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Lipid metabolism in Yellowtail Kingfish
Honours project: Investigate lipid metabolism in Yellowtail Kingfish fed different energy diets, with and without an emulsifier at winter water temperatures.
Digestive tract health of greenlip abalone
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Honours project: Explore the dietary inclusions of solvent extracted soybean meal and dehulled lupin meal in abalone diets.
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Grape marc meal effect on digestive tract health of greenlip abalone
Honours project: Interpret the effect of dietary inclusions of grape marc meal on the digestive tract health of greenlip abalone.
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Impact of birth trauma on piglet mortality
Honours project: Are lesions indicative of birth trauma present on still-born piglets? If so, are these lesions are also present on piglets dying from other causes.
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Factors affecting fertility of female pigs
Honours project: Study the effect of maternal parity and suckled litter size on sexual development of female pigs.
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Assessment of animal therapies
Honours project: Conduct research into animal assisted interventions and activities in dogs and horses.
How do environmental factors influence sheep movement, space use and social behaviour?
Honours project: Identify how environmental factors influence movement, space use and social behaviour in Merino sheep.
WWOX Enzyme function is a target for treatment of metabolic diseases including cancer
Honours project: This genetics research project will explore the WWOX Enzyme function as a target for the treatment of metabolic diseases including cancer.
‘Non-self’ & organelle quality control mutations
Honours project: Explore a project in ‘Non-self’ and organelle quality control mutations: late-onset neurodegeneration is an auto-inflammatory disease.
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Drosophila model for mucopolysaccharidosis type III
Honours project: Use the unique capabilities of Drosophila to model and genetically dissect pathogenic pathways that lead from mutation to clinical symptoms in mucopolysaccharidosis type III.
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