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Ecological selection of Giant Australian Cuttlefish
![Juvenile giant Australian cuttlefish developing under rocks in the waters of South Australia. Fred Bavendam, Author provided](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-cuttlefish.jpg?h=8869a3dd&itok=rmrP6lLq)
Honours project: Plunge into research about the Giant Australian Cuttlefish!
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Survival of Western Pygmy possums in arid environments
![Western pigmy possum](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/possum-casey-gibbons.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=cQ4E7Z3d)
Honours project: Do western Pygmy possums show genetic evidence of selection for enhanced survival in arid environments that may be useful for predictive translocations ahead of climate change impacts?
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The echidna genome project
![Echidna research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/echidna-2.jpg?h=faefdaa8&itok=D1wbqbYv)
Honours project: Take part in an international collaboration that will provide the first echidna genome assembly.
Xenobiotic metabolism in Australian marsupials
![Lab equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/lab-equipment-364.jpg?h=6981f79a&itok=gomYHqVp)
Honours project: Investigate the dietary effect of eucalyptus terpenes on drug metabolising enzyme CYPs and UGTs in Australian marsupials.
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Plant systematics & population genetics, evolutionary ecology & plant macrofossils
![Plant systematics & population genetics, evolutionary ecology & plant macrofossils](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/plants-24622.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=zXnjMJhU)
Honours project: Work with some of South Australia’s leading scientists on a research project about plant systematics and population genetics, evolutionary ecology or plant macrofossils.
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New Metal-organic frameworks for Biomacromolecule Protection
Honours project: Investigate new metal-organic frameworks for biomacromolecule encapsulation and protection
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Plasticity of lifespan in the honeybee & the disposable soma theory
![Honeybee genetics research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/honey-bee.jpg?h=b8aae163&itok=Mlm5mYGs)
Honours project: This project investigates the plasticity of lifespan in the honeybee and the disposable soma theory.
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Pneumococcal vaccine
Honours project: Join our leading research into a serotype independent pneumococcal vaccine.
Sex chromosomes of the platypus & echidna
![Platypus image - Image courtesy of Matt Chan](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-platypus.jpg?h=d4dcf2e0&itok=CK-lcN9J)
Honours project: Study the meiotic organisation of monotreme sex chromosomes – that’s genetics research into the platypus and echidna.
Active & Passive Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Gases
Honours projects: This project could develop along a couple of paths. either developing a lidar (active) that measures Raman-scattered light from water, and which will ultimately be deployed at Davis Station in Antarctica as part of a larger campaign to understand the influence of the Southern Ocean in the Earth’s climate system; or quantifying methane leaks, based on a knowledge of the local atmospheric conditions and measured methane concentrations.
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