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Analysing compostable plastics
Honours project: Are compostable plastics really what they say on the packet? Research opportunities are available to test a new fully compostable type of plastic.
Agave spirits: Using wild yeasts to ferment fructose
Honours project: Fermentation of wild yeasts to create Australia's first agave spirit.
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In vitro maturation of canine oocytes
Honours project: Determine the effects of different in vitro maturation (IVM) conditions on the developmental competence of canine oocytes.
What goes down, must come up?
Honours project: Explore the chemistry of magma to trace what the inputs to volcanoes are at depth.
Lactation oestrus and breeding in sows
Honours project: Efficacy of a modified gonadotrophin protocol for oestrus and ovulation in lactation
Lactation oestrus and breeding in sows.
Saving megafauna from bacteria
Honours projects: Identify and image biofilms that threaten the Naracoorte Caves National Park fossils.
Enhancing wheat yield and drought tolerance
Honours project: Join an international project that aims to increase yield potential in wheat.
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Testing for irradiated foods
Honours project: Optimise methodologies to detect irradiated food by optically-stimulated luminescence.
Fossils under a new light
Honours projects: Use new fluorescence imaging techniques to analyse fossils that range in age from half-a-billion to some tens of thousands of years old.
Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Australian birds and mammals, including night parrots, wombats and quolls
Honours project: Use DNA sampled through space and time to understand the evolution and conservation genetics of Australian birds and mammals.
