News: School of Biological Sciences
Global collaboration to secure Antarctica’s Environmental Future
University of Adelaide scientists to lead research into biosecurity and invasive species risk to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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Partnership to revolutionise cancer diagnosis
University of Adelaide and Griffith University researchers have engineered a unique protein - SubB2M - that can detect cancer by using liquid biopsies, immunoassays, circulating tumor cell assays and PET imaging.
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Biomedical scientists join forces to fight COVID-19
Associate Professor Michael Beard from the viral pathogenesis lab is part of a team of South Australian scientists joining forces in the fight against COVID-19.
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Scientists discover new species of turtle-headed sea snake
University of Adelaide researchers have discovered a new species of turtle-headed sea snake in Western Australia.
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Neanderthals and Homo sapiens more similar than previously thought
A cave on the Atlantic coast near Lisbon has provided researchers with key archaeological information that questions the behavioural gap once thought to separate Neanderthals from contemporaneous Homo sapiens.
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Science graduate helps conservationists find a new community online
Meet science alumna Jessie Pannazolo, the founder of a new online community called Lonely Conservationists.
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New program to steer high school students into STEM careers
The new STEM Academy will provide high school students with a clear pathway into STEM degrees, and an understanding of the jobs their studies can lead to.
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Scientists a step closer to malaria drug development
Scientists have identified a key protein that controls malaria parasite entry into host red blood cells.
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New funding for carbon storage in coastal ecosystems
Scientists are investigating the potential for more carbon storage in our coastal ecosystems with new funding from the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.
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Kicking goals in sciences gender equity and diversity
Improving gender equity and diversity in STEM has been rewarded with the award of an Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Award, the highest level of this award available in Australia.
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