Dr Tom Walsh

Principal Research Scientist

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Professional Areas

Group Leader Toward Biosustainability
The research in my group is focussed on using molecular and synthetic biology techniques combined with analytical chemistry and metabolic and community modelling to deliver on the potential for biobased solutions. This is focussed on solutions for pollution and waste and identifying opportunities to develop low impact industries for the circular economy. My personal research interests are around the functional and multiomic responses of organisms to their environment. This includes using molecular tools to identify genes that contribute towards resistance to pesticides in insects and other agricultural pests especially the mechanisms of resistance to Bt toxins and conventional pesticides. I also have a strong research and applied interest in delivering impact from the revolution in cost, quality and amount of genomic data. I am a co-lead of the Applied Genomics Initiative within CSIRO, one of the most productive genomics efforts in the Asia Pacific.

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