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Senior Biologist receives top ANU honours for 2019
Esteemed senior ANU biologist and mentor, Professor Barry Pogson, has been awarded the highest accolade for staff, the 2019 Peter Baume Award.
Killer wheat disease spreads without sex
Some clever detective work by an international team of scientists has uncovered how a deadly fungus - a stem rust called Ug99 - came about through some unusual breeding habits. The discovery will help protect wheat crops around the world from devastating fungal diseases.
Scientists find new way to develop drought-resilient crops
Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.Pages
PS Seminar Series
3.30pm 24 Jan 2025
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PS Seminar Series: Ancient origin of envelope-containing retrotransposons in metazoan
12pm 5 Feb 2025
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), also known as retrotransposons, essentially carry two open reading frames that code for GAG and POL. Some ERVs additionally carry a third gene called envelope (env), becoming infectious.