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News

Male lyerbird singing (Image: Alex Maisey)
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021

Male lyrebirds use clever mimicry to increase their chances of sexual success, according to a new study involving researchers from the ANU Research School of Biology.

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Thursday, 28 Jan 2021

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

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

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

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Friday, 07 Aug 2020

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

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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Events

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5 Mar 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

PhD exit seminar by Sanduni Hapuarachchi from the van Dooren Group at the Research School of Biology, whose work highlights the important roles transporters play in parasites and open avenues to further explore this important class of proteins.

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3 Mar 2020 | 12 - 1pm

Batesian mimics are deliciously palatable species that gain protection from a predator by resembling a defended or unpalatable model. Theory predicts that mimics that closely resemble their model should have the greatest advantage, while inaccurate mimics should be recognised and attacked by predators.

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2 Mar 2020 | 12 - 1pm

The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to front-line antimalarial artemisinin-combination therapies (ACT) threatens to erase the considerable gains against the disease of the last decade. We developed a new large-scale phenotypic screening pipeline and used it to carry out the fi

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A woman in a black dress smiling at the camera while standing by a window in an office setting.
28 Feb 2020 | 1 - 2:30pm

Audrey Odom John, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A physician-scientist, Dr. John’s NIH-funded research has focused on Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites, with a particular interest in targeting parasite metabolism to identify novel targets for drug development

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Plant specimens growing in a Petri dish and a cluster of yellow and red striped flowers.
17 Jan 2020 | 4 - 5pm

PhD exit Seminar Diversity of Serendipitaceae Mycorrhizal Associations of Australian Terrestrial Orchids

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