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9 May 2015
A peer reviewer suggested that two female researchers find “one or two male biologists” to co-author a manuscript they had written and submitted to PLoS ONE.
27 Apr 2015
Norman Wathmann has called for the United Nations to guarantee free and open access to plant DNA sequences to enable scientists to continue work to sustainably...
24 Apr 2015
Distinguished Professor Graham Farquhar has won a Carnegie Trust Centenary Professorship for 2015.
18 Mar 2015
A new study has found some scientists are unknowingly tweaking experiments and analysis methods to increase their chances of getting results that are easily...
3 Mar 2015
“The enzyme Rubisco has baffled scientists for over 50 years, as it is thousands of times less efficient at its job than most other enzymes,” said Dr Spencer...
2 Feb 2015
The Research School of Biology hosted the National Biology Olympiad Summer School for 23 talented high-school students in January.
2 Feb 2015
The Research School of Biology welcomes two new Group Leaders, Denisse Leyton and Guillaume Tcherkez.
2 Feb 2015
Congratulations to the six RSB members who have been promoted to Level E Professor as of 1 January 2015.
30 Jan 2015
I feel incredibly privileged to be in the position where I am able to ask and then address the questions that drive my curiosity and research interests. Group...
18 Dec 2014
The future of parasite research in Australia will be in safe hands as 16 young Australian scientists converged for an intensive 2-week workshop with world-...
4 Dec 2014
Congratulations to all 91 students who presented at the 2014 RSB student conference. The short-format talks once again provided a highly engaging showcase of...
2 Dec 2014
Scientists have released details of a raft of new chemicals with potent anti-malarial properties which could open the way to new drugs to fight the disease.