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2008 Projects

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. 

2009 projects on offer

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