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News

Howard in Mozambique
Tuesday, 29 Nov 2016

On Monday, 28 November, Emeritus Professor Howard Bradbury passed away.

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Howard at work
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016

Howard worked tirelessly to translate science into effective actions to improve the lives of some of the poorest people in the world. His passion, humour and determination inspired many of us and one of his greatest wishes was to see that work to prevent konzo continue. We will do our best to honour his legacy.

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Howard in Mozambique
Thursday, 08 Sep 2016

Howard Bradbury followed in his father’s footsteps. “Dad was a chemist and he used to keep telling me stories about it all the time. I couldn’t understand what he said, but somehow something just rubbed off and so I always thought science would be real fun, so I just went into it. I must say I’ve enjoyed every minute."

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Howard Bradbury
Monday, 16 May 2016

Tackling one of tropical Africa's crippling epidemic diseases has been an interesting and demanding retirement project, as HOWARD BRADBURY AM writes. Through our work, konzo has now been prevented in 16 villages, which has involved more than 10,000 people.

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Events

Tina Ludecke: Image Supplied
7 Jul 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Dietary shifts—particularly the inclusion of animal resources—were pivotal in human evolution, yet direct evidence of meat consumption in early hominins remains limited and debated.

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Image supplied by Yan Yang
20 Jun 2025 | 3 - 4pm

By addressing key modeling challenges in mass spectrometry and tissue image analysis, this research advances the scalability, precision, and applicability of deep learning in clinical genomics, computational pathology, and personalized medicine.

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Image supplied by Michaela Blyton
19 Jun 2025 | 11am - 12pm

Koalas are eucalyptus folivore specialists that are heavily reliant on their gut microbiome to breakdown their high fibre, low protein diet. Here I will discuss our recent work investigating the koala gut microbiome; its role in koala health, nutrition and ecology.

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Pablo Recio Santiago
6 Jun 2025 | 3 - 4pm

Cognition plays a vital role in survival and reproduction, yet individuals often differ in their cognitive abilities. In my thesis, I investigated the combined influence of prenatal corticosterone (CORT) — the primary GC in reptiles — and incubation temperature on cognition in two species of skink.

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Celine Frere
29 May 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Hidden in plain sight and often going unnoticed, animals are undergoing changes in their behaviour, physiology, and morphology to survive an urban life. In this seminar, I will focus what my work on eastern water dragons has taught us about urban evolution.

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Image by Dustin Marshall
22 May 2025 | 1 - 2pm

Weird as it may seem, our understanding of why species are the size they are is very limited. We don't really know why organisms grow, why they stop growing when they do, or why size changes when conditions change.

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