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28 Apr 2014
Peter Solomon was awarded a grant in May 2014 from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to undertake viral-induced gene silencing in wheat.
15 Apr 2014
An anti-malarial treatment that lost its status as the leading weapon against the deadly disease could be given a new lease of life, with new research...
26 Mar 2014
Hanna Kokko and Craig Moritz from RSB's Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics have been elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.
14 Mar 2014
Lab research The Fulton Lab explores patterns of aquatic biodiversity in relation to environmental variability across space and time. Our recent work has...
14 Mar 2014
Ladina Ribi has spent a lifetime looking at ants and insects, and believes drawings of the tiny creatures are better than photographs at showing microscopic...
5 Mar 2014
A new study overturns long-held theories that bird song is an exclusively male trait.
28 Feb 2014
For more than a decade, the complete human and mouse genomes have been sequenced and catalogued in databases for anyone to search through. But the list of...
27 Feb 2014
Group research The molecular basis of coral biology. Greatest achievement Participation in the discovery and characterization of insect 'muscle pioneers': the...
26 Feb 2014
Lab research focus Bizarre evolutionary games arise when species evolve to have males and females. These include resolving sexual conflict, choosing mates,...
18 Feb 2014
Indigenous cultures around the globe use traditional medicines and pass on knowledge, developed over centuries, that is directly linked to the natural...
11 Feb 2014
The Solomon Lab hosted groups of students from the National Youth Science Forum.
5 Feb 2014
Graham Farquhar and CSIRO Fellow Richard Richards won a coveted international science prize for their ground-breaking research into more water efficient wheat.