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Current PhD and Masters Students
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PhD Students | ||
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Sarah Abbott Supervisor/s: Tony Hulbert & Paul Else |
Project Title: Effect of dietary fatty acid profile on Metabolic physiology of the rat |
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Sam Abraham Supervisor: Ren Zhang |
Project Title: Molecular approaches to analyze stress inducing probiotic/pathogen interactions. |
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Maria Adams Supervisor: Kris French |
Project Title: Vertical stratification of bats and insects in harvested forests. |
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Sherin Alex Supervisor/s: Ren Zhang & Ross Lilley |
Project Title: Arsenic resistance. |
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Harry Battam Supervisor: Bill Buttemer |
Project Title: Energetics of non-breeding albatrosses. |
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Daniel Bogema Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Molecular and proteomic analysis of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Adhesiont. |
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Blake Cochran Supervisor: Marie Ranson (Principal) |
Project Title: Understanding the Molecular Biology of PAI-2. |
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Luke Collins Supervisor: Ross Bradstock |
Project Title: Landscape and fire regimes as determinants of mammal species diversity. |
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Amanda Cork Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Investigating the role of Streptokinase, Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B and Fibrinogen binding proteins in plasma(Ogen)-Mediated invasion by Group A Streptococci. |
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Rebecca Dabbs Supervisor/s: Mark Wilson & Mark Walker |
Project Title: Exploring the potential of Clusterin as an immune modulator. |
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Fay Dawes Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: The molecular characterisation of antibiotic resistance genes located in integrons isolated from E.coli. |
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Ania Deustcher Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Molecular analysis of Mycoplasma Hyopneumonia Putative cell surface adhesions. |
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Jody Gorman Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Development of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccines. |
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Nicole Grant Supervisor: Sharon Robinson |
Project Title: Thermogenesis and thermoregulation in Lotus plants. |
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Anna Henningham Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Analysis of the Group A Streptococcal Cell surface. |
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Tyge Hermansen Supervisor: David Ayre |
Project Title: Ecological and genetic tests of the status of the Sea Anemones at the species borders. |
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Andrew Hollands Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Characterisation of cell surface Peptidases of Group A Streptococcus. |
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Tina Hsu Supervisor: Kris French |
Project Title: Are we farming trees or creating forests? A comparative assessment of the conservation value of native eucalypt plantations. |
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Megan Kelly Supervisor/s: Bill Buttemer & Mike Mahony (Newcastle University) |
Project Title: Stress and immune function interactions in amphibians. |
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Malsha Kitulagodage Supervisor/s: Bill Buttemer & Lee Asteimer |
Project Title: Effects of fipronil on avian development and health. |
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Justin Lathlean Supervisor/s: David Ayre & Todd Minchinton |
Project Title: Factors influencing range limits of marine invertebrates. |
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Jodi Lee Supervisor: Marie Ranson (Principal) |
Project Title: Understanding the role of the plasminogen activation system and their inhibitors in Leukocytes. |
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Renee Levings Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Detailed molecular analysis of antibiotic resistance regions within a collection of multi-drug resistant Salmonella spp. From Australian sources. |
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Xiulan Liu Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Molecular analysis of Salmonella antibiotic resistance genes. |
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Peter Maamary Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococci. |
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John Martin Supervisor: Kris French |
Project Title: Movement and control of Ibis in cities. |
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Kimberly Maute Supervisor/s: Lee Asteimer & Bill Buttemer |
Project Title: Conservation management of Granivorous birds in tropical Australian savannahs. |
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Chris McLean Supervisor: Ross Bradstock |
Project Title: Fire in wet Sclerophyll forests. |
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Beth Mott Supervisor: Kris French |
Project Title: Factors affecting vertebrate assemblages in hardwood plantations. |
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Amber Pares Supervisor: Rob Whelan |
Project Title: The importance of soil in explaining the relationship between fire and vegetation. |
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Holly Parsons Supervisor: Kris French |
Project Title: The effect of urbanisation on superb fairy wrens. |
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Angelique Riepsamen Supervisor: Mark Dowton |
Project Title: Multipartite genomes in nematodes. |
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David Roberts Supervisor: David Ayre |
Project Title: Hybridization in Bream. |
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James Scifleet Supervisor: Ren Zhang |
Project Title: Characterization of novel arsenic resistance proteins from Bacillus sp. CDB3. |
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Lisa Seymour Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: The role of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae in prcine enzootic pneumonia. |
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Shih-Ping Su Supervisor: Andrew Aquilina |
Project Title: a-Crystallin and its role in age-related diseases. |
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Sameer Tiwari Supervisor/s: Ren Zhang & Bo Wang (CSIRO) |
Project Title: Gene silencing and plant disease resistance. |
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Magdalene Trzcionka Supervisor/s: Bill Buttemer & Tony Hulbert |
Project Title: Physiological basis of ageing in birds. |
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Annette Usher Supervisor/s: Rob Whelan & David Ayre |
Project Title: Models of Hybrid zone structure. More information |
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Carola Venturini Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Molecular characterisation of multiple antibiotic resistance patterns in over 700 E.coli Isolates, comprising different stereotypes from humans and animals in Australia, and analysis of the Transfer potential of these resistance determinants between animal and human strains. |
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Chris Walsh Supervisor: Ron West |
Project Title: Effects of environmental flows on teo co-occurring Percilthyidae fishes. |
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Lauren Woolley Supervisor: Mark Walker |
Project Title: Developing an effective vaccine to prevent the colonisation of swine by mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae. |
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Amy Wyatt Supervisor: Mark Wilson |
Project Title: Quality control mechanisms for the folding state of extracellular proteins. |
Masters Students | ||
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Terina Bruhn Supervisor: Mark Dowton |
Project Title: Assessment of the mitochondrial control regon of Chrysoma blowflies as a means of forensic identification. |
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Rachel Caldwell Supervisor/s: Ren Zhang & Yan-Xia Lin |
Project Title: Sequence length distribution and correlation between gene regions. |
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Katie French Supervisor: Mark Wilson |
Project Title: Alpha-2-Macrogloblobulin: An abundant extracellular chaperone. |
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Yao Han Supervisor/s: Gordon Walland & Kerry Gilmore |
Project Title: Electrical stimulation of muscle cells. |
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James Indsto Supervisor: Rob Whelan |
Project Title: Species relationships and pollination ecology of orchids. |
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Mel Norton Supervisor/s: Kris French & Rob Whelan |
Project Title: Conservation ecology and the Long-nosed Potoroo. |
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Kiran Sirafaz Supervisor: Ren Zhang |
Project Title: Examination of small RNA interfering pathways in Heterosis. |
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Paul Story Supervisor/s: Bill Buttemer & Lee Asteimer |
Project Title: Behavioural and physiological consequences of sublethal pesticide exposure in dunnarts. |
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Johanna Turnbull Supervisor: Sharon Robinson |
Project Title: Impact of UV-B and desiccation on Antarctic mosses. |

































