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Citizen Science: Using people power to drive research
![Wild Orchid Watch citizen science](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/citizen-science-wild-orchard-watch.jpg?h=e3c77aae&itok=tST8Nqmg)
Honours project: What will it take to make the Wild Orchid Watch national citizen science project successful in the long term?
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Communicate to collaborate: tailoring science communication within the scientific community
![TERN Ecosystem Surveillance](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/tern-ecosysterm-surveillance2.jpg?h=82a565da&itok=4SZK6WVK)
Honours project: Investigate how to increase awareness and collaborative opportunities within the research and industry sectors for a national ecosystem monitoring program.
Reconstructing past marine life using ancient DNA
![Linda Armbrecht microscope image](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-11/linda-armbrecht-microscope.jpg?h=414dba20&itok=i_GfOVn3)
Honours project: Reconstruct past marine life using ancient DNA from deep ocean sediments.
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Role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during plant reproduction
![Grains for health](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/grains-for-health.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=Y_PWsjMC)
Honours project: Investigate the role of an RNA m5C methyltransferase during early reproductive development as mutants abort early during seed development.
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Design of biomimetic coatings to understand plant-pathogen relations
![microsope](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/microscope.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=k9hFt_t-)
Honours project: Investigate how plant fungal pathogens adhere to and infect plant surfaces.
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Structural studies of cell wall proteins involved during pathogenesis
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Honours project: Study the structure of fungal cell wall proteins using ion mobility mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography.
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Shoots or roots - which controls plant-fungal interactions?
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Honours project: Investigate the origin of signals affecting colonisation of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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Assessing the effects of plant seed extracts on Caco2 cell cultures
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Honours project: Investigate the nutritional value of a range of plant seeds using cell culture models
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Making a bistable switch
![Making a bistable switch](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/shearwin-bistable-switch.png?h=99fc1e07&itok=G8r_N0mp)
Honours project: This honours project involves the design, construction and testing of an activator based bistable switch.
Drug resistance of malaria parasites
Honours project: Characterise drug sensitivities and resistance mechanisms of different malaria parasite species.