Past events

This page lists RSB past events.

9 Feb 2021 | 2pm

Come along to hear three RSB graduates talk about their diverse careers in science and ask your questions on what you can do with a PhD in biological sciences!

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5 Feb 2021 | 12 - 1pm

Devastating fungal diseases threaten global food security and plant and animal populations, highlighting the need for rapid and accurate identification of fungal pathogens.

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A man sitting on a rock in a sunny, eucalyptus-dotted forest landscape.
3 Feb 2021 | 3:30 - 4:30pm

Wheat is an important food supplier contributing to about one-fifth of worldwide daily caloric and protein needs.

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A scientist in a lab coat examines a flask of purple liquid in a laboratory setting.
29 Jan 2021 | 3:30pm

I have developed a novel E.coli based directed evolution system to evolve Ribulose-1,5 -bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), the rate-limiting enzyme in the Calvin Cycle of photosynthetic organisms.

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Illustration depicting various green and beige rounded shapes, interconnected with labeled arrows indicating different scientific or technical processes.
18 Dec 2020 | 12pm

Accurate estimation of gas exchange parameters has always been a fundamental aim of plant physiologists; from the more general assumptions and calculations presented by Moss and Rawlins (1963) up to the widely used model introduced by von Caemmerer and Farquhar (1981).

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11 Dec 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Animals live in an ever-changing world, but environmental perturbations are occurring at an alarming rate - threatening biodiversity and population persistence.

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Illustration of multiple colorful, interconnected molecular structures within a dotted circular boundary.
11 Dec 2020 | 12pm

This thesis aimed to resolve how cyanobacterial Rubisco interacts with its binding partners both in vivo and in vitro.

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8 Dec 2020 | 4 - 5pm

I examine how some established population genetic models can be extended to accommodate insights from newer data and analytic methods.

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4 Dec 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Individuals can benefit by varying their investment in offspring. The optimal amount of investment may vary in relation to both climatic conditions and social conditions (such as the number of carers for the offspring).

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