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Professor Nick Chilton, Dr Teng Lu and Dr Xiaoxiao Zhang
Monday, 12 Oct 2026
  • News

Professor Nicholas Chilton, Dr Teng Lu and Dr Xiaoxiao Zhang are among 20 ANU researchers awarded a total of $23.4 million in the latest round of ARC Future Fellowships.

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Professor Christoph Nitsche at the ANU Research School of Chemistry
Tuesday, 08 Sep 2026
  • News

Professor Christoph Nitsche has been awarded a five-year NHMRC Investigator Grant, the first ever received by the ANU Research School of Chemistry, to develop new protein and peptide therapies against infection and cancer.

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Research areas at RSC
Wednesday, 19 Aug 2026
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A recent article in The Conversation by Brian Yates and Nathan Kilah explores why scientific thinking matters well beyond traditional science careers, using a career story based on RSC Director Professor Alison Rodger.

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Dr Martyna Judd in the chemistry foyer.
Monday, 14 Jul 2025
  • Research story

Just like how GPS triangulates your location using satellites, scientists can now place labels at different positions around the surface of a protein to visualise drug-binding interactions more clearly.

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Man with a molecule
Thursday, 26 Jun 2025
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The new molecule developed by chemists from ANU and The University of Manchester can store digital data at temperatures as cold as the moon at night.

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using a bioprinter in a lab
Thursday, 05 Jun 2025
  • Research story

These scientists can 3D-print living cells – a first step to printing our own organs.

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CanTEST
Friday, 23 May 2025
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A potent opioid detected in Canberra for the first time in September 2024 carries a high risk of overdose, warn chemists from the ANU and drug checking service CanTEST.

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Vial in a gloved hand
Monday, 12 May 2025
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A new, easy-to-use method to modify and label proteins quickly, precisely and at low cost has been developed by chemists at The Australian National University.

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Collage of four headshots
Thursday, 10 Apr 2025
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Four ANU scientists have been recognised with prestigious honorific awards from the Australian Academy of Science.

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