Biological responses to environmental change
We seek an understanding of the biological processes of environmental change to make better predictions and management decisions about habitat restoration, pest control, climate change responses and biosecurity.
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Adaptive Evolution Lab
Combining experimental and computational approaches to study the effect of environmental variation and stress on natural population.
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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 and Innovation in Teaching Effectiveness
BRITE supports collaborative efforts to improve our teaching and learning. We enable research on teaching and learning innovations and the evaluation of teaching practices.
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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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Coastal and Estuarine Adaptation Lab
Coastal and Estuarine Adaptation Lab (CEA Lab) research natural, restored and artificial coastal and estuarine habitats.
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Haydon Plant Cell Signalling Lab
We use genetics, chemical biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and systems analyses to understand mechanisms that control circadian rhythms with a particular focus on metabolic signalling and nutrient balance.
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Johnson Lab Group - Plant Nutrition
Can we change how plants absorb nutrients to produce more nutritious crops? We employ a variety of molecular tools to discover, characterize and engineer plant genes that are important for the absorption and bioavailability of iron and zinc.
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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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McFadden Lab - Malaria and Endosymbiosis
Our group is interested in malaria and symbiosis - two topics that seem somewhat far apart but are in fact strangely interconnected. Our research has led to a paradigm shift in understanding the malaria parasite.
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Mulder Lab - Evolutionary Ecology of Birds
Researching the causes and consequences of variability in mating systems, particularly the relative importance of sexual and natural selection, the role of visual and acoustic signals, and the way in which cooperation and conflict interact in complex social groups.
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Nabity Lab - Plant and Insect Ecology
Research in the lab broadly addresses questions on species interactions and adaptation. We also continue longstanding interests to understand plant growth, defense, and other functional traits as they change under biotic and abiotic stress.
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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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Quantitative Aquatic Ecology and Evolution Lab
Researching the impacts of, and adaptations to, natural and human-induced flow variability, fishery activity, and environmental change.
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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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SoilTox Lab
The SoilTox Lab collaborates with government and industry on pollution research and projects, providing solutions for a healthier, safer and more sustainable future.
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Shai Meiri Lab - vertebrate evolution, biogeography and conservation
The interests of the Shai Meiri Lab lie at an intersection of evolutionary biology, biogeography, conservation biology, macroecology and zoology.
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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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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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Urban Light Lab
The Urban Light Lab addresses questions related to the evolution and maintenance of fitness traits in the face of urban light pollution.
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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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Watt Group - Plant and Root System Biology
Led by Michelle Watt, the Adrienne Clarke Professorial Chair of Botany, making discoveries about the root systems of plants, and applying those discoveries to engineering plant systems that sustain healthy life on Earth and in future in space.
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Wedell Group - Evolutionary insect lab
Researching the role of genomic parasites in generating intragenomic conflict, predominantly working with insects, by elucidating the consequences for mating systems, the evolution of new traits, the creation of biological novelty, and the survival of populations.