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Analysis of the CO
2
-Concentrating mechanism in cy-
anobacteria by PRICE, GD and BADGER, MR with
Dr T Omata and Dr T Ogawa, University of Nagoya,
Japan.
Role of heat shock proteins in protecting photosynthet-
ic processes in cyanobacteria by PRICE, GD and
BADGER, MR with Dr CS Pike, Franklin and Mar-
shall College, USA and Prof C-Y Lin, National Taiwan
University.
Analysis of metabolites in transgenic Flaveria bidentis (a
C
4
 dicot) with reduced amounts of Rubisco by von
CAEMMERER, S with Dr RT Furbank, CSIRO.
Mechanisms influencing the growth and distribution of
C
4
 grasses under rising CO
2
 concentrations by von
CAEMMERER, S with Dr O Ghannoum, Prof JP
Conroy, University of Western Sydney.
Construction of transgenic Flaveria bidentis (a C4 di-
cot) with reduced amounts of mesophyll carbonic
anhydrase by von CAEMMERER, S with Dr M Lud-
wig, Macquarie University, and Dr RT Furbank,
CSIRO.
Field gas exchange studies on C
3
 and C
4
 grasses grown
at elevated CO
2
 by von CAEMMERER, S with Dr O
Ghannoum, University of Western Sydney and Dr P
Newton, Grasslands Research Centre, New Zealand.
Photobioenergetics
Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the S
0
 state
of photosystem II by ÅHRLING, K with Prof S Styring
and Dr S Peterson, Lund University, Sweden.
Photoinactivation of photosystem II in grapevines by
CHOW, WS with J Flexas, Universitat de les Illes,
Balaras, Spain.
Global Gaussian spectral deconvolution analysis of
chlorophyll b-less and b-deficient mutants of barley
with a time- and spectral-wavelength-resolving streak
camera by GILMORE, A with Dr S Itoh, National In-
stitute of Basic Biology, Japan.
Analysis of the unique 1-step violaxanthin cycle in
Mantoniella squamata: time-resolved fluorescence and
molecular genetic approaches by GILMORE, A with
Prof Y Yamamoto, University of Hawaii, USA.
Characterization of chlorophyll a excited state lifetime
distribution behavior in genetically engineered pig-
ment-protein mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana by
GILMORE, A with Prof K Niyogi and Dr X-P Li, Uni-
versity of California, USA.
Very high light resistant mutants of Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii by OSMOND, CB with Prof J Boynton,
Duke University, USA.
Biodiversity of Antarctic plant viruses by SKOTNICKI,
M with Dr P Selkirk, Macquarie University.
SQUID measurements of the catalytic manganese in
photosystem II by WYDRZYNSKI, T and ÅHRLING,
K with Dr D Tillbrook and Dr G Stevens, CSIRO.
Analysis of the substrate water exchange reactions in
photosystem II reconstituted with strontium by
WYDRZYNSKI, T with Dr W Hillier, Michigan State
University, USA and Prof C Dismukes, Princeton Uni-
versity, USA.
Plant Cell Biology
Production of antibodies against desaturase by ELLI-
OTT, J with Dr S Singh, CSIRO.
Tubular vacuolar system in Oomycete hyphae by
HARDHAM, AR with A/Prof WG Allaway, University
of Sydney.
Isolation of avirulence and pathogenicity genes from
Phytophthora by HARDHAM, AR, MARSHALL, JS,
SKALAMERA, D with Dr D Maclean, Dr A Drenth
and Dr S Basnayake, University of Queensland.
Proteins associating with the cyclin dependent kinases
of plant cells, especially CKS proteins by JOHN, PCL
with Dr EA Williams, University of Western Australia.
Complementation of yeast cell cycle control proteins
with potential plant homologues by JOHN, PCL with
Dr J Hayles and Prof P Nurse, Imperial Cancer Re-
search Fund Laboratories, London, UK.
Effects of plant cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor pro-
teins on mitosis in live plant cells by JOHN, PCL and
CLEARY, AL with Prof LC Fowke, University of Sas-
katchewan, Canada.
Location and activity of plant cyclin dependent kinases
by JOHN, PCL and ZHANG, K with Prof D Inzé,
University of Gent, Belgium.
Isolation of the tomato I-3 gene for resistance to the wilt
pathogen Fusarium oxysporum pv lycopersici by
JONES, DA and HEMMING, M with Dr B Carroll,
University of Queensland.
Isolation of the tomato I-3 gene for resistance to the wilt
pathogen Fusarium oxysporum pv lycopersici by
JONES, DA and HEMMING, M with D McGrath,
Bowen Horticultural Research Station, Queensland
Department of Primary Industry.
Structure of plant extracytosolic leucine-rich repeat pro-
teins by JONES, DA and LANG, S with Dr B Kobe,
University of Queensland.
Testing the interaction between the tomato Cf-9 resist-
ance gene and the Cladosporium fulvum Avr9
avirulence gene in wheat by JONES, DA and WIL-
SON, R with Dr P Langridge and R Whitford,
University of Adelaide.
Localisation of the site of Cf-9 action by JONES, DA
with Prof JDG Jones, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich,
UK.

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The role of the cytoskeleton in regulating development
of plant transfer cells by WASTENEYS, GO with A/
Prof CE Offler, Dr DW McCurdy and MJ Talbot (RS-
BS Collaborative Scholar), The University of
Newcastle, Prof VR Franceschi, Washington State Uni-
versity, USA and Dr KC Vaughn, USDA-ARS,
Stoneville, USA.
Assessment of growth performance under hypoxic con-
ditions and expression of metabolic indicators of
hypoxic stress in the hyp1 mutant of Arabidopsis by
WASTENEYS, GO with Dr L Dennis and K Ismond,
CSIRO.
Gravitropism in tip-growing cells of characean algae by
WASTENEYS, GO with Dr M Braun, University of
Bonn, Germany.
The cytoskeleton of characean algae by WASTENEYS,
GO with Dr I Foissner, University of Salzburg, Austria.
ER dynamics and root hair development in Arabidopsis
thaliana by WASTENEYS, GO with Dr ME Galway,
St Francis Xavier University, Canada, Prof J Schiefel-
bein, University of Michigan, USA and Dr T Sakai,
Kyoto University, Japan.
The role of ethylene in cell division polarity and hypox-
ic stress responses by WASTENEYS, GO and
GUNNING, BES with Prof H Kazama, International
Christian University, Japan and Prof H Imaseki,
Nagoya University, Japan.
Characterization of spiralling in microtubule organiza-
tion and constitutive spiral mutants of Arabidopsis
thaliana by WASTENEYS, GO and RASHBROOKE,
M with Dr T Hashimoto, Nara Institute of Science and
Technology, Japan.
Interactions between the BOT1 and MOR1 genes of
Arabidopsis thaliana by WASTENEYS, GO and
RASHBROOKE, MC with Dr H Höfte, INRA, Ver-
sailles, France.
Characterization of endomembrane mutants of Arabi-
dopsis thaliana by WASTENEYS, GO;
RASHBROOKE, MC; WHITTINGTON, A and
HENDERSON, S with Dr I Foissner, University of Salz-
burg, Austria and Dr T Sakai, Kyoto University, Japan.
Proteoid roots of Australian native plants by WATT, M
with Prof JS Pate, University of Western Australia.
Gene expression in proteoid roots by WATT, M with
Dr P Ryan, CSIRO.
Structure and dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum
in Arabidopsis by WILLIAMSON, RE with Prof R
Ridge and Dr Y Uozumi, International Christian Uni-
versity, Tokyo.
Characterisation of the rsw2 mutant of Arabidopsis by
WILLIAMSON, RE and BURN, JE with Dr H Höfte,
INRA, Versailles, France.
Visual Sciences
Glaucoma research by MADDESS, T with Dr I Gold-
berg, University of NSW.
Glaucoma research and eye movements by MADDESS,
T with Dr L Severt, Virginia Medical College, USA.
Texture discrimination by MADDESS, T with Dr Y
Nagai, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan.
Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of eye
growth by MORGAN, IG and MALESZKA, R with
Dr P Megaw, Latrobe University.
The control of the release of dopamine by the retinal
dark-light switch and its relationship to the control of
eye growth by MORGAN, IG with Dr M Boelen and
Dr P Megaw, Latrobe University.
Epidemiological evaluation of the risk factors in human
myopia by MORGAN, IG with Prof P Mitchell and Dr
K Rose, University of Sydney.
The control of dopamine release in relation to other
measures of dopaminergic cell activation by MOR-
GAN, IG with Prof W Stell, University of Calgary,
Canada and Prof M Iuvone, Emory University, USA.
The relationship between regulation of dopamine re-
lease and changes in psychophysical measures of light
adaptation by MORGAN, IG with Dr L Frishman,
University of Houston, USA.
Dopaminergic regulation of retinal physiology by
MORGAN, IG with Dr S-G He, Academia Sinica,
Shanghai, PRC.
Biologically inspired robotics by SRINIVASAN, MV
and CHAHL, J with Prof S Venkatesh, Curtin
University.
Honeybee orientation by SRINIVASAN, MV and
ZHANG, SW with J Berry and Dr K Cheng, Mac-
quarie University.
Neuroethological Robotics by SRINIVASAN, MV;
ZEIL, J; ZHANG, SW and CHAHL, JS with Prof R
Wehner, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, Prof R
Pfeiffer, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, Prof T Collett, Dr
T Osorio, Dr P Husbands, University of Sussex, UK,
Dr H Mallot, Max-Planck Institut für biologische Ky-
bernetik, Tübingen, Germany and Prof R Beer, Case
Western Reserve University, USA.
Honeybee vision by SRINIVASAN, MV and ZHANG,
SW with Prof R Gadagkar, Centre for Ecological Sci-
ences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Honeybee navigation by SRINIVASAN, MV and
ZHANG, SW with Prof J Tautz and M Altwein, Uni-
versity of Würzburg, Germany.
Honeybee orientation by SRINIVASAN, MV and
ZHANG, SW with Dr M Collett, State University of
Michigan, USA.

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