The
Research School of Biological Sciences conducts basic and
strategic research in areas of biology and biotechnology
selected for their potential to deliver benefits for Australia.
Biological research discoveries will provide advances in
significant areas such as agriculture, environment, health
and technology. Research across the school is highly collaborative
and multi-disciplinary to maximise available expertise
on every project.
Research is conducted through nine research
groups:
Comparative
Genomics Group
Current Research: Genome
Organisation & Evolution • Kangaroo
Genomics • Sex Determination & Spermatogenesis • Sex
Chromosome Evolution • Epigenetic Control
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Environmental
Biology Group
Current Research: Coordination
of CO2 Fixation and Transpiration
in Plants • Physiology of Photosynthesis • Molecular- & Eco-
physiology of Root:Shoot Communication. |
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Functional
Ecology Group
Previously the Ecosystem
Dynamics Group. Current
Research: Stress
Physiology • Whole
Plant Bioenergetics • Functional
Plant Morphology. |
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Genomic
Interactions Group
Current Research: Control
of Meristem Differentiation & Plant Architecture
in Legumes • Proteomic Analysis of S.
meliloti • Intercellular Communication
between Rhizobium & Host M.
truncatula • Molecular Stimuli of
Bacteria Triggering Plant Root Gene Expression • Bioinformatics
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Molecular
Genetics & Evolution
Current Research: Developmental
Genetics and Cell Biology • Comparative
Molecular Development • Mammalian Molecular
Genetics and Evolution • Yeast Molecular
Genetics • Molecular and Population Genetics. |
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Molecular
Plant Physiology
Current Research: Phenomic
Analysis of CO2 Acquisition by Cyanobacteria • The
Photosynthetic CO2- fixing Enzyme, Rubisco • Photosynthetic
Functional Genomics • CO2 Fixation
and Water Loss of Leaves. |
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Photobioenergetics
Current Research: Oxygenic
Photosynthesis Laboratory • Thylakoid Structure
and Function Laboratory. |
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Plant
Cell Biology
Current Research: Cell
Cycle Laboratory • Cell Wall Laboratory • Cytoskeleton
Laboratory • Disease Resistance Laboratory • Phytophthora Laboratory. |
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Visual
Sciences
Current Research: Alzheimer's
Disease • Biorobotic
Vision • Development & Degeneration
of the Macula • Development of
Visual Diagnostics for Eye Diseases • Foveal
Development • From Molecules
to Memory • The Function of Membrane Channels • Insect
Vision, Perception and Navigation • Neurogenetics
and Neuroethology • Retinal Degeneration • Retinal
and Myopia Research • Visual Control of Insect
Flight • Visual Ecology • Visual Processing
in Mammalian Brains • Visual System Development. |
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