A primitive fish that oozes reams of slime when it is unsettled could be the missing link in the evolutionary sequence of the vertebrate eye, according to a team led by a vision expert from The Australian National University.

Three Australian scientists have been elected as members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), one of the world’s most respected scientific organisations.

The November/December 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now. [ + ]

Kari Stefansson's deCODE has launched an audacious online genome analysis service. [ + ]

Biota has begun a Phase II trial of its second generation flu treatment. [ + ]

Australian researchers think they have discovered Darwin's missing link in the evolution of the eye. [ + ]

Sexy dads produce sexy sons, in the insect world at least. [ + ]

The University of Queensland has received a $50 million funding agreement from the Queensland Government for the university’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).

The Centenary Institute, one of Australia ’s leading medical research institutes, has unveiled a microscope more powerful than any other in the country.

Two teams, six genes and the transformation of adult skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells. [ + ]

International Science Grid This Week (iSGTW) celebrated its one-year anniversary this November.

The annual Research Australia Thank You Day awards have been announced. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered a protein pathway that causes two common forms of cancer, neuroblastoma (the most common tumour of infants) and breast cancer.

Birds may not have clawed their way up the evolutionary tree, Australian researchers say. [ + ]

Insect viral genes lead to discovery of human anti-apoptosis proteins. [ + ]