Memory lapses in our immune system revealed
In a breakthrough discovery a research team at The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, has found a critical circuit in the immune system which when faulty causes loss of immunization memory and would explain why some people suffer frequent and repeated infections.
“Vaccines that provoke long-lasting immunity are among the greatest advances delivered by health research, but the circuits that determine whether they work or not have been among the most difficult to decipher,” said Professor Goodnow co-leader of the research team.
Fenner School Seminar and Discussion
"Market Based Ecosystem Services - A proposed National Model"
Sam Archer will be giving a seminar followed by a discussion with Geoff Gorrie, Regional Economic Development Associates, and Dr Philip Gibbons, Fenner School of Environment and Society.
Thu 3 Dec 2009, 1-2pm
Fenner School Forestry LT, bldg 48
Fiddler crabs offer safe sex for favours 
Male Fiddler Crabs will quite happily protect a female neighbour, but do so partly in exchange for sex, according to a new study from The Australian National University.
The study by Richard Milner, Professor Michael Jennions and team leader Dr Patricia Blackwell of the Research School of Biology at ANU looked at how female fiddler crabs – without the large claw that the males are armed with – go about protecting their territories.
State of the Environment 2011
Peter Kanowski Professor of Forestry, Fenner School of Environment and Society, has been appointed to the committee responsible for Australia's 2011 State of Environment Report, chaired by CSIRO's Tom Hatton.
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award
Dr Gwen Allison and colleagues in the Medical School have won an ALTC award for “Programs that Enhance Learning” for the Medical School Research Projects Initiative.
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Ecological Society of Australia Symposium
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Australasian Science Prize 2009
Fenner School hosts Council of Deans and Directors
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GP staff reveal patient aggression: National Study
Institute for Population Health Information Evening
Heart shows the head how it’s done: study
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