News: Honours projects - Molecular and biomedical science

Heavy metal resistance in E. coli isolated from pigs

Veterinary School microscope

Honours project: Explore resistance to heavy metals in an Australia-wide collection of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from pigs.

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Heavy metal resistance in carbapenem-resistant bacteria

Veterinary School microscope

Honours project: Mechanisms of heavy metal resistance in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from humans, animals and the environment.

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Evolution of sterile helpers in bees, ants and wasps

Honey bee

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

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Echidna CSI [Conservation Science Initiative]

Echidna research

Honours project: Get involved the citizen science project that combines field ecology and molecular biology for echidna conservation.

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The echidna genome project

Echidna research

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

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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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Plasticity of lifespan in the honeybee & the disposable soma theory

Honeybee genetics research

Honours project: This project investigates the plasticity of lifespan in the honeybee and the disposable soma theory.

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Pneumococcal vaccine

Honours project: Join our leading research into a serotype independent pneumococcal vaccine.

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Sex chromosomes of the platypus & echidna

Platypus image - Image courtesy of Matt Chan

Honours project: Study the meiotic organisation of monotreme sex chromosomes – that’s genetics research into the platypus and echidna.

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