"Collaborative Watershed Management, Institutions, Conflict and Scale"

Prof Edella Schlager, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, will be giving a seminar.

12-1pm, Mon 23 Nov 2009
Fenner School Forestry LT, bldg 48

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.

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.

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.

What's wrong with our teenagers?

ANU and 666 ABC Canberra Public Forum

Thu 12 Nov, 6-7.30pm

This event is free and open to the public. Please arrive early as seats are limited. Please register attendance with ANU Events.

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