Dr Madeleine Beekman – Unravelling A Biological Mystery: Why We Inherit More Maternal DNA Around 1.5 billion years ago, our single-celled ancestor had a fateful snack – it engulfed another bacterium. The engulfed organism initially lived within the other, but...
Dr Martin Schwarz – Mapping the Brain’s Neuronal Networks to Understand Behaviour The human brain is wonderfully complex. Billions of neuron cells connect in unique ways to create networks that determine each individual’s brain function and consequent behaviour....
Dr Aliccia Bollig-Fischer – Understanding Why Obesity is a Risk Factor for Cancer Cancer can be caused by genetic mutations or epigenetic alterations, which are changes to the way DNA is processed, rather than to the DNA itself. These changes can be brought...
Dr Mikail Abbasov – Discovering Unmapped Molecular Targets for Novel Covalent Drugs Covalent drugs are molecules that irreversibly bind to specific, targeted sites in the body. They work to inhibit the disease-causing functions of certain proteins by preventing...
Laura Arneson Horn – Planting Hedgerows to Boost Biodiversity and Protect Crops From a bird’s eye view, farmlands are conspicuous. Unlike wildlands, swaths of agricultural fields form neat squares, fitting together in a landscape-sized jigsaw puzzle. The edges...
Juan Lavista Ferres | Dr Jan-Marino Ramirez | Dr Tatiana Anderson | Professor Edwin Mitchell – Understanding Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: A Unique Collaboration When a supposedly healthy infant passes away, it can be hard to understand why. Juan Lavista...
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