School of Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Use your curious and creative mind to analyse and interpret data. Discover the hows and whys of our world.

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Honours

Genetics/genomics, ecology, evolution, plant sciences and zoology. Use your love of biology to make the world a better place. 2020 Honours Projects now available!

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Master of Environment and Sustainability

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Whether you think global or local, a PhD helps you make an impact on your community. See our Academic Prospectus for research projects.

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We have research strengths in four broad discipline areas:

Other research areas include: The Centre for Geometric Biology

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We are dedicated to excellence in teaching and providing a first class, international education to students from all around the world.

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Monash science researchers awarded just over $2 million in funding as part of ARC DECRA scheme

Monash science researchers have received just over $2 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for five projects under the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.

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Antidepressant pollutants in waterways are destroying the social dynamics of fish, study finds

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The Monash scientists who found that pharmaceutical pollutants in waterways altered reproductive behaviour, anxiety levels, activity, and antipredator responses of fish have now discovered for the first time that such toxicity is also having a disturbing impact on the social behaviour of fish.

Biology 13 January 2019

World-class drone infrastructure to support research

Monash University has launched the Drone Discovery Platform for researchers.

Science 1 January 1970

Scientists call for improved approach to biodiversity targets on invasive species

A Monash-led international commentary on the harm caused by biological invasions has urged policy makers to develop conversation targets in a unified framework informed by new data integration methods developed in the last decade.

Biology 1 January 1970
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Monash Biologists and Physicists awarded ARC Future Fellowships

Two biologists and two physicists have collectively been awarded four Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships worth approximately $4 million.

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