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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
Research associates
Technical staff
Naomi Tappe
Gail D’Souza
PhD students
Masters students
Felix Smits
Daniel Barham
Erin Scase
Honours students
Clarisse Sawyer
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