Past events

This page lists RSB past events.

28 Apr 2023 | 3:30pm

What is the meaning of life? … I’m afraid the answer is disappointingly simple: Mating. That’s it” written by the author Oliver Markus.

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Portrait of a smiling man wearing glasses, a dark coat, and a patterned shirt.
28 Apr 2023 | 3pm

Immunotherapy is a re-emerging alternative to other invasive and debilitating cancer treatments. Monoclonal antibodies that disrupt immune checkpoint molecules, such as PD1 or CTLA4, continually demonstrate great promise.

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A young woman with glasses, wearing a teal top, smiling in front of a blurred natural background.
27 Apr 2023 | 1pm

Membrane transport proteins, also known as transporters, are crucial for the maintenance of cell physiology by facilitating the movement of ions, nutrients, metabolites, and waste across cell membranes.

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27 Apr 2023 | 1pm

Group-living animals form social relationships that can influence their fitness in a variety of ways.

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20 Apr 2023 | 12pm

RSB Honours and Masters final seminars

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Collage of images depicting a woman presenting at a conference and various colorful microscopic views of plant structures and textbook illustrations of photosynthesis.
19 Apr 2023 | 2pm

Currently there is little known about the apoplastic transport pathways of C4 grasses and how sugars are exported from the source leaves to the sinks such as stems and seeds.

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19 Apr 2023 | 12am

RSB Honours and Masters final seminars

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14 Apr 2023 | 3:30pm

Tropical forests are globally important ecosystems that have absorbed a large portion of CO2 from fossil fuel emissions to date.

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Two scientists are tending to various plants in a sunny, glass-walled greenhouse.
6 Apr 2023 | 12pm

Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations could reach >1000 ppm by 2100, increasing global temperatures 3-4 °C. Both elevated CO2 and warming affect photosynthesis, altering plant growth, survival, and crop yield and quality.

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