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Overview
Research in the Frankenberg lab falls into two broad areas:
- Evolution, development & reproduction (Evo-Devo-Repro) and genomics of vertebrates, especially marsupials
- Synthetic biology with ecologically therapeutic applications
Current Research
PIPER (Pipelines for Invasive Pest Eradication Research) Lab:
Genetic biocontrol for invasive vertebrate pests
Engineering chytrid resistance
With the Pask Lab:
Engineering cane toad toxin resistance
Reproduction and development of the fat-tailed dunnart
Lab head
Collaborators
Dr Andrew French
Research associates
Dr Katarzyna Filimonow
Technical staff
Naomi Tappe
PhD students
Clarisse Sawyer
Erin Scase
Daniel Barham
Masters students
Brae Todd
Leo Lin
For study/job enquiries, please email Dr Stephen Frankenberg: srfr@unimelb.edu.au
Employment
Applications for the recently advertised positions for Technical Officer and Research Fellow have now closed.
Honours/Masters/PhD projects
There are several options for Masters/Honours projects within the lab:
- Using the zebrafish to develop broadly applicable technologies for genetic biocontrol of invasive pest vertebrates
- Developing CRISPR-editing pipelines in European carp and cane toads for future genetic biocontrol
- Stem cells and assisted reproduction technology in non-model mammal species for development of genetic biocontrol
- Reproduction, development and stem cell biology of the fat-tailed dunnart
- Conferring resistance to cane toad toxin in marsupial cell lines by CRISPR editing