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Professor Stefan Bröer
Thursday, 11 Apr 2019

Stefan Bröer is looking for the right molecule for a biological target, that could be developed into a drug to treat diabetes. Now ANU has its own library of compounds, available to biological and medical researchers, managed by the Research School of Chemistry.

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Tuesday, 18 Dec 2018

Aude Fahrer's work aims to activate the immune cells responsible for attacking cancer, in a simple, low cost way.

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Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018

Alex Maier has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology.

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Thursday, 23 Aug 2018

They say leaders are born not made, but it seems the opposite is true for queen bees, according to a new study by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) and Queen Mary University of London.

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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018

New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has drilled down to the molecular level to find similarities across six pharmaceutical drugs used in pain relief, dentist anaesthetic, and treatment of epilepsy, in a bid to find a way to reduce unwanted side-effects.

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Linden Muellner-Wong received her RSB Director's Prize in Honours award from RSB Director, Allen Rodrigo. Image Sharyn Wragg.
Tuesday, 13 Feb 2018

Linden Muellner-Wong has won a 2017 RSB Director's Prize in Honours.

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Events

Image supplied: Christine Liu
11 Sep 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Pantothenate, a precursor of the fundamental enzyme cofactor coenzyme A (CoA), is an essential nutrient for the intraerythrocytic stage of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

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Bernd Willems
4 Sep 2025 | 2 - 3pm

Twist Bioscience is a leading and rapidly growing synthetic biology and genomics company that has developed a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology. The core of the platform is a proprietary technology that pioneers a new method of manufacturing synthetic DNA by “writing” DNA on a silicon chip.

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Image supplied by Joanne Lee
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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Black text spelling "nav" on a bright green background.
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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