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Genes controlling seed development

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

Honours projects: Improve predictive models of density and thermal conductivity to improve geophysical models by making new lab measurements.
Sensing and Spectroscopy

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

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

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

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

Honours project: Head into the field to analyse natural radioactivity of fluid-altered crust.
Investigating & exploiting triplex DNA structures in gene regulation

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

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

Honours project: Test new and improved yeast strains to advanced winemaking and other biotechnology processes.
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