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News
Thursday, 28 Jan 2021

$3 million boost to protect our biodiversity

Threatened Australian animal and plant species have been given a major lifeline, thanks to new funding for a new database that contains 100-years of flora and fauna DNA.

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Python
Thursday, 03 Dec 2020

Study plots pythons’ hisss-tory in Australia

Pythons first arrived in Australia from Asia around 23 million years ago and then adapted to their new home by becoming incredibly diverse, according to new research.

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Koala
Monday, 09 Nov 2020

Discovery triples greater glider species in Australia

Scientists have discovered one of Australia’s best-loved animals is actually three different species.

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Friday, 07 Aug 2020

These koalas escaped disaster. Now they are getting a second chance.

A group of ANU researchers are helping rehabilitate koalas after the 2020 bushfires.

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A koala is reintroduced to bush near the Two Thumbs Wildlife Sanctuary.
Friday, 07 Aug 2020

Koala survival post-bushfires given major boost

ANU researchers say new growth offers new hope for koalas surviving in burnt habitats. Now this breakthrough has been given vital backing.

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Wednesday, 08 Jul 2020

Professor Loeske Kruuk awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship

Professor Kruuk will receive $3.3 million in funding from the ARC to pursue research into the effects of changing environments on wild animal populations.

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Events

12 Nov 2020 | 10 - 11am

E&E Webinar: Rapid evolution in silence: adaptive signal loss in the Pacific field cricket

By nature of their conspicuousness, sexual signals can cause a conflict between natural and sexual selection, with natural selection favoring a decrease in exaggeration of an ornament and sexual selection favoring an increase.

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10 Nov 2020 | 5 - 6pm

Joint ANU & University of Melbourne BioSciences Seminar: An alternative to the current system of publication: Peer Community In (PCI)

The Peer Community in (PCI) project offers an alternative to the current system of publication - which is particularly expensive and not very transparent.

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Logo for the International Ion Channel Aquaporin Workshop, featuring the acronym "iCAQP" in stylized letters and a graphic of colorful spheres arranged around a cross.
10 Nov 2020 | 4pm

Workshop on engineering ion channel aquaporins and boosting food security

Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p

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6 Nov 2020 | 4 - 5pm

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: How important is sexual chemistry? Pollination of Pterostylis orchids by male fungus gnats

The cross-kingdom mimicry of female insect sex pheromones by sexually deceptive orchids has fascinated evolutionary biologists ever since the importance of chemistry in pollination by sexual deception was first recognised.

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Logo for the International Ion Channel Aquaporin Workshop, featuring the acronym "iCAQP" in stylized letters and a graphic of colorful spheres arranged around a cross.
2 Nov 2020 | 4pm

Workshop on engineering ion channel aquaporins and boosting food security

Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p

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29 Oct 2020 | 4 - 5pm

E&E Webinar: The Red Queens and the evolution of sex

Any antagonistic interaction has the potential of favouring sex, just as predicted by the "Red Queen hypothesis" in the case of host-parasite interactions. Is it really the case?

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