Big babies and small families make evolutionary sense
Why don’t elephants (and humans) have thousands of little babies instead of one big one?
Biology
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Does my asinina look big in these genes?
The world’s fastest growing abalone—the tropical donkey’s ear abalone, Haliotis asinina—can be bred to grow rapidly and reliably for aquaculture, Queensland biologists have found. And that makes it potentially a high value alternative crop for struggling prawn farmers. The researchers looked at whether they could speed up breeding of abalone for aquaculture using modern technology…
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2004 Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Jamie Rossjohn Proteins are the molecular machines of all life. Their shape is the key to understanding how they function, or malfunction. We can use this knowledge to understand the natural world, and to guide the development of tests, vaccines and drugs to fight disease. Jamie Rossjohn is one of Australia’s leaders in structural biology…