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Life and environmental sciences

Finding solutions to major issues facing our planet

Our research in ecology and environment, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology is shaping new approaches to address a range of global challenges.

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Agriculture and food research

We focus on sustainable agriculture with research from the scale of the molecule and gene to whole organism, from the paddock to farm to catchment.

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Ecology, evolution and conservation research

Our research combines the controlled precision of the lab with far-reaching explorations of organisms in their natural habitats in both water and land.

Molecules, cells and organisms research

Our research involves microbes through to plants and humans, dealing with problems for human, animal and plant development, health and disease, and environment.

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School of Life and Environmental Sciences

A complex and far-reaching cluster of disciplines with touch points across all of society and our natural world. We will take you from the laboratory to a rainforest, desert, farm or even underwater.