorebirds, using commercial broiler chickens as a model.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/chickens.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=RtMyz1QI)
Honours project: Determine if gut microbes promote migratory fattening in shorebirds, using commercial broiler chickens as a model.
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