16 May 2024

The discovery of a new critical enzyme could help engineer climate resilient crops capable of sucking far more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a much...

16 Aug 2023

Professor Alexander Maier wants us to change our mind about parasites.

9 May 2022

Meet the PhD researcher exploring how bacterial proteins could hold the key to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

6 May 2022

Researchers have discovered why malaria parasites are vulnerable to some drug therapies but resistant to others, offering scientists another piece of the...

28 Sep 2021

A low-cost, non-toxic cancer treatment has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The treatment uses dead bacteria to help...

4 Mar 2021

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have exposed a fatal flaw in the deadly parasite that causes malaria - one of the world's...

21 Dec 2020

Amber Condell likes stories - both hearing them and telling them. That’s why she likes studying genetics.

30 Sep 2020

Merryn Fraser explains how the malaria parasite's appetite for cholesterol can be used against them. This speech is intended for audiences of 12+. Or,...

7 Aug 2020

A study led by researchers at ANU could lead to new treatments for combating drug-resistant malaria, as well as boost existing drugs.

9 Jun 2020

In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.

2 Mar 2020

My group focuses on understanding the function of integral membrane transporters and receptors from a structural perspective.

11 Jun 2019

Professor Geoff McFadden has been awarded the Ralph Slatyer Medal for research in understanding the malaria parasite.