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

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Speaker at three minute thesis
Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025

What if you only had three minutes to explain your life’s work to an audience? That’s the challenge ANU PhD scholars took on at the Three Minute Thesis final.

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Guinea fowl
Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025

Like humans, animals can become stressed when trying to lead a group of peers in a particular direction according to a new ANU study.

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Atlas moth on leaves
Thursday, 19 Jun 2025

Sadly, almost 1,000 Australian invertebrates are threatened with extinction and need protecting.

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Emily Stringer & Jarrod Sopniewski, UC
7 Aug 2025 | 1 - 2pm

E&E Seminar Series: Boom-bust population dynamics drive rapid genetic & Conserving species with an ecological niche perspective

This seminar is presented by Dr Emily Stringer and Dr Jarrod Sopniewski, Postdoctoral Research Fellows from the Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics at the University of Canberra.
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Distinguished Prof Natalia Dudareva, Purdue University
11 Aug 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Joint PS and E&E Seminar: The Secret Dialogue of Plants: Breaking the Mold

Plants synthesize an amazing diversity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that facilitate interactions with their environment, ranging from attracting pollinators and seed dispersers to protecting themselves from pathogens, parasites, and herbivores.
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Natalie Tsang
15 Aug 2025 | 3:30pm

PS PhD Exit Seminar - Harnessing Synthetic Biology for Retrograde Signalling in Plants

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is a key retrograde signal in plants, linking chloroplast-derived stress cues to nuclear gene expression.
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