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Conquering the Great Wall

How research into plant cell walls in improving our health and boosting production of biofuels

Presented by: Prof Geoff Fincher
When: Tues 9th August, 5.30-6.30pm
Where: North Terrace Campus, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre

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Battling the Bugs

What’s working and what could be done better to control childhood infectious disease
 
Presented by: A/Prof. Helen Marshall

Posted in Health, Medicine, Nutrition, Paediatrics, Population Health, Preventative Health, Reproductive Health, Seminars | Tagged |

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The Discriminating Female

How the choosy female immune system exercises reproductive quality control
Presented by: Sarah Robertson
When: Tues 10th May, 5.30-6.30pm
Where: Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre. North Terrace Campus

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“No Child in Vain” How Preventive Pathology is saving our kids

The death of a child is always a tragedy. But although the emotional scars they cause may never fully disappear, some solace can be found in the knowledge that lessons learned from the loss may save the lives of others.

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DNA Spi

Genes and Jumpers

How mobile elements in our DNA interact with genes to make us look like “us”

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Work of Heart – How cardiovascular medicine is rising to the challenge of obesity and age

Despite the incidence of cardiovascular disease falling in recent decades, its impact on society remains devastating.

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