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Noble gases in ancient fluid droplets in minerals
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Honours projects: Extract rare noble gas isotopes from specific mineral phases such as quartz.
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Evaluating vaccine response in sheep
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Honours project: Evaluate the efficacy of a Mycoplasma vaccine to produce an immune response in sheep.
Advanced research in plant hormones
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Honours project: Contribute to new research on ways to make plants more resilient.
Impact of thermal environment and melatonin on animal body temperature and reproduction
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Honours project: Research opportunities are available to investigate how body temperature variation in pigs and sheep impact reproduction.
Koala health and disease in South Australia
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Honours project: Join the Koala Health Research Group and contribute to key research to improve the health of current and future animal populations.
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Environmental monitoring: Teasing out real biodiversity patterns from sampling biases
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Honours project: Identify areas of conservation priority through the development of on-ground biodiversity sampling strategies and the interpretation of ecosystem changes.
Understanding T cells in autoimmune disease
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Honours project: Investigate transcriptional control of inflammatory T helper cells in autoimmunity.
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Controlling inflammation during influenza infection
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Honours project: Investigate Tr1 cell mediated control of tissue damage during influenza infection.
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Discovery of new genes that promote T cell activity against cancer
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Honours project: Help identify novel genes involved in T cell trafficking to solid tumours.
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Disease resistance in plants: Oat
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Honours project: Combine your passion for agriculture, plant science and bioinformatics to investigate the genetics of septoria leaf blotch to aid the development of resistant oat varieties.