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Thursday, 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 more efficient way.

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Wednesday, 16 Aug 2023

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

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Sacha Pulsford
Monday, 09 May 2022

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

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Friday, 06 May 2022

Researchers have discovered why malaria parasites are vulnerable to some drug therapies but resistant to others, offering scientists another piece of the puzzle in the global fight against the disease.

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Tuesday, 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 kick-start the immune system and shrink cancer.

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Thursday, 04 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 biggest killers.

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Events

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19 Jun 2025 | 1 - 2pm

My PhD research investigates the formation, composition, and dynamics of lipid-rich compartments during blood-stage development of P. falciparum, using advanced microscopy techniques including Nile Red spectral imaging and 3D focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM).

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Dr Waqar Ahamd
13 Jun 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Diagnose earlier and treat smarter is my policy to find cure for human diseases. The investigation of the disease progression at genome and proteome level can accurately tell us the medicinal tools to fix the problem.

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3 Mar 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels are essential for electrical signaling in excitable tissues, including the brain, heart, and muscles.

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Dr Emily Cross
13 Feb 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Many proteins migrate from cytoplasm to nucleus through their recognition by specialist receptors known as importins (IMPs).

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10 Feb 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Bacteriophages, with their intricate and highly specialized structures, represent some of the most fascinating architectures in the biological world. These viral entities serve as a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to chemical treatments in agriculture and as biocontrol agents against bacterial pathogens.

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Christina Chai
30 Jan 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Natural products have long been celebrated as a treasure trove of therapeutic agents, serving as the foundation for many life-saving drugs. This general talk outlines possible approaches to the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of inflammation and infectious diseases.

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