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ANU chemistry researchers have been awarded for their work on an important milk protein, which is leading to a better understanding of the biochemical processes underlying diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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The methyl anion H3C– was the strongest known base for 30 years, until Tian and colleagues made the lithium monoxide anion in 2008, which has held the record since. Now, scientists in Australia have knocked LiO– down to second place, making a gas-phase dianion with the highest basicity ever found.
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The Australian National University (ANU) and the CSIRO have opened a new collaborative research centre to focus on environment, agriculture and global food supplies.
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International research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found how plants, such as rice and wheat, sense and respond to extreme drought stress, in a breakthrough that could lead to the development of next-generation drought-proof crops.
Lead researcher Dr Kai Xun Chan from the ANU Research School of Biology said the team discovered an enzyme that senses adverse drought and sunlight conditions, and how it works from atomic to overall plant levels.
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The Craig Celebration Symposium, Lecture and Dinner last Friday were very successful and well attended. We had many attendees from Canberra and interstate. The RSC would like to thank all the presenters for their contributions which provided an ideal mixture of personal recollections, anecdotes and science.
The Craig Family has expressed their sincere thanks to the School for our efforts in celebrating David’s life and his science. Jo Bayley is to be congratulated for her superb organisation of the day’s events. She was ably assisted by Alannah Macleod and Carol Taylor.
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Congratulations to Prof. John White and Prof. Denis Evans who have both received major awards in the Queen’s Birthday honours list. The awards are due recognition for their significant academic and scientific contributions to the ANU, Australia and the world.
John was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, and Denis was made an Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.
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Congratulations to Sam Drew, who from 450 submissions was selected as one of the 45 finalists of the REAXYS PhD prize. The Reaxys PhD Prize finalists comprise talented PhD students or recent graduates who have conducted original, innovative research in synthetic chemistry and have demonstrated excellence in methodology and approach, the prize is highly competitive and adjudged on six selection criteria;
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Malcolm McLeod who was a recipient of an ARC Linkage grant for $425,000 over 3 years. The project will develop strategies to detect designer steroids in racing greyhounds and will be supplemented by $151,200 cash and $645,000 in kind from the industry partners Greyhounds Australasia, Queensland Government Racing Science Centre, and Racing Analytical Services Limited.