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Global change ecology and conservation

Honours project: Various projects are available global change ecology; climate change, macroecology, planetary health and conservation biogeography.
Can we create nutritious and sustainable yoghurt from legumes?

Honours project: Faba bean is a nutrient dense and drought tolerant legume crop with a great potential as a sustainable protein source.
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Can the novel IVOS biosensor diagnose mastitis in dairy cows?

Honours project: Validate a novel biosensor as a potential diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.
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Where does the acid in wine come from?

Honours project: Can you help find the missing link in grape berry biochemistry?
Genomic consequences of major ecological transitions in evolution

Honours project: Undertake a comparative analysis of whole genome sequences for terrestrial and marine snakes.
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Battleground of the grapevine: Shiraz Disease under the microscope

Honours project: Help us understand disease progression and cultivar-specific grapevine defence responses to Shiraz Disease.
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Mating systems in elapid snakes
Honours project: Undertake research into mating systems in elapid snakes using captive husbandry, reproductive anatomy and genetic analyses of parentage.
What is the effect of yeast diversity on secondary ‘malolactic’ fermentation outcome?

Honours project: Explore the interactions encountered during winemaking by creating artificial diversity systems and investigating the effect of adding or removing yeast species has on malolactic fermentation.
Activity of novel xylanases from a new Australian crop, Plantago ovata (psyllium)

Honours project: Study the biology of psyllium, a plant whose seeds are used as a key ingredient in the gluten-free food industry.
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Megafaunal evolution and extinction

Honours project: Explore the evolution and extinction of megafauna such as dire wolves, mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.