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Ribosome translating mRNA into a polypeptide chain
Friday, 06 Feb 2026

EMBL Australia group leader Professor Eduardo Eyras talks about stepping into his new role as Director of the Shine‑Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation and what lies ahead for the Centre.

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Students
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025

Four students (from left above: Sophie Liddell, Sejal Sathe, Rahnya Taghi, and Jessie Siling Li)—who have never actually met each other—jointly contributed to the recent study “A second genetic screen for gurken mRNA mislocalisation uncovers novel phenotypes of piRNA pathway mutants in Drosophila”, published in Biology Open. The work was led by Rippei Hayashi in the Genome Science and Cancer Division and the Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation.

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Macro photograph of LCD screen (Adobe Stock)
Tuesday, 04 Nov 2025

ANU scientists have adapted the tech behind LCD screens to steer light inside microscopes, so they can watch many tiny cell parts move at once. This faster, sharper view helps reveal how cells work, how they talk to each other, and how diseases like cancer grow and spread.

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