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Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) ectodomain bound to double-stranded RNA. Photo: petarg/stock.adobe.com
Friday, 27 Feb 2026

Extremely short, or tiny, fragments of RNA – working copies of our genetic code – play a critical role in keeping the immune system in check, preventing inflammation and the onset of autoimmune disease, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists from The Hudson Institute of Medical Research in collaboration with The Australian National University (ANU).

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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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Events

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5 Mar 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

PhD exit seminar by Sanduni Hapuarachchi from the van Dooren Group at the Research School of Biology, whose work highlights the important roles transporters play in parasites and open avenues to further explore this important class of proteins.

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2 Mar 2020 | 12 - 1pm

The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to front-line antimalarial artemisinin-combination therapies (ACT) threatens to erase the considerable gains against the disease of the last decade. We developed a new large-scale phenotypic screening pipeline and used it to carry out the fi

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28 Feb 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

Audrey Odom John, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A physician-scientist, Dr. John’s NIH-funded research has focused on Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites, with a particular interest in targeting parasite metabolism to identify novel targets for drug development

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An educational chart depicting various stages and anatomical parts of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
27 Feb 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

Special BSB and CBA Seminar exploring evolution by Yoshinori Tomoyasu Department of Biology, Miami University

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6 Feb 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

Seminar byGERT WÖRHEIDE
Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology and Geobiology & GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
SNSB – Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie
Munich, Germany

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5 Feb 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

Tracy Palmer is Professor of Microbiology in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University. She is an internationally-acclaimed molecular microbiologist who has made seminal contributions regarding bacterial protein secretion

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