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  • Higher degree by research (PhD) student
    Institute for Molecular Bioscience
  • Higher degree by research (PhD) student
    Institute for Molecular Bioscience
  • Lecture / Talk
    Professor John Mattick AO co-founded IMB at the turn of the century, as the era of genomics was dawning. In the nearly quarter of a century since then, Professor Mattick has been part of a global research effort that has made massive strides in understanding our genome, and the complex interplay between our genes and our environment.
  • Integrating modular microalgae systems into buildings and urban infrastructure to create eco-cityscapes.
  • Higher degree by research (PhD) student
    Institute for Molecular Bioscience
  • 11 Jul 2025
    This is an amazing opportunity to support the great work that is done by our students. We are also celebrating 25 years of IMB in 2025! We look forward to seeing students, group leaders, research staff and the greater IMB community come together to celebrate the 25 years of student contribution to this Institute!
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Institute for Molecular Bioscience

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The Edge: Genetics

People have known for thousands of years that parents pass traits to their children, but it is only relatively recently that our technology has caught up to our curiosity, enabling us to delve into the mystery of how this inheritance occurs, and the implications for predicting, preventing and treating disease.

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