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CRISPR genome editing approach for vetch improvement
![Vetch](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/vetch_research.jpg?h=a71712d7&itok=tLpDGaLB)
Honours project: Opportunities to use state-of-the-art next generation breeding technology to improve vetch seed nutrition.
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Light driven degradation of persistent organic pollutants
![Persistent organic pollutants](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/shearer-fig1-photocat_of_pops2.jpg?h=39a3e075&itok=xWDk_8OY)
Honours project: Help development methods and processes for effective degradation of Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) to mitigate their emerging health and environmental effects.
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Hydrogen: green and renewable energy sourced from sunlight and water
![Analysis of the photocatalysts before and after use, particularly by electron microscopy, will provide insights in improving photocatalysis activity and longevity.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/shearer-fig1-photocatalysis_h2_3.jpg?h=79efdc86&itok=yn9VnEe6)
Honours project: A renewable energy project that aims to develop your skills in inorganic synthesis, light initiated reactions, gas chromatography, electron microscopy and chemical engineering.
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Exploring the fundamentals of photo-induced chemical reaction mechanisms
![Photocatalysis involves both electron and hole transfer, as well as molecular re-arrangement on a surface](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/metha-photocatalysis.png?h=061ce4fd&itok=H65_vl68)
Honours project: Use high-speed lasers to initiate a water-splitting reaction to probe products for analysis.
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Lactation oestrus and breeding in sows
![Pig sow piglets](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-05/pig-sow-piglets.jpg?h=4add1195&itok=5CEo4k01)
Honours project: Efficacy of a modified gonadotrophin protocol for oestrus and ovulation in lactation
Lactation oestrus and breeding in sows.
Improving salt tolerance in grapevines
![Viticulture student](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/viticulture-27957_UoA-43.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=hK7VCwCu)
Honours project: Investigate the movement of salt and water in grapevines in order to understand the effect of salinity on growth.
Enhancing wheat yield and drought tolerance
![Stuart Roy researcher photo](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/researcher-photo-stuart-roy.jpg?h=350ff607&itok=a0nADcRo)
Honours project: Join an international project that aims to increase yield potential in wheat.
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Testing for irradiated foods
![Food market](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/food-market-9205_UoA.jpg?h=78e8aac7&itok=jqpQ-Iag)
Honours project: Optimise methodologies to detect irradiated food by optically-stimulated luminescence.
Crustal evolution through the lens of apatite crystals
![Histogram for Global Detrital Zircon](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/glorie-stijn-crustal-histogram.png?h=f504fcaf&itok=xGWfzXQg)
Honours project: Contribute to the development of a new archive of the evolution of the continents.
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Deep learning for better cellular imaging
![Malaria biology imaging - Danny Wilson](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/malaria-biology-imaging-dwilson.png?h=ed183863&itok=xtfem-wV)
Honours project: Help improve the imaging capabilities of scientists studying infection and reproductive biology.