Author archives: admin
Search news stories
Enter a keyword to search news.
Exploring the interaction between novel drought signals in plants
![Human epilepsy drugs alter signalling process in stressed plants](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-plant-signalling-582.jpg?h=036f3151&itok=o4ohZrXv)
Honours project: Investigate the interaction between different plant chemical signals and their role in plant drought tolerance.
[Read more about Exploring the interaction between novel drought signals in plants]
Cat sensitivity to the insecticide permethrin
![Cat sleeping](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/cat-sleep.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=cIpB2Ymv)
Honours project: Why are cats so sensitive to the insecticide permethrin?
[Read more about Cat sensitivity to the insecticide permethrin]
Molecular tagging of the dengue virus genome
Honours project: Contribute to the development of effective antivirals that target Dengue virus.
[Read more about Molecular tagging of the dengue virus genome]
Water restriction practices in broiler breeder hens: effect on egg albumen composition
![Chicken laying](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-04/chickens-lay.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=BrxWy_Sa)
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.
Transmission of Salmonella from broiler breeder to progeny
![Chickens - Image by Bohdan Chreptak from Pixabay](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-05/chicken-4474176.jpg?h=37192ebd&itok=MXz0rigS)
Honours project: This animal science project aims to understand the prevalence of Salmonella in meat type breeder flocks and their progenies.
[Read more about Transmission of Salmonella from broiler breeder to progeny]
Genetic survey: Why does my Pomeranian dog have a blue tongue?
![Pomeranian dog](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-08/pomeranian.jpg?h=66b6f79f&itok=ZIlYKEKQ)
Honours project: Investigate the prevalence of a defective gene in the Australian population of Pomeranian dogs.
[Read more about Genetic survey: Why does my Pomeranian dog have a blue tongue?]
Part of a disCERNing crowd
![Martin White – proudly part of “an endless search for the unknown'. GLENN HUNT](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-12/martin-white-cosmos.jpg?h=abaa08aa&itok=rKkDvdrL)
Astrophysicist Martin White discusses life with and around the Large Hadron Collider.
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!
[Read more about Adelaide Bio AUV team win global Ericsson Innovation Awards!]
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](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-12/enews-eoy-awards-jones.jpg?h=309e12e8&itok=0lTvdZq2)
Researchers, graduate students and sciences' staff were recognised for their achievements in 2019 at the recent Faculty of Sciences end of year awards function.
[Read more about Awards: Sciences' researchers, students and staff shine in 2019]
$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.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-12/health-biotech.jpg?h=e9f8a3dd&itok=4gY54VVH)
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.
[Read more about $45 million injection into SA health and biotech industry]