Promiscuity in female fruit flies reduces male competition before mating, while increasing their competition to fertilise the female's eggs after mating. [ + ]

Scientists from Beijing and Taipei have recently examined HeLa cells to get an insight on cancer vulnerability from a mutational perspective. [ + ]

Researchers have directly visualised, at the molecular level, a structure that is triggered in response to a cellular signal, expanding our understanding of how cells move. [ + ]

Growing up in Germany, Melanie Bahlo used to record which birds came and visited her bird feeder in the depths of winter. She was around eight years old at the time and loved discovering new things.  [ + ]

Researchers have identified a virus — VP882 — that can listen in on bacterial conversations and can be re-engineered to attack diseases. [ + ]

University of Sydney researchers are developing a bionic eye with plans to move it to human trials next year. [ + ]

Dr Leo James is presenting at the the 44th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, where he'll introduce TRIM21 and explain why it is important.   [ + ]

Dr Warwick Nesbitt is on a mission to bring blood analysis out of the pathology lab. [ + ]

2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Professor Frances Arnold will deliver a special evening lecture on protein engineering at the 44th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function. [ + ]

A tiny device that electrically stimulates the brain could one day be used to treat conditions such as epilepsy and Parkinson's disease — without open-brain surgery. [ + ]

The Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference 2019 will be held from 20–22 February at Cumberland Lorne Resort, Victoria. [ + ]

Adelaide researchers are creating machines capable of undertaking complex tasks, acknowledging the outcomes and improving their performance accordingly. [ + ]

The tricks DNA uses to control gene expression — which genes are turned on and off, and when — may have originated much earlier than was previously thought. [ + ]

When it's time to move biotechnology breakthroughs towards commercialisation, specific application workflows may require a custom approach to lab automation. [ + ]

Genomic profiling could benefit many Australians with rare cancers, according to results from a pilot study for rare cancers. [ + ]