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Genes controlling seed development
![Barley flower slide - Matthew Tucker](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/tucker-barley-flower-slide.jpg?h=dce1e269&itok=T5J0NicP)
Honours project: Participate in a plant breeding project on dissecting the MADS-box interactome during barley ovule and seed development.
Compositional controls on physical properties: new constraints from laboratory measurements
![Quartz monzonite by James St. John (CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/quartz-monzonite-jamestjohn.jpg?h=9bfa156b&itok=JsjBVpME)
Honours projects: Improve predictive models of density and thermal conductivity to improve geophysical models by making new lab measurements.
Sensing and Spectroscopy
![Bio sensing IPAS](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-09/research-bio-sensing-ipas-13747_UoA.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=Yk7O1iN0)
Honours projects: Accurate knowledge of optical parameters is becoming increasingly important for a wide range of scientific and industrial applications.
The fire down below: Heat generation in the lower crust
![Crustal and Mantle Xenolith](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/hasterok-derrick-fire-down-below-xenolith.png?h=14104e03&itok=yU0O8npg)
Honours project: Help develop a crustal radioactivity model using pieces of rock brought to the surface and trapped in lavas.
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Nanosatellites and drone geophysics: new technologies for Earth, Moon and Mars
![Nanosatellite](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/heinson-graham-sensor-geophysics-nanosatellite.png?h=4a83b47b&itok=tji1EpME)
Honours project: Be part of the exciting space exploration program, connecting remote networks of geophysical sensors to satellites.
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The Proterozoic Planetary Pivot: Oxygen, Snowballs and Metals
![Kingsmill Creek Arkaroola from the air](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/Blades%20photo.jpg?h=6bcd3f39&itok=3kMfHsnl)
Honours project: A MinEx CRC project looking at how sediments of the Adelaide Superbasin record the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event.
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The Impact of Fluid Flow on Crustal Radioactivity: Pushing heat around during tectonic reworking
![Large Crustal Shear Zone](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/hasterok-derrick-hot-water-large-crustal-shear-zone.jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=5cRQUgpK)
Honours project: Head into the field to analyse natural radioactivity of fluid-altered crust.
Investigating & exploiting triplex DNA structures in gene regulation
![Tara Pukala TripleX DNA](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-07/triplexdna-pukala.png?h=6945e6cc&itok=NXuQyEL9)
Honours project: Explore new leads for disruption of DNA triplex structures for treatment of related human diseases.
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Nutrient cycling and soil respiration
![soil-hands](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/wri13%20%283%29.jpg?h=aa81dfca&itok=grrNgqBT)
Honours project: Investigate how soil microbial activity and nutrient availability are influenced by changes in water content or exposure to high temperature.
Advanced yeast for challenging bioprocesses
![Vladimir Jiranek researcher photo](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/researcher-photo-vladimir-jiranek.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=bE8vSRKp)
Honours project: Test new and improved yeast strains to advanced winemaking and other biotechnology processes.
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