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    Unlocking the eucalypt genome

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/73-unlocking-the-eucalypt-genome
    22 Apr 2016: Ask Professor Brad Potts why he studies eucalypt genetics and he will tell you the answer is simple, “The excitement of discovery”. “If I had lived in another era I would have been an explorer,” said Professor Potts. “There is nothing like
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    The secret sex life of plants

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/260-the-secret-sex-life-of-plants
    10 Apr 2017: Sexual reproduction in animals and plants share common elements, but little was known about how the sex of plants is determined until University of Tasmania researchers discovered a gene responsible. Dr Scott McAdam, Associate Professor Timothy
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    Sex-change project set to transform aquaculture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/5-sex-change-project-set-to-transform-aquaculture
    29 Aug 2015: The ability to switch the sex of some crustacean species looks likely to offer increased advantages to an already hi-tech aquaculture sector, thanks to research being undertaken by the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic
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    Emu scats offer clues to times in Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1018-emu-scats-offer-clues-to-times-in-tasmania
    28 May 2020: Every three months Matthew Fielding arrives at Melbourne Airport with a large box to put on a plane. When he tells the airline staff what’s in it, they rush off to speak to their managers, mouths agape. After all, it’s not every day you are asked
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    The “boring billion” is anything but...

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/80-the-boring-billion-is-anything-but
    6 May 2016: PhDs should always tackle the big questions- but Indrani Mukherjee is investigating some of the biggest of all. Why are we here? More importantly how did we come into being? The answer is millions of years ago a single celled organism decided to
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    Australian reptiles on the brink of extinction

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1058-australian-reptiles-on-the-brink-of-extinction
    21 Sep 2020: They may not be cute and cuddly, but these Aussie animals need our help before it is too late. A new study from the Threatened Species Recovery Hub predicts that 11 species of snakes and lizards are likely to become extinct by 2040 unless there is a
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    Guardian dogs provide safe haven for endangered bandicoots

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1103-guardian-dogs-provide-safe-haven-for-endangered-bandicoots
    17 Dec 2020: After years of training, two very special Guardian dogs are ready to fulfil their mission to help bring the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot back from extinction in the wild. In a collaborative research trial between Zoos Victoria and the
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    Biotechnology: It’s the little things that change the world

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/177-biotechnology-its-the-little-things-that-change-the-world
    27 Oct 2016: Kim Lee Chang is trying to improve the quality of life in society through a particular stream of science called biotechnology. Biotechnology is the application of biology. It refers to how we use the biological process of microorganisms for
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    This scientist is forcing a rethink of how we discover marine life

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/518-this-scientist-is-forcing-a-rethink-of-how-we-discover-marine-life
    22 Jan 2018: “I don’t have the usual academic background,” said Professor Graham Edgar, who’s running one of Australia’s most successful citizen science initiatives out of the University of Tasmania. With a focus on minimising human threats to the
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    This scientist is chasing the secrets of ancient crops

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/472-this-scientist-is-chasing-the-secrets-of-ancient-crops
    28 Nov 2017: “We’ve created a kind of ‘kindergarten for plants’,” said Professor Sergey Shabala from the University of Tasmania, describing the current state of global agriculture. “We provide them with everything they need: nutrients, water,

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