Australian researchers find iron chelation limits heart complications in Friedreich's ataxia mice models

Dee Carter and her group have revitalised taxonomy in Australia as well as our understanding of the evolution of the Plasmodium species with the discovery of a long-lost cousin. And they came across it at the bottom of Sydney Harbour.

NSW Govt announces part-time role for scientist to guide innovation policy

From testing fat in sausages to dissecting the proteome of the lung-infecting fungus Cryptococcus gattii - it's been quite a journey for Associate Professor Ben Herbert, one of the speakers at this week's AOHUPO/PRICPS conference in Cairns.

The New Directions in Leukaemia Research Conference starts next week and will feature John Rasko and two zinc finger transcription factors called BORIS and CTCF.

New cancer conference emphasising translational research will be held in Sydney in July.

The AAS announces 2008 academy awards.

The University of Sydney's Rick Shine and colleagues have proved the Charnov-Bull hypothesis of reptile sex determination.

Research into plasmid inheritance could turn the tables on antibiotic resistance.

Genomics is old hat and proteomics is now where it's at, according to Richard Christopherson.

Australia's durum wheat growers have extra reason to be worried as the worst drought in two centuries provides a grim foretaste of the Infernal Century. However, a chance discovery of a salt-tolerance gene from decades-old seed lines is looking promising.