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Thursday, 30 Apr 2020
  • News

A bird study led by The Australian National University (ANU) provides new understanding of the ways birds and mammals respond to a rapidly warming world.

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New Holland Honeyeater. Image credit Dr Jessica McLachlan
Monday, 06 Apr 2020
  • News

New Holland honeyeaters are experts at sounding the alarm when there’s danger, using a two-stage alarm call. They ‘front-load’ information about urgency into the first note of their alarm call, so other honeyeaters can respond quickly.
The clever honeyeaters follow this up with more notes to reinforce the message and signal how long to remain hidden.

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Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020
  • News

Thank you to our RSB Bushfire fighters and our ACT Citizens of the Year!

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Tuesday, 03 Mar 2020
  • Academic profile

I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to do a malaria physiology project with Kiaran Kirk and Kevin Saliba, and I have been doing research ever since.

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Monday, 02 Mar 2020
  • Academic profile

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

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Dr Terry Neeman explains why statistics help biologists understand the world
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Research story

Dr Terry Neeman is our in-house Biostatistician in Biology. She writes about why maths and statistics are so critical to science for International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

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Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
Yu Zhou PhD student in lab
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Research story

Read how Yu Zhou's PhD research is improving photosynthesis to feed the world: the red algae story.

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PhD student Rita and the Backwell field research group
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Research story

Rita (Chun-Chia Chou), write’s about life as a PhD student in Pat Backwell’s group in Biology. Rita is originally from Taiwan.

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Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Research story

Susanne von Caemmerer is a real STEM Wonder Woman.

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Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Research story

Lauren Harrison, a PhD student in RSB, writes about what it’s like to be a woman in science and the importance of mentoring.

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Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020
  • Research story

Megan McDonald is a Real Wonder Women in STEM. Read about her in this Biocomic designed for International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

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