Australia is gearing up for what looks to be a mighty battle over freedom of speech. Recent commentary about what a sports star can and cannot post on social media platforms has reignited the controversy. Many people and organisations are…
The poor old placenta. It really doesn’t get much public attention. And yet it does a crucially important job – acting as the interface between the mother’s blood supply and that of her developing foetus. Every molecule of glucose, oxygen…
I just received these pictures from Claire Booth, one of the amazing organisers behind the 2012 Queenlsland Literary Awards, from the evening of the awards ceremony on 4 September. I realised I haven’t yet posted the news that Sex, Genes & Rock…
Former SEX LAB PhD student Megan Head (now at Exeter) and her colleague Amber Teacher (Helsinki) took out second place at NESCENT‘s Evolution Film Festival which ran recently at the first Joint World Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Their winning video “Dating…
We’re excited to report that SEX LAB member Dr Mike Kasumovic, together with Dr Damian Elias (UC Berkeley) were awarded a grant from the Hermon Slade Foundation worth $50,000 over three years. The grant supports their project titled: “Understanding the role of the…
Well done to Alex Jordan who graduated with a PhD last evening, and who recently shared (with Laura Warman) the E&ERC‘s Thesis of the Year prize for 2011 for his thesis ‘Social Environment and the Evolution of Male Reproductive Strategy’.
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means that Sex Lab researchers get their annual airing to talk all things sex and attractiveness. Rob Brooks had a great chat with linda Mottram on 702 ABC Sydney yesterday morning, and they have very kindly…
Rob Brooks has several talks coming up – all related to Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll and the relevance of evolution to modern life. 9 February 10am – Grand Rounds at Sydney Children’s Hospital 13 February 2pm – Weight…
Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll: How Evolution has shaped the modern world will be published as a hardcover and ebook in North America in March 2012. They have recently posted the details and the cover image on their website.…
SEX LAB member Dr Michael Kasumovic has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award by the Australian Research Council for a project entitled Re-evaluating evolution by examining developmental plasticity in response to the social environment. This comes two weeks…