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13 Apr 2017
The early years of Biological Sciences at ANU are documented in 'The Making of The Australian National University' by Stephen Foster and Margaret...
13 Apr 2017
In 1978, Adrienne Hardham, Brian Gunning and Joanne Hughes published several papers about the mechanics of root meristem function and cell division in...
13 Apr 2017
Carboxysomes are polyhedral protein micro-compartments in cyanobacteria which concentrate CO2 and increase the efficiency of carbon fixation. In 1993, RSBS...
13 Apr 2017
Legumes are an interesting plant to study due to their symbiotic relationship with nitrogen fixing bacteria called Rhizobia, which are housed within...
11 Apr 2017
The transformation of green, photosynthetic algae from their original simple aquatic life to advanced terrestrial plants was a key event in the history of...
30 Mar 2017
Opuntia stricta (Prickly Pear) was introduced into Australia around 1840, but became a pest of epidemic proportions in the first two decades of the 20th...
23 Mar 2017
Research My research is focused on forests, particularly the functioning of tropical forest ecosystems and how this varies in relation to climate, soils and...
23 Mar 2017
Biologists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found the first evidence of mass extinction of Australian animals caused by a dramatic drop in...
23 Mar 2017
What are your research interests? Research in my lab group broadly falls under one of two research themes. One theme applies molecular genetic tools to help us...
23 Mar 2017
In my research, I have been a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, which is well suited to teaching the large first year classes ranging in topics from evolution and...
3 Mar 2017
Marlene Reichel came from Austria to ANU, undertaking a Master of Biotechnology.
27 Feb 2017
Another exciting day at RSB! On 14th February 2017, around 200 RSB members came together for a day filled with networking opportunities as well as talks and...