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Research Projects Available for PhB Students in 2007
Advanced Studies Courses (ASCs)
comprise one quarter of the pre-Honours PhB
at ANU. They offer students an opportunity to get
involved in scientific research, and to make an early
start on their own journey towards becoming independent
researchers. RSBS offers Advanced Studies Courses
to students undertaking a PhB.
To apply for a PhB project you should
make contact with the relevant supervisor listed with
the project titles below. If you are not able to find
a suitable research project in the project list you
can make contact directly with an academic staff member
in your field of interest. There are several methods
students can use to locate potential supervisors and
research topics in RSBS.
There are 10 Research
Groups in the School. Each group has a website
identifying academic staff members and outlining current
research taking place in the group. Students are encouraged
to make email contact with relevant academic staff
members in their area of interest.
Sometimes it may not be clear which
Research Group a particular topic might fall under.
For this reason a Current Research Listing has been
developed. This is a summary of the key current research
areas of RSBS academic staff, and research laboratories
in RSBS. Each topic will link back to the relevant
academic staff member in a Research Group enabling
students to make contact directly with that staff
member. For any additional assistance or enquiries
please make email
contact with RSBS Student Administration.
The following projects are available
as Advanced Studies Courses for PhB students:
Environmental Biology
Group
Relating photosynthesis to leaf and cell wall nitrogen
Dr
John Evans
Environmental
Biology Group
Molecular Genetics &
Evolution
Cell signalling and the regulation of animal development
Professor
Rob Saint
Molecular
Genetics & Evolution
New approaches to functional genomics
Professor
Rob Saint
Molecular
Genetics & Evolution
Molecular Plant Physiology
Comparative bioinformatics of cyanobacterial CCM genes
Dr
Dean Price
Molecular
Plant Physiology Group
Relationship between photosynthetic rate and stomatal
function in transgenic plants with impaired photosynthesis
Professor
Susanne von Caemmerer
Molecular
Plant Physiology Group
Structure and function of bicarbonate transporters
from marine cyanobacteria
Dr
Dean Price
Molecular
Plant Physiology Group
The role of Carbonic anhydrase in C4 photosynthesis.
Professor
Susanne von Caemmerer
Molecular
Plant Physiology Group
Using directed evolution to evolve the Co2-fixing
enzyme, Rubisco, towards novel physiological roles
Dr
Spencer Whitney
Molecular
Plant Physiology
Plant Cell Biology
Plant detective work: using molecular techniques to
work out the genetic composition of the tomato cultivar
MicroTom used in functional genomic studies as a model
solanaceous plant
Dr
David Jones
Plant
Cell Biology
Studies of cell and molecular biology of pathogenicity
of species of destructive plant pathogens in the genus
Phytophthora
Professor
Adrienne Hardham
Plant
Cell Biology Group
Photobioenergetics Group
Artificial Photosynthesis: Molecular Design and Synthesis
of Light-Activated Metal-Binding Proteins
Dr
Tom Wydrzynski
Photobioenergetics
Group
Does chlorophyll b help a leaf to survive under high-light
stress in the absence of repair?
Dr
Fred Chow
Photobioenergetics
Group
Investigation of photosynthetic electron transfers
directly in leaf tissue
Dr
Fred Chow
Photobioenergetics
Group
Visual Sciences
Evoked potential (EP) studies
Dr
Ted Maddess
Visual
Sciences
Psychophysical Studies
Dr
Ted Maddess
Visual
Sciences
Eye movement studies
Dr
Ted Maddess
Visual
Sciences
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