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Efficacy of commercial transport media swabs for use in aquatic animal disease diagnosis

Honours project: Investigate the appropriateness of commercially available transport media for pathogenic marine bacteria isolated from diseased fish.
Can citizen science save the planet?

Honours project: Discover better ways to transform citizen science into behaviours that have a direct benefit for our endangered bandicoots.
Evolution of sterile helpers in bees, ants and wasps

Honours project: Explore evolutionary genetics by explaining the evolution of sterile helpers in the eusocial Hymenoptera - ants, bees and wasps.
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Ecological selection of Giant Australian Cuttlefish

Honours project: Plunge into research about the Giant Australian Cuttlefish!
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Echidna CSI [Conservation Science Initiative]

Honours project: Get involved the citizen science project that combines field ecology and molecular biology for echidna conservation.
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Survival of Western Pygmy possums in arid environments

Honours project: Do western Pygmy possums show genetic evidence of selection for enhanced survival in arid environments that may be useful for predictive translocations ahead of climate change impacts?
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The echidna genome project

Honours project: Take part in an international collaboration that will provide the first echidna genome assembly.
Xenobiotic metabolism in Australian marsupials

Honours project: Investigate the dietary effect of eucalyptus terpenes on drug metabolising enzyme CYPs and UGTs in Australian marsupials.
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New Metal-organic frameworks for Biomacromolecule Protection
Honours project: Investigate new metal-organic frameworks for biomacromolecule encapsulation and protection
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Plant systematics & population genetics, evolutionary ecology & plant macrofossils

Honours project: Work with some of South Australia’s leading scientists on a research project about plant systematics and population genetics, evolutionary ecology or plant macrofossils.
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