Biological approaches for conserving biodiversity
Our expertise combines a foundational understanding of ecology in the lab and in the wild, with world-leading molecular expertise to drive the de-extinction of emblematic species and improve conservation and restoration outcomes.
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Baxter Group - Biology of Insect Pests
We analyse and manipulate insect genomes using molecular genetics to better understand the biology of economically important pests.
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BEAM Lab - Behavioural Ecology and Macroevolution
Behavioural Ecology and Macroevolution studies of behavioural ecology from a broad evolutionary perspective. We use comparative analyses and field and lab experiments to answer different questions about nature.
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BRITE – BioSciences Research & Innovation in Teaching Effectiveness
Enabling, evaluating and undertaking research around good teaching practice, including new and innovative learning experiences.
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CAMEL (Climatic and Metabolic Ecology Lab)
The research focus in the Climatic and Metabolic Ecology Lab is on how physical constraints on heat, water and nutritional balances limit the behaviour, distribution and abundance of species.
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CEA Lab (Coastal and Estuarine Adaptation Lab)
Interdisciplinary teams of ecologists, engineers and social scientists in close collaboration with end users to produce stakeholder-focused science for coastal management. We have a particular focus on adapting to changes in coastal hazards using nature-based coastal defense.
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CEBRA - Economics of Biosecurity
Strategic thinking and practical solutions across the biosecurity continuum. We deliver practical, rigorous solutions and strategic advice for biosecurity risk assessment, management, and communication.
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Mayfield Community Ecology Lab
Research focuses on community ecology and the conservation of plant and insect communities in human altered environments. We work in tropical and subtropical rain forests and Mediterranean, temperate and tropical grasslands on a diversity of plant and insect species.
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PEARG Lab - Pest and Environmental Adaptation
Research on adaptation of organisms (particularly invertebrates) to environmental stresses including climate change and chemical pollutants, using field sites in the Victorian mountains, in tropical rainforests and in wetlands around Melbourne.
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Plant Systematics Group - Herbarium / Systematics and Biogeography
We study the phylogeny, classification and biogeography of Australasian plants, including eucalypts, acacias, Eremophila, Nicotiana, Dianella, Grevillea, the family Rutaceae, ferns and bryophytes.
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Rafferty Pollination Ecology Lab
Focusing on the community ecology of plants and pollinators in a changing climate. We use experiments, long-term and historical data, and observations of natural variation to understand how climate change is affecting plants, pollinators, and their interactions.
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Robin Group - Insect Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution
The research of the lab is the genetic basis of biodiversity; in particular the role of adaptation in the shaping variation within and between species.
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Stuart-Fox Lab - Animal Behaviour and Evolution
The Stuart-Fox Lab studies the biology of light and colour, tackling questions at different scales of biological organisation – from optical properties at the nanometre scale to global patterns of colour diversity.
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TIGRR Lab - Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research Lab
Marsupial conservation and de-extinction of the thylacine.
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Urban Ecology and Conservation
Focusing on the ecology of urban environments, and practical ways to conserve native species and their habitats in cities.
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van Heerwaarden Climate Change Adaptation Lab
Researching the potential for species to respond adaptively to environmental change and identify what factors underpin climate change resilience and vulnerability.
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Verbruggen Laboratory - Algal Biology and Coral Environmental Microbiology
The lab carries out research on algal biology and coral holobiont functioning. Our eclectic range of work includes biodiversity, genome biology, photophysiology, molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary biology.
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Wallabase - Marsupial Reproductive Biology
Research focusing on understanding reproduction and development in mammals (including humans), primarily using marsupials as biomedical models.