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A project undertaken at the University of Tasmania,  and supervised by Dr Paul Saunders. Temperatures have been on the rise in recent decades, threatening many species with extinction. To mitigate...

A project undertaken at Western Sydney University,  and supervised by A/Prof Michelle Moffitt. The plant disease ‘Myrtle rust’ arrived in Australia in 2010 and is currently endangering many Australian native...

A project undertaken at the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), and supervised by Dr Jennifer Anson. Australian mammals have one of the highest extinction rates in the world, primarily due to...

A project undertaken at Monash University, and supervised by A/Prof Simon Corrie. 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (“2,4-D”) is one of the most frequently used herbicides worldwide to control weeds in agricultural crops,...

A project undertaken at Griffith University, and supervised by Dr mark de Bruyn. This project will seek to reconstruct whole Australian fossil ecosystems using widescale genetic investigations of the unique...

A project undertaken at The University of New South Wales, and supervised by Prof Michael Letnic. Food webs can be conceptualized as being powered by energy derived from living and...

A project undertaken at Deakin University, and supervised by Dr Nick Porch The mountains of southeastern Australia are an iconic landscape with a distinctive flora and fauna that has evolved...

A project undertaken at LaTrobe University, and supervised by Dr Susan Hoebee In some plants, seed can be produced without fertilisation via a process known as apomixis. These seed are...

A project undertaken at The University of Queensland, and supervised by Dr Mengbai Zhang. Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for plant growth, with large quantities used in agriculture to maximise...

A project undertaken at Australian National University, and supervised by Prof Celeste Linde. This project tackles a key unexplored aspect of molecular conservation biology of Australian orchids. Here we aim...