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The Australian National University (ANU) has won $24 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for 58 research projects across the University.
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Deadly snakes are among Australia’s most iconic animals but a new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has helped explain how they descended from creatures that have emigrated from Asia over the past 30 million years.
- RSB 50th Anniversary
Cellulose is the most abundant bio-polymer on Earth, of enormous commercial value in fibre industries. Richard Williamson and his co-workers pioneered studies that led to the first identification of a gene encoding an enzyme that catalyses synthesis of plant cellulose in vivo.
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Dr Kai Xun Chan has been honoured for his contributions to science in the ACT Tall Poppy Awards for 2017.
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The Research School of Biology (RSB) welcomes the election of Professor Kiaran Kirk as a Fellow to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
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The ANU congratulates Professor Jenny Graves AO, one of Australia’s leading evolutionary geneticists, on winning this year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for her pioneering work to unravel the mysteries of the genetics of sex.
- RSB 50th Anniversary
RSB research on the visual processing using honeybee inspired electronic circuits was used by Fujitsu for the development of robots, and later to help guide landings for helicopters and spacecraft.
