RSB

The history behind our weird and wonderful animals

Australia is known for its weird and wonderful wildlife, from frill-neck lizards to sugar gliders and kangaroos.

RSB HDR Conference 2018

The annual RSB Postgraduate Student Conference will feature over ~100 talks presented in three concurrent sessions. Please come along to support our PhD students.

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CompBioFest II - Computational Biology Fest II

Following on from the success of CompBioFest I, we are delighted to announce CompBioFest II, to be held November 12-13. CompBioFest II will feature guest speakers from Austria, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA, and the University of Sydney.

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ANU-Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Workshop

Join us for stimulating scientific discussions with our visitors from Singapore in the themes of Biodiversity, Parasitology, Plant Science and Structural Biology.

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Designing a more productive corn, able to cope with future climates

An international research team has found they can increase corn productivity by targeting the enzyme in charge of capturing CO₂ from the atmospher

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Alex Maier elected Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology

Alex Maier has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP).

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Blue-green algae promises to help boost food crop yields

Scientists at ANU have engineered tiny carbon-capturing engines from blue-green algae into plants, in a breakthrough that promises to help boost the yields of important food crops such as wheat, cowpeas and cassava.

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ANU to drive farming innovation with new centre

The ANU and CSIRO will set up a new farming innovation centre at ANU to advance research, education and technology in farming and global food production, thanks to more than $1 million in new funding commitments.

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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and ANU VC Brian Schmidt at the opening

The ANU Research School of Biology (RSB) carries out research in a wide range of biological and biomedical sciences. It also oversees the University's Biology curriculum, with a diverse offering of courses across both undergraduate and graduate degrees.