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News

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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Tuesday, 08 Aug 2017

Although significant advances in malaria control have been made in the past few decades, resistance to our current antimalarial drug repertoire threatens control efforts.

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Events

"Portrait of a man with a beard and short hair, wearing a light blue shirt and smiling subtly at the camera."
6 Jul 2023 | 1pm

Homeostasis of the extracellular matrix is critical for correct organ and tissue function. Both the biochemical and biomechanical properties of the matrix contribute to modulating the behaviour of resident cells and are more than just passive bystanders.

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22 Jun 2023 | 1pm

How can we tell engaging stories about complex biological processes that are invisible to the naked eye?
Scientists utilise a variety of techniques to investigate and visualise membrane receptors (gatekeepers of information) that transfer signals across membranes.

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A woman in glasses smiles while holding a large beer mug at a table with traditional German food.
8 Jun 2023 | 4pm

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the deposition of Amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates throughout the cerebrum, especially in the cerebrovascular and hippocampal tissues.

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A young woman smiles in front of tall green and brown reeds under bright sunlight.
1 Jun 2023 | 1pm

Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) is a clinically important pathogen that has rapidly developed resistance to many antimicrobials.

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A smiling woman in a lab coat stands in a laboratory setting.
25 May 2023 | 1pm

Autotransporters are a large family of bacterial secreted and/or outer membrane proteins that play key roles in the pathogenesis of many infectious diseases.

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A woman smiling while sitting on a stone wall with colorful buildings and snow-covered mountains in the background.
18 May 2023 | 4pm

Mutations in the gene encoding the human ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) transporter ABCA4 are implicated in several visual disorders including Stargardt’s disease, an early onset macular dystrophy.

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