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Travel story: Megan Bater
Megan Bater from the Robinson Research Institute鈥檚 Perinatal Health and Child Development Research Group attended the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) Conference in Canberra in April 2017.
Travel story: Dr Sonja Frolich
Dr聽Sonja Frolich from the Robinson Research Institute鈥檚 Ovarian and Reproductive Cancer Research Group attended the 16th Australian Cell Cycle Meeting: 鈥淐ell Cycle, DNA Damage Response & Telomeres鈥� in Sydney in March 2017.
The International Cerebral Palsy Genomics Consortium

The Australian Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Research Group, based at the RRI under the leadership of Emeritus Professor Alastair MacLennan and Professor Jozef Gecz, recently established the聽International Cerebral Palsy Genomics Consortium聽(ICPGC), which held its first meeting this week in Adelaide.
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Travel story: Dr Matilda Jackson
Dr Matilda Jackson from the Robinson Research Institute鈥檚 Molecular Neurogenetics Research Group attended the Australasian Neuroscience Society Annual Scientific Meeting in Hobart in November 2016.
Lap band surgery benefits very obese adolescents
Lap band surgery has significant benefits for severely obese teenagers and, despite its controversial nature, should still be considered as a first option to manage obesity during adolescence, a new study has found.
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What鈥檚 the point of sex? It鈥檚 communication at a biological level
Most people think just one sperm is needed to fertilise a woman鈥檚 egg and make a healthy pregnancy. This underpins a common view that all the other sperm 鈥� and all the other sex 鈥� are surplus to requirements, at least when it comes to conceiving a pregnancy.
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Travel story: Kavita Panir
Kavita Panir from the Robinson Research Institute鈥檚 Endometriosis Research Group attended the Society for Reproductive Biology Annual Scientific Meeting in Gold Coast in August 2016.