A new paper published today in Nature reveals for the first time the genome regulatory landscape of the only extant descendant of the ancestor to all animals with a backbone, including us, Amphioxus. Amphioxus are widely considered to be the only representative of the evolutionary transition between invertebrates and...

The human birth canal is just large enough for the newborn, making childbirth a difficult and often dangerous process. In a new paper by Lia Betti, Roehampton University, and Andrea Manica , from our department, show that there are significant differences in birth-canal shape among populations. These variations correlate...

Research Associate, Dr Kate Rawlinson , returned to Australian Institute of Marine Science and the National Sea Simulator facility in September to work with collaborators on the Acropora coral-eating flatworm. A notorious pest among coral hobbyists, it’s perfect camouflage against the coral tissue means that it is easily...

This week sees a new series of pictures of distinguished past members of the Department added to the collection in the Balfour Library. Each person has made important contributions to science and to our Department. However, what sets these pictures apart is that they are all of women. Up until now, all of the portraits in...