PeopleResearch in Biological Sciences
Our multi-disciplinary department conducts research on a wide range of contemporary biological problems. Staff collaborate strongly, generating multi-disciplinary and innovative research funding. This has been recognised in the proliferation of research grants from both government and industry, special research centres and many high-quality research publications.
Research areas
Aboriginal Studies
Research within the department relates to a range of cross-disciplinary areas, including traditional Aboriginal resources (bush foods); Aboriginal environmental impacts, both past and present (fire, overhunting, land management); use of medicinal plants, and applications of traditional knowledge (ethnobotany); management of animal resources (ethnozoology); Aboriginal Cultural and Ecotourism; and the implications of Native Title for the Australian flora and fauna.
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Animal Biology (Zoology)
Animal Biology is represented in the Department of Biological Sciences by a number of staff whose research encompasses diverse disciplines such as ecology, genetics, marine biology, behaviour, physiology, immunology and developmental biology.
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Evolutionary Biology
Evolution is the underlying theme for many research topics within the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University.
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Genetics
There is a wide diversity of genetics research of international repute in the Department of Biological Sciences, encompassing conservation, ecological, evolutionary, human and microbial genetics. In all these areas, cutting-edge molecular tools are used.
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Human Biology
Human biology at Macquarie University is comprised of a wide variety of research interests within the Department of Biological Sciences. We have cross discipline and cross institutional links with other Macquarie University departments and with researchers in the greater Sydney region, as well as nationally and internationally. Research in human biology concentrates on the biochemistry/physiology/endocrinology strand, the human genetics strand and the human environmental strand.
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Immunology
The Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University has a broad base in immunological research, studying organisms as diverse as humans and invertebrates.
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Marine Biology
Marine Biology is a rapidly growing area of research at Macquarie University, particularly after the introduction of the Bachelor of Marine Science degree. Marine Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences is studied by a diverse group of staff spanning disciplines such as marine ecology, larval development, genetics, aquaculture and immunology.
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Microbiology
Microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences spans a wide range of different groups of microorganisms and areas of microbiology. Our research leaders collaborate extensively with academics in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences, researchers outside Macquarie, and with industry both in Australia and internationally.
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Plant Biology (Botany)
Plant biology at Macquarie University takes many forms within the Department of Biological Sciences We have links with research clusters in the Sydney region as well as other national and international groups. Our research follows two major strands; one strand at the molecular, cell and individual plant level, the second at the evolutionary and community level.
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