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Application Date Extended - 2016 Bio21 Institute Wettenhall Establishment AwardDr Laura Vella was awarded the 2015 Bio21 Institute Wettenhall Establishment Award to establish her research into the roles vesicles play in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Molecular Mozzarella: What makes Mozzarella stretchy?Anita Pax is doing a PhD in Mozzarella; its properties and how this is reflected in its molecular structure as part of the ARC’s Dairy Innovation Hub at the Bio21 Institute.
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Media Release: Study supports the role of Ozone in Asthma and Respiratory DiseasesNew research conducted by scientists at the Universities of Melbourne and Wollongong and QUT has provided a first glimpse at how free radical damage might be initiated in the human lung upon exposure to the urban air pollutant ozone.
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Image of the Month: GhanaImage for September: Residents of a community in the Upper East Region Ghana
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'Humpty Dumpty' program 'Bandage' helps piece DNA sequences back together again and wins 2015 iAwardsThe process of DNA sequencing chops up bacterial DNA into millions of small fragments. Like the remains of Humpty Dumpty, the challenge is then to put all the fragments back together again.
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Media Release: Toxoplasma parasite’s greedy appetite might be its downfallResearchers are a step closer to developing drug targets for Toxoplasmosis, after gaining insight into its unique feeding behaviour.
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National Science Week - 'Seeing is Believing' @ Bio21The Advanced Microscopy Facility at the Bio21 Institute is hosting "Seeing is Believing" as part of National Science Week, 20 & 21 August, with school groups attending from across rural, regional and metropolitan Victoria.
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Elizabeth Blackburn goes back to school“In science most things fail” Nobel Laureate, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn told an auditorium full of Year 11 and 12 students from the school named in her honour, the Elizabeth Blackburn Science School, University High School, on Friday morning 31st July 2015.
“Challenge is the name of the game and you get resilient. Keep persisting, but also know when to give up,” she said.
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Everyday quantum mechanics and the study of cell membranesA precious cargo arrived from Bruker at Bio21 Institute in wooden-sealed boxes on the 7 February 2015.
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How Bio21 researchers helped Elizabeth Blackburn VCE students do some real sciencePeriod 1 – Maths; Period 2 – Chemistry; Period 3 - Cure Ebola; Period 4 - English. It’s not a typical class schedule. But then, the Elizabeth Blackburn School of Science (EBSS) is not a typical high school.
