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Research Project Titles of Current PhD Students

Graduate students at RSBS are studying a wide range of interesting topics. They are presented here by Research Group. Use this list to inspire you to contact us about your project ideas.

Comparative Genomics Group | Environmental Biology | Functional Ecology Group | Genomic Interactions Group | Molecular Genetics & Evolution | Molecular Plant Physiology | Photobioenergetics | Plant Cell Biology | Visual Sciences

   
 

Comparative Genomics Group

 Student

 Research Topic

 Primary RSBS Supervisor

Rami Stiglec

Lizard sex chromosomes

Prof Jenny Graves

Hannah Bender

Devil Facial Tumour Disease: Clues to transmission and development

Dr Tariq Ezaz
James Fong Characterisation of an autosomal region of the kangaroo genome that was recruited to the Eutherian X Prof Jenny Graves
Tim Hore Evolution of genome imprinting Prof Jenny Graves
Dennis O'Meally Sex determination in reptiles Dr Tariq Ezaz
Hardip Patel Analysis of a region of the tammar wallaby X chromosome Dr Edda Koina
Vidushi Patel Analysis of tammar wallaby genes and their neighbours Dr Janine Deakin
Mary Wallis Monotreme sex determination Dr Margaret Delbridge

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Functional Ecology Group

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Randall Donohue Climate change and Australian vegetation distributions.
Prof Graham Farquhar

Danielle Medek

The hydraulics of freezing tolerance and recovery in Australian Subantarctic, Alpine and lowland grasses.

Prof Marilyn Ball and Dr Marcus Schortemeyer

Katy Sommerville Freeze and drought tolerance in Acacia: The compromise between stem hydrolics and leaf gas exchange characteristics Prof Marilyn Ball
Anja Steinwendler Climate change and carbon gain in Antarctic mosses Prof Marilyn Ball

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Environmental Biology

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Scott Gilmore

PhD Graduate Program

Dr Josette Masle

Rakesh David The Role of Pti gene family in stress signalling pathways in plants Dr Josette Masle
Matthew Harrison Modelling the physiological dynamics in winter wheat after grazing Dr John Evans
Wee Ho Lim Energy balance, pan evaporation and transpiration Prof Graham Farquhar
Hooman Salari Functional analysis of the methyltransferase gene family in Arabidopsis Dr Josette Masle
Keith Schulze    
Xavier Sirault The rolling habit of wheat leaves Dr Rubetzke
Agustin Zsogon Natural genetic variation for water use efficiency in tomato Dr Josette Masle

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Genomic Interactions Group

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Peta Holmes Stem cells in Medicago truncatula Dr Nijat Imin
Gabriel James Algal derived biofuels Dr Michael Djordovic
Lucia Kusumawati Long distance protein transport in plants Dr Michael Djordovic
Jiayu Wen In silico prediction of active RNA and peptide genes in legumes Dr Georg Weiller

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Molecular Genetics and Evolution

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Hamilton Fraval Structure-function studies of cytoskeletal regulators Prof Robert Saint
Lauretto Grasso The molecular control of development of the coral Acropora millepora: a focus on settlement, metamorphosis, calcification and symbiosis Dr Eldon ball
Upulie Divisekera

Analysing the role of the RhoGEF Pebble in cell migration and development (MPhil)

Prof Robert Saint
Gabrielle Lockett Exploring the effects of drugs on learning memory and gene expression in the honeybee Dr Ryszard Maleszka

Nirmal

Lorensuhewa

RHO - family small GTPase signalling in Drosophila development Prof Robert Saint
Clayton Matthews Molecular and cellular biology of the Ttyh1 protein Dr Hugh Campbell
Harley Blakeman The regulation of pbl during early development Prof Robert Saint
Sylvain Foret Deciphering the biological meaning of the honeybee genomic sequence by means of bioinfomatics and molecular techniques Dr Ryszard Maleszka

Jane Hooper

Molecular biology of the mammalian homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster flightless I gene

Dr Hugh Campbell

Rosemary Manhire Heath Drosophila pupal disc eversion: A new system for studying EMTs, cell migration and METs Prof Robert Saint
Jianbin Wang New approaches to gene inactivation in Drospholia melanogaster Prof Robert Saint

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Molecular Plant Physiology

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Simon Dwyer Reconciling the internal & external light environment of C4 leaves Prof Susanne von Caemmerer
Hossein Fallahi Sugar metabolism and signalling in plant seed development Prof Murray Badger

Richard James

New Sources of Salt Tolerance in Durum Wheat

Prof Susanne von Caemmerer

Douglas Orr The role of post-translational modifications of the Tobacco Rubisco Large subunit Dr Spencer Whitney
Benjamin Rae The cyanobacterial carbon concentrating mechanism and the possiblity of rapid evolution by lateral gene transfer Dr Dean Price

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Photobioenergetics

Student Research Topic Primary RSBS Supervisor
Brendon Conlan Molecular engineering of light-activated proteins Dr Tom Wydrzynski
Iain McConnell Substrate interactions with the catalytic for oxygen evolution in photstem II Dr Tom Wydrzynski

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Plant Cell Biology

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Jessica Armstrong

Cellulose Synthesis in the Arabidopsis stem.

Prof Richard Williamson

Pamela Gan Translocation of secreted effector proteins from fungal pathogens into host plant cells Prof Adrienne Hardham
Markus Koeck Identification and characterisation of cellular interactor(s) of flax-rust proteins AvrL567 and AvrM Prof Adrienne Hardham
Ginny Lim Isolation of the tomato 1-3 gene for Fusarium wilt resistance Dr David Jones
Victoria Ludowici Characterisation of adhesion and early infection events during disease establishment by Phytophthora zoospores Prof Adrienne Hardham

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Visual Sciences

Student

Research Topic

Primary RSBS Supervisor

Ali Alkaladi The functional anatomy of fiddler crabs compound eyes Dr Jochen Zeil
Nicole Carey Biomimetic aerial interaction algorithms Dr Jochen Zeil
Corrine Carle Transient pupillary responses to multifocal luminance and colour stimuli - neural implications and diagnostic applications. Dr Ted Maddess
Owen Carr The Expression of the Transmembrane Protein Ten_m3 in the Visual System of the Wallaby, Macropus eugenii Dr Lauren Marotte
Vicki Chrysosostomou The regulatory effects of oxygen on retinal development and stability Prof Jonathan Stone
Tanya Detto The social function of body colours in semi-terrestrial crabs Dr Jochen Zeil
Benjamin Doolan Conscious snd unconscious processs in visual perception Dr Andrew James
Wiebke Ebeling Visual learning and colour vision in marsupials Dr Jan Hemmi
Samuel Inverso Feedback in the cortical hierarchy Dr Andrew James
Xin-Lin Goh Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation Dr Andrew James
Yu-Shan Hung Honeybee neurobiology: Movement detection in honeybee Dr Michael Ibbotson
Diana Kirk The effects of photobiomodulation on the mammalian retina - a possible therapeutic measure in the treatment of retinal regeneration Dr Krisztina Valter-Kocsi
Maria Kolic Multifocal pupillary objective perimetry: post cataract surgery and amblyopia (Masters degree) Dr Ted Maddess
Peter Kozulin Expression of guidance factors in developing primate retina Prof Jan Provis
Riccardo Natoli Gene expression induced by hypoxia in the C57BL/6J mouse retina Prof Jonathan Stone
Angeliza Querubin Anatomical and molecular study of retinal neurons in the pigeon retina Dr Keely Bumsted-O'Brien
Yanti Rosli Comparative study of perimetric-like methods to quantify the visual field Dr Ted Maddess
Matthew Rutar    
Ryan Taylor Higher-order spacial statistics and their interaction with neural coding-filter dynamics, information transmission and optimal coding strategies Dr Ted Maddess
Joshua van Kleef Complex analysis of receptive fields in the visual systems of mammals and insects Dr Michael Ibbotson

Yuan Zhu

Genetic control of photoreceptor stability

Prof Jonathan Stone

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