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Rhizopus arrhizus: Fantastic fungi and how to control them

Honours project: Rhizopus arrhizus is a fast-growing fungus that spoils our food - it also has a huge biotechnological potential.
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The Proterozoic Planetary Pivot: Oxygen, Snowballs and Metals

Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at how sediments of the Adelaide Superbasin record the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event.
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Transcription factors controlling seed development

Honours project: Participate in a plant breeding project understanding seed development in flowering plants.
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The fire down below: Heat generation in the lower crust

Honours project: Help develop a crustal radioactivity model using pieces of rock brought to the surface and trapped in lavas.
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Investigating the role of perineuronal nets as a non-cellular mechanism of emotion and mood

Honours project: Investigate perineuronal nets as a non-cellular mechanism of emotion and mood.
Compositional controls on physical properties: new constraints from laboratory measurements

Honours projects: Improve predictive models of density and thermal conductivity to improve geophysical models by making new lab measurements.
The Impact of Fluid Flow on Crustal Radioactivity: Pushing heat around during tectonic reworking

Honours project: Head into the field to analyse natural radioactivity of fluid-altered crust.
Using Radar Satellite Detections to Monitor the Ionosphere

Honours project: Refining satellite detection techniques using a large radar north of Adelaide to develop new ways to measure the amount of plasma in the upper atmosphere and compare the results with other methods.
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Sheep Pain Mitigation Trial

Honours project: Join a team of researchers who are investigating the experience of pain in sheep.
Experimental High-Energy Physics

Honours projects: Projects in high energy physics with: