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Australian Rover Challenge success
Held 27-28 March, the first ever Australian Rover Challenge gave university students' from across the country the opportunity to put their engineering skills to the test.
Mating systems in elapid snakes
Honours project: Undertake research into mating systems in elapid snakes using captive husbandry, reproductive anatomy and genetic analyses of parentage.
Can graphene and cement stop PFAS from contaminating our environment?
Honours project: Evaluate the leaching behaviour of PFAS from contaminated soil stabilised and solidified with cement and graphene.
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Sensory drivers of food intake
Honours project: Does a personalised approach based on sensory drivers of food intake improve diet quality?
Grape berry responses to extreme heat
Honours project: Discover how the biochemistry and physiology of grape berries respond to extremely high temperatures.
Megafaunal evolution and extinction
Honours project: Explore the evolution and extinction of megafauna such as dire wolves, mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.
Slender skinks: The evolution of elongated and limbless lizard bodies
Honours project: Learn cutting-edge morphometric methods to examine the vertebral column diversity using sphenomorphine skinks.
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Stop the spot: Almond bacterial spot disease in Australia
Honours project: Uncover the morphological features, genetic diversity and the host- pathogen relationship among bacteria and stone fruits.
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How do native plants affect the supply of phosphorus to soils?
Honours project: Assess the role of native plants in the supply of phosphorus to soils.
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Activity of novel xylanases from a new Australian crop, Plantago ovata (psyllium)
Honours project: Study the biology of psyllium, a plant whose seeds are used as a key ingredient in the gluten-free food industry.
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