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Enhancing wheat yield and drought tolerance

Stuart Roy researcher photo

Honours project: Join an international project that aims to increase yield potential in wheat.

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Optical fibres in space for high bandwidth and black hole detection

International Space Station - Image by NASA

Honours project: Explore the creation of high-purity glass aboard the International Space Station to unlock internet bandwidth limits and improve gravitational wave detectors.

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Probing the ionosphere using radio signals

Honours project:  Evaluate the utility of software defined radio (SDR) for providing low-cost ionospheric sounder receivers.

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The Curnamona Cube

Curnamona

Honours projects: Fly across remote Australia in a helicopter, for one of the world's biggest geophysical science projects.

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Using the ancient DNA to explore human adaptation & evolutionary medicine

Honours project: Get involved in research into human adaptation and evolutionary medicine.

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Crustal evolution through the lens of apatite crystals

Histogram for Global Detrital Zircon

Honours project: Contribute to the development of a new archive of the evolution of the continents.

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Developing a forensic mitochondrial DNA database for human identification

ADIFF dna testing

Honours project: Learn with the experts who are developing new genomics techniques for human identification.

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Deep learning for better cellular imaging

Malaria biology imaging - Danny Wilson

Honours project: Help improve the imaging capabilities of scientists studying infection and reproductive biology.

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What goes down, must come up?

Volcanoes

Honours project: Explore the chemistry of magma to trace what the inputs to volcanoes are at depth.

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Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Australian birds and mammals, including night parrots, wombats and quolls

ADIFF dna testing 2

Honours project: Use DNA sampled through space and time to understand the evolution and conservation genetics of Australian birds and mammals.

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