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Date Time UNSW researcher awarded $1.8m international life science grant A UNSW Sydney researcher has received a prestigious international grant to study the origins of movement in bacteria and its application to present-day biology. Dr Matthew Baker is the only Australian research lead to be awarded a 2021 Human Frontier Science Program Research Grant – Early Career. Photo: UNSW Sydney Scientia Senior Lecturer Dr Matthew Baker has been awarded a 2021 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Res...

 E-Mail IMAGE: In this visualization of antibody target sites, the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is tethered to the viral membrane with a slender stalk. Patches of intense purple color at the surface of... view more  Credit: Mateusz Sikora, Sören von Bülow, Florian E. C. Blanc, Michael Gecht, Roberto Covino and Gerhard Hummer A new, detailed model of the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein reveals previously unknown vulnerabilities that could inform development of vaccines. Mateusz S...

March 17, 2021 Breast cancer poses a substantial threat as it spreads to other organs, often lying in wait for years in these tissues and recurring without warning. Bones are a prime target, but the mechanisms that influence whether skeletal metastasis will develop or not remain poorly understood. A collaboration between researchers at Cornell and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, used an innovative combination of biological and materials characteriz...

Changes in behavior and gene expression show which worker will come out on top in the first days of a month-long battle between worker ants to establish new leadership after their queen dies, researchers report. “Despite prolonged social upheaval in ant colonies following the loss of the queen, the winners of these dueling tournaments are rapidly determined,” says Claude Desplan, a professor of biology at New York University. “Our findings may provide clues on adaptability in reproduction...

Date Time Share In Dueling Ants Vying to Become Replacement Queen, Behavioral and Molecular Cues Quickly Determine Who Will Win “Pseudoqueens” rapidly emerge after social structure is disrupted by the loss of queen In Indian jumping ants, workers duel with their antennae to establish new leadership after the death of their queen. Photo credit: Giacomo Mancini, NYU In one species of ants, workers duel to establish new leadership after the death of their queen. While these sparring matches...

7 January 2021 Visual hallucinations in people who have lost their sight can stem from spontaneous activity in the brain’s visual centres, according to a study led by UCL and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers. The study, published in Brain, investigated why some people who have lost their eyesight experience vivid hallucinations, a condition called Charles Bonnet syndrome. The researchers were studying slow, spontaneous fluctuations, ...