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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...
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 welcomes two new Group Leaders, Denisse Leyton and Guillaume Tcherkez.
1 Dec 2014
John Evans (the Head of the Division of Plant Sciences, and a Cheif Investigator of the CoE Centre for Translational Photosynthesis) was interviewed by Cameron...
24 Nov 2014
Professor Graham Farquhar has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science's highest award in the biological sciences.
25 Oct 2014
A research centre exploring new technologies for improving crop yields to secure food supply has been launched at the Research School of Biology.
23 Sep 2014
It has been proposed that cyanobacteria — which obtain their energy from a highly efficient form of photosynthesis — might hold the key to increasing the yield...
21 Aug 2014
“Water is abundant and so is sunlight. It is an exciting prospect to use them to create hydrogen, and do it cheaply and safely,” said Dr Kastoori Hingorani,...
31 Jul 2014
Two RSB members have been awarded Future Fellowships: Ajay Narendra and Guillaume Tcherkez.
12 Jul 2014
The Charles F. Kettering Award recognises excellence in photosynthesis research.
9 Jun 2014
An expedition composed of 21 RSB Plant Sciences researchers, including lab leaders, postdocs, students and research officers, attended the 2014 Gordon Research...
5 Feb 2014
Graham Farquhar and CSIRO Fellow Richard Richards won a coveted international science prize for their ground-breaking research into more water efficient wheat.