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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

11 May 2023 | 1pm

Understanding how diversity is maintained in biological systems is a fundamental problem in biology. When addressing this problem, ecologists tend to focus on mechanisms that maintain species diversity, while typically ignoring the ecological and evolutionary consequences of diversity within species.

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28 Apr 2023 | 3:30pm

What is the meaning of life? … I’m afraid the answer is disappointingly simple: Mating. That’s it” written by the author Oliver Markus.

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27 Apr 2023 | 1pm

Group-living animals form social relationships that can influence their fitness in a variety of ways.

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14 Apr 2023 | 3:30pm

Tropical forests are globally important ecosystems that have absorbed a large portion of CO2 from fossil fuel emissions to date.

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Two scientific illustrations of a brain with labeled parts displaying different angles for comparative study.
23 Mar 2023 | 1pm

Substantial research demonstrates the importance of mate choice to speciation, yet we know little about the molecular mechanisms that underpin this crucial decision-making process.

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A smiling man in a red polo shirt and a lanyard standing in an office setting.
16 Mar 2023 | 1pm

In many biological processes the emergence of spatio-temporal patterns depends on the interaction between pairs of individuals, agents or subunits comprising the whole system.

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