Current Projects

Dec 30

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Do novel mineralisation reactions in calcium carbonate sands decrease their resistance to Ocean Acidification?

HSF 17/11 | Project Leader: A Kessler | Amount: $ 84,994

A project undertaken at Monash University and led by Dr. Adam Kessler Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) sands cover most of the sea floor around the Great Barrier Reef, and many other...

Dec 30

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A Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) approach to investigate paralogy in Xanthostemon (Myrtaceae).

HSF 17/10 | Project Leader: P Wilson | Amount: $ 90,000

A project undertaken at the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, and supervised by Dr Peter Wilson. Research associate: Ms Margaret Heslewood The genus Xanthostemon (Myrtaceae) comprises at least 48 species,...

Dec 30

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Conservation of Prasophyllum – understanding orchid mycorrhizal fungi to save threatened orchids from extinction

HSF 17/9 | Project Leader: N Reiter | Amount: $ 41,290

A project undertaken at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in collaboration with the Australian National University, supervised by Noushka Reiter Collaborators: Marc Freestone (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and ANU), Celeste...

Dec 30

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Ocelli in walking insects: insights from day and night active bull ants

HSF 17/8 | Project Leader: A Narendra | Amount: $ 84,308

A project undertaken at the Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University and supervised by Dr Ajay Narendra and Dr Yuri Ogawa In addition to the compound eye, most flying insects...

Dec 30

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Reducing an anti-nutritional compound in legumes to increase use of a sustainable biological nitrogen source

HSF 17/7 | Project Leader: I Searle | Amount: $ 75,000

A project undertaken in the School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide, and supervise by Dr. Iain Searle Common vetch (Vicia sativa) is a leguminous, annual...

Dec 30

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The genetic and structural diversity of spider-silk

HSF 17/6 | Project Leader: A Rawal | Amount: $ 63,000

A project undertaken at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, and supervised by Dr Aditya Rawal Spider major ampullate (MA) silk is as...

Dec 30

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Harnessing ecological and genomic approaches to restore Australian grasslands in the face of global change

HSF 17/3 | Project Leader: K Hodgins | Amount: $ 87,006

A project undertaken at the Centre for Integrative Legume Research, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, and supervised by Dr Kathryn Hodgins Australian grasslands are unique ecosystems harbouring many endemic...

Dec 30

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Beyond colour: discovering how beetles manipulate near-infrared light to control their temperature

HSF 17/2 | Project Leader: D Stuart-Fox | Amount: $ 76,691

A project undertaken at the School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, and supervised by Dr Devi Stuart-Fox Significance: Animals have evolved remarkable and unique ways of controlling light (e.g. fluorescence,...

Dec 30

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Can excluding feral livestock from waterholes recreate refuges for savannah birds?

HSF 17/1 | Project Leader: M Massaro | Amount: $ 72,234

A project undertaken at the Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University and led by Melanie Massaro Native bird species are declining in Australia's northern savannahs. The combined...

Dec 03

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Plotting the Pilbara’s thermalscape for conservation of climate sensitive species

HSF 14/6 | Project Leader: J Gollan | Amount: $81,600

A project undertaken at the University of Technology, Sydney, and supervised by John Gollan In the Pilbara region of northwest Western Australia, large-scale mining threatens climate-sensitive plants and animals (Fig.1)....