The Ignition Grant Round 2 project aimed to develop tools for annotating and visualising transcriptomic data in non-model organisms, focusing on scleractinian coral transcriptomes. CSIRO and ANU collaborated to create user-friendly, web-based interfaces for data exploration, enhancing biologists' ability to utilise sequencing data effectively.

Australia's orchid flora is rich and threatened, with the Diurideae tribe showing significant diversity. A project by ANU and CSIRO developed an exome capture system to study Diurideae's phylogenetic relationships, aiding conservation efforts. The project concluded successfully in 2017, leading to further research grants.

In 2015, research investigated the impact of global warming on Australian parrots, finding increased bill sizes for thermoregulation. Genetic analysis using museum specimens revealed geographical bias and distinct clades in mulga parrots, but no conclusive genetic basis for the change, suggesting further study is needed.

This completed CBA-supported Honours project investigated avian bill size increases as an adaptation to climate warming. It aimed to identify genetic factors influencing bill morphology using genome-wide association analysis on historical specimens. The study provided insights into climate adaptation genetics and was based at CSIRO's ANWC.

This project integrates clinical data and biodiversity measurements to explore spatial relationships between ecology and health, specifically focusing on Cryptosporidium infections. It aims to model the links between human illness patterns and biodiversity, considering demographic factors and co-morbidities, to improve public health strategies.

This study examines how climate change affects sex determination in reptiles, focusing on the bearded dragon. It found stable, geographically clustered sex reversal occurrences. Despite expanded data, no clear link between temperature and sex reversal was identified. Further research is ongoing, including DNA extraction from preserved specimens.