The projects listed below were offered to undergraduates in 2008, most of which have now been completed. They give you an insight into the type of research undertaken by UTROP students.
Project title |
Area of research |
The incubation behaviour of tropical warblers: The role of nest temperatures, food availability and nest predation. |
Behavioural ecology |
Seed biology of native plants of northern Australia |
Seed biology, restoration ecology, horticulture |
Generic substitution: Assessing public understanding and awareness (3 projects) |
Pharmacy research |
Evaluation of chemical and physical stability of different aspirin formulations – temperature and humidity effect |
Pharmacy research |
Mechanisms of water uptake by frogs |
Biology and environmental science |
Isolation and identification of tropical marine micro-organisms in biofilms |
Marine biofilms |
Discovering genes in acid mine drainage bacteria |
Microbiology and molecular biology of microbes |
Discovering microbes in tropical sponges |
Microbiology and molecular biology of microbes |