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Read the book: 'The best Australian science writing 2025' unsw.press/books/the-be...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2025
This much-loved anthology – now in its fifteenth year – selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating stories from Australian writers, poets and scientists.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Read the book: 'The best Australian science writing 2025' unsw.press/books/the-be...
Join us on campus & online on Friday, 28 Nov 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dalton Leibold, PhD Candidate from RSB's Noble Group! Details: rb.gy/u22uv3
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Join us on campus & online on Friday, 28 Nov 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dalton Leibold, PhD Candidate from RSB's Noble Group! Details: rb.gy/u22uv3
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Join us on campus & online on Monday, 24 November 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group at RSB & Industry Fellow at the Agri-food Innovation Institute. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Join us on campus & online on Monday, 24 November 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group at RSB & Industry Fellow at the Agri-food Innovation Institute. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
Join us on campus & online on Friday, 5 Dec 2025 at 3pm for a seminar by Chun-Chieh Liao, PhD Candidate from RSB's Magrath Group! Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/ee-phd-exit-seminar-staying-safe-and-together-communication-and-collective
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Join us on campus & online on Friday, 5 Dec 2025 at 3pm for a seminar by Chun-Chieh Liao, PhD Candidate from RSB's Magrath Group! Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/ee-phd-exit-seminar-staying-safe-and-together-communication-and-collective
Join us on campus & online on Monday, 24 November 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group at RSB & Industry Fellow at the Agri-food Innovation Institute. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Join us on campus & online on Monday, 24 November 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group at RSB & Industry Fellow at the Agri-food Innovation Institute. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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The IARU Biodiversity on Campus Photo Contest 2025 is now open!
All ANU students, staff & researchers are invited to share their photos of biodiversity from campus 🌼🦆
Winning photos will be showcased across the global IARU network.
📅 Closes 31 October 2025
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All ANU students, staff & researchers are invited to share their photos of biodiversity from campus 🌼🦆
Winning photos will be showcased across the global IARU network.
📅 Closes 31 October 2025
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September 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The IARU Biodiversity on Campus Photo Contest 2025 is now open!
All ANU students, staff & researchers are invited to share their photos of biodiversity from campus 🌼🦆
Winning photos will be showcased across the global IARU network.
📅 Closes 31 October 2025
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All ANU students, staff & researchers are invited to share their photos of biodiversity from campus 🌼🦆
Winning photos will be showcased across the global IARU network.
📅 Closes 31 October 2025
sustainability.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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Dr WELI is hosting an engaging 90-minute journey combining science education with live musical performance – perfect for families.
📆 Sunday 5 October 2025, 9:30am – 11:00am
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
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📆 Sunday 5 October 2025, 9:30am – 11:00am
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
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Dr Weli - Floriade
Australias biggest celebration of Spring
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September 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Dr WELI is hosting an engaging 90-minute journey combining science education with live musical performance – perfect for families.
📆 Sunday 5 October 2025, 9:30am – 11:00am
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
floriadeaustralia.com/program/dr-w...
📆 Sunday 5 October 2025, 9:30am – 11:00am
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
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PhD student Beth O'Sullivan will take you on a deep dive of the incredible coral reef ecosystem and discuss her new creative approach to coral restoration using 3D printing.
📆 Friday 26 September 2025, 11:30am – 12:15pm
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
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📆 Friday 26 September 2025, 11:30am – 12:15pm
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
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Designing with Nature and Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Coral Reef Restoration through 3D Printing - Floriade
Australias biggest celebration of Spring
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September 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
PhD student Beth O'Sullivan will take you on a deep dive of the incredible coral reef ecosystem and discuss her new creative approach to coral restoration using 3D printing.
📆 Friday 26 September 2025, 11:30am – 12:15pm
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
floriadeaustralia.com/program/desi...
📆 Friday 26 September 2025, 11:30am – 12:15pm
📍 Floriade Tulip Stage
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Plant scientists Professor Graham Farquhar and Professor Susanne von Caemmerer transformed the world's understanding of photosynthesis, and now they have been jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) from The Royal Society, at a ceremony in London.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Plant scientists Professor Graham Farquhar and Professor Susanne von Caemmerer transformed the world's understanding of photosynthesis, and now they have been jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) from The Royal Society, at a ceremony in London.
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From today's Future Campus news: "ANU’s Susanne von Caemmerer &Graham Farquhar have collected their Royal Medal (Biol) from the Royal Society... established in 1660 and “the oldest scientific academy in continuing existence.” @biologyanu.bsky.social is proud as!
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October 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
From today's Future Campus news: "ANU’s Susanne von Caemmerer &Graham Farquhar have collected their Royal Medal (Biol) from the Royal Society... established in 1660 and “the oldest scientific academy in continuing existence.” @biologyanu.bsky.social is proud as!
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Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by A/Prof Brendan McMorran, Associate Director HDR and Group Leader, JCSMR. Details: rb.gy/axev8r
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by A/Prof Brendan McMorran, Associate Director HDR and Group Leader, JCSMR. Details: rb.gy/axev8r
⏰Please note the time for the seminar by Dr Dan Warren has been changed to 2.30pm⏰Details: rb.gy/7jxcgw
E&E Seminar Series: Improving species distribution models by modeling nothing, nonsense, and imaginary creatures
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used across fields as diverse as ecology, archaeology, epidemiology, and conservation biology.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
⏰Please note the time for the seminar by Dr Dan Warren has been changed to 2.30pm⏰Details: rb.gy/7jxcgw
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 16 Oct 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Dan Warren, Senior Research Fellow, Gulbali Institute in Albury-Wodonga, CSU. Details: rb.gy/7jxcgw
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 16 Oct 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Dan Warren, Senior Research Fellow, Gulbali Institute in Albury-Wodonga, CSU. Details: rb.gy/7jxcgw
Guillaume Tcherkez from Université d’Angers will give a seminar tomorrow. Join us on campus and online.
PS Seminar Series: Photosynthetic dependency of phloem sap generation in minor veins
Factors controlling plant photosynthesis and primary production include parameters dictating photosynthetic activity together with export and allocation properties.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Guillaume Tcherkez from Université d’Angers will give a seminar tomorrow. Join us on campus and online.
Join us on campus & online on Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Josh Hardy, Senior Research Officer - Lucet Laboratory, New Medicines and Diagnostics Division from WEHI. Details: rb.gy/5f4lcm
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Join us on campus & online on Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Josh Hardy, Senior Research Officer - Lucet Laboratory, New Medicines and Diagnostics Division from WEHI. Details: rb.gy/5f4lcm
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Our first Tham Lab photo with Megan Outram and Grace Jones @biologyanu.bsky.social
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Our first Tham Lab photo with Megan Outram and Grace Jones @biologyanu.bsky.social
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
🐸 We want to understand how chytrid fungus infects frogs using structural biology, nanobodies & genetic engineering
Excited to be branching out to fungal diseases
#chytrid #nanobodies #fungus #effector
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Delighted to present our research on blocking malaria transmission at Director’s Seminar @jcsmr.bsky.social 🦟🦟🦟
Fun to discuss cryo-EM structures, nanobodies, new bispecifics and mRNA vaccines that block transmission🔬 💉 💎
🙏 Megan Outram for taking the first ever photo where you can see me 😂
Fun to discuss cryo-EM structures, nanobodies, new bispecifics and mRNA vaccines that block transmission🔬 💉 💎
🙏 Megan Outram for taking the first ever photo where you can see me 😂
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Delighted to present our research on blocking malaria transmission at Director’s Seminar @jcsmr.bsky.social 🦟🦟🦟
Fun to discuss cryo-EM structures, nanobodies, new bispecifics and mRNA vaccines that block transmission🔬 💉 💎
🙏 Megan Outram for taking the first ever photo where you can see me 😂
Fun to discuss cryo-EM structures, nanobodies, new bispecifics and mRNA vaccines that block transmission🔬 💉 💎
🙏 Megan Outram for taking the first ever photo where you can see me 😂
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How do active heat + drought shelters affect soil arthropods?
New results from @tern-aus.bsky.social AMRF FutureClim experiment, including @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social coauthors @jameslking.bsky.social + @pieterarnold.bsky.social
🧪 #SoilEcology #ClimateChange #Entomology #WildOz
New results from @tern-aus.bsky.social AMRF FutureClim experiment, including @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social coauthors @jameslking.bsky.social + @pieterarnold.bsky.social
🧪 #SoilEcology #ClimateChange #Entomology #WildOz
New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt
Combined heat & #drought affect #abundance, #composition & #diversity of subalpine surface-active soil #arthropod communities
doi.org/10.1111/een.70015
#ChangingClimate
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
Combined heat & #drought affect #abundance, #composition & #diversity of subalpine surface-active soil #arthropod communities
doi.org/10.1111/een.70015
#ChangingClimate
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
How do active heat + drought shelters affect soil arthropods?
New results from @tern-aus.bsky.social AMRF FutureClim experiment, including @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social coauthors @jameslking.bsky.social + @pieterarnold.bsky.social
🧪 #SoilEcology #ClimateChange #Entomology #WildOz
New results from @tern-aus.bsky.social AMRF FutureClim experiment, including @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social coauthors @jameslking.bsky.social + @pieterarnold.bsky.social
🧪 #SoilEcology #ClimateChange #Entomology #WildOz
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This new study on Fijian ants highlights the insect biodiversity crisis 🐜
“Studies like this one are an important step in identifying the reasons behind the so-called insect apocalypse,” says co-author @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social of @biologyanu.bsky.social.
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“Studies like this one are an important step in identifying the reasons behind the so-called insect apocalypse,” says co-author @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social of @biologyanu.bsky.social.
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Island ant communities show signs of unseen ‘insect apocalypse’
A new approach to analysing museum specimens has revealed a massive decline in Fiji’s native ant species since the arrival of humans to the islands
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September 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This new study on Fijian ants highlights the insect biodiversity crisis 🐜
“Studies like this one are an important step in identifying the reasons behind the so-called insect apocalypse,” says co-author @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social of @biologyanu.bsky.social.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
“Studies like this one are an important step in identifying the reasons behind the so-called insect apocalypse,” says co-author @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social of @biologyanu.bsky.social.
science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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My final PhD exit seminar is fast approaching! Tune in if you’d like to hear what I’ve been up to the last four years. There’s something for everyone: fungal genomics and species delimitation (38 new Rhizoctonia genomes), orchid phylogenomics and popgen, fungal taxonomy, it’s gonna be fun 🤙
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 11 Sept 2025 at 3pm for a seminar by Ryan O'Donnell, PhD Candidate from RSB's Linde Group! Details: rb.gy/zij7xp
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Understanding Australian Orchids & Their Mycorrhizal Fungi – Macro to Microevolutionary Perspectives
The majority of studies into the Australian orchid flora and associated funga have thus far been narrow in scope and focused either on a macro- or microevolutionary scale. In this thesis, I studied th...
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September 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My final PhD exit seminar is fast approaching! Tune in if you’d like to hear what I’ve been up to the last four years. There’s something for everyone: fungal genomics and species delimitation (38 new Rhizoctonia genomes), orchid phylogenomics and popgen, fungal taxonomy, it’s gonna be fun 🤙
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Congratulations to ANU biologists Professor Graham Farquhar and Professor Susanne von Caemmerer on receiving an #RSMedal!
🎥 Watch as they each reflect on their careers and what the Royal Medal (Biological) means to them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euvG...
🎥 Watch as they each reflect on their careers and what the Royal Medal (Biological) means to them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euvG...
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Congratulations to ANU biologists Professor Graham Farquhar and Professor Susanne von Caemmerer on receiving an #RSMedal!
🎥 Watch as they each reflect on their careers and what the Royal Medal (Biological) means to them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euvG...
🎥 Watch as they each reflect on their careers and what the Royal Medal (Biological) means to them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=euvG...
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Rare Earth Elements are increasingly in the news and at the centre of global tensions.
We reviewed their roles and interactions with living organisms, and biotech opportunities for their management @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social
We reviewed their roles and interactions with living organisms, and biotech opportunities for their management @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Rare Earth Elements are increasingly in the news and at the centre of global tensions.
We reviewed their roles and interactions with living organisms, and biotech opportunities for their management @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social
We reviewed their roles and interactions with living organisms, and biotech opportunities for their management @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 11 Sept 2025 at 3pm for a seminar by Ryan O'Donnell, PhD Candidate from RSB's Linde Group! Details: rb.gy/zij7xp
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Understanding Australian Orchids & Their Mycorrhizal Fungi – Macro to Microevolutionary Perspectives
The majority of studies into the Australian orchid flora and associated funga have thus far been narrow in scope and focused either on a macro- or microevolutionary scale. In this thesis, I studied th...
rb.gy
August 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 11 Sept 2025 at 3pm for a seminar by Ryan O'Donnell, PhD Candidate from RSB's Linde Group! Details: rb.gy/zij7xp
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Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FRS and Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2025 for refining the ways we monitor and model photosynthesis in leaves from molecular to global scales. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/
August 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FRS and Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2025 for refining the ways we monitor and model photosynthesis in leaves from molecular to global scales. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/