Allison is currently completing her BSc at the University of Melbourne and working part time as a Research Assistant in the Plant Physiology laboratory. She worked on an undergraduate Research Project investigating the oil glands of Eucalyptus polybractea and the essential oil composition of cloned plants in 2006. She will continue work on the oil glands of E. polybractea when she commences her Honours year mid 2007.
 
Allison Heskes
Name: Allison Heskes
Education: BSc, The University of Melbourne
Current Position: Research Assistant
Contact: a.heskes@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au
 
 
Young Eucalyptus leaf
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eucalyptus leaf cross section
 
 
 
Most Recent Publication:
Goodger, J.Q.D., Heskes, A.M., King, D.J., Gleadow, R.M., Woodrow, I.E. (2008)  Micropropagation of Eucalyptus polybractea selected for key essential oil traits. Functional Plant Biology, 35, 247-251.