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Noble gases in ancient fluid droplets in minerals
Honours projects: Extract rare noble gas isotopes from specific mineral phases such as quartz.
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Made-in-SA: Advanced materials derived from local growers’ agricultural waste
Honours project: Turn fruit and vegetable waste into functional products
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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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Environmental monitoring: What is the extent of canopy dieback in a refugial forest?
Honours project: Use satellite imagery and on-ground monitoring data to map the extent of tree dieback to develop predictions and policy recommendations.
Environmental monitoring: Teasing out real biodiversity patterns from sampling biases
Honours project: Identify areas of conservation priority through the development of on-ground biodiversity sampling strategies and the interpretation of ecosystem changes.
Synthesis and structuralisation of Metal-organic Frameworks
Honours project: This chemistry research opportunity aims to investigate the structuralisation of Metal-organic Frameworks.
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Disease resistance in plants: Chickpea
Honours project: Combine your passion for agriculture, plant science and bioinformatics to investigate genetic resistance to disease in chickpea.
Disease resistance in plants: Oat
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.
Discovery of new genes that promote T cell activity against cancer
Honours project: Help identify novel genes involved in T cell trafficking to solid tumours.
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