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Exploring the interaction between novel drought signals in plants

Human epilepsy drugs alter signalling process in stressed plants

Honours project: Investigate the interaction between different plant chemical signals and their role in plant drought tolerance.

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Cat sensitivity to the insecticide permethrin

Cat sleeping

Honours project: Why are cats so sensitive to the insecticide permethrin?

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Molecular tagging of the dengue virus genome

Honours project: Contribute to the development of effective antivirals that target Dengue virus.

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Water restriction practices in broiler breeder hens: effect on egg albumen composition

Chicken laying

Honours project: Determine the effects of maternal water restriction on egg development by investigating key proteins in the albumen of fertile chicken eggs which are vital for the survival and growth of the chicken embryo.

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Transmission of Salmonella from broiler breeder to progeny

Chickens - Image by Bohdan Chreptak from Pixabay

Honours project: This animal science project aims to understand the prevalence of Salmonella in meat type breeder flocks and their progenies.

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Genetic survey: Why does my Pomeranian dog have a blue tongue?

Pomeranian dog

Honours project: Investigate the prevalence of a defective gene in the Australian population of Pomeranian dogs.

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Part of a disCERNing crowd

Martin White – proudly part of “an endless search for the unknown'. GLENN HUNT

Astrophysicist Martin White discusses life with and around the Large Hadron Collider.

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Adelaide Bio AUV team win global Ericsson Innovation Awards!

Congratulations to School of Mechanical Engineering students Dannion Hards, Jeet Patel, Daniel Schoell and Joshua Tatton who have taken home the grand prize from the global Ericsson Innovation Awards!

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Awards: Sciences' researchers, students and staff shine in 2019

The 2019 Partnership Development Award is awarded to:  Dr Alice Jones from the School of Biological Sciences

Researchers, graduate students and sciences' staff were recognised for their achievements in 2019 at the recent Faculty of Sciences end of year awards function.

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$45 million injection into SA health and biotech industry

The Adelaide China Biotech Investment Fund has today been launched – a new $45 million investment fund that will accelerate the development and commercialisation of health and bio-technologies from South Australia for the global market.

The Adelaide China Biotech Investment Fund has today been launched – a new $45 million investment fund that will accelerate the development and commercialisation of health and bio-technologies from South Australia for the global market.

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