Dr Charlotte Taylor, Prof Chris Dickman, Dr Glenda Wardle, Dr Nate Lo, Prof Rick Shine, Mr Rob Allen and Dr Vanina Vergoz have been awarded funding from the Australian Research Council for five years commencing 2010.
Four marine undergraduate students from the School of Biological Sciences have won a place aboard the Southern Surveyor to spend five days working with Dr Will Figueira and Dr Sebastian Holmes sailing from Hobart to Sydney on October 11 - 15.
Dr John Runcie won the Kathleen Drew Baker prize for submitting the best paper, "In situ photosynthetic rates of tropical marine macroalgae at their lower depth limit".
Professor Rick Shine, Georgia Ward-Fear, Matt Greenlees and Dr Greg Brown have discovered that cane toads are far more susceptible to being killed and eaten by meat ants than native frogs.
Research finds that males of the multi-coloured Augrabies Flat Lizard from South Africa mimic females during early maturity and thereby avoid the costs of broadcasting their masculinity.
Dr Stuart Gilchrist's talk on the ABC Radio National Science Show on 7 Feb about fruit fly (Drosophila) genetics and P factors is available on the Science Show website.
Research by Prof Steve Simpson, and colleagues from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, has been featured on the cover of the 30 January issue of Science.
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Professor Steve Simpson has been named in the top 100 most influential people in Sydney by the Sydney Morning Herald.
Dr William Figueira has contributed to the Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia.
Biology Honours student David Llewellyn has won the 2010 NSW Rhodes Scholarship.
Dr Charlotte Taylor, Prof Chris Dickman, Dr Glenda Wardle, Dr Nate Lo, Prof Rick Shine, Mr Rob Allen and Dr Vanina Vergoz have been awarded funding from the Australian Research Council for five years commencing 2010.
Research by Dr Mark Browne and Prof. Gee Chapman on the effect of seawalls in Sydney Harbour has been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Four marine undergraduate students from the School of Biological Sciences have won a place aboard the Southern Surveyor to spend five days working with Dr Will Figueira and Dr Sebastian Holmes sailing from Hobart to Sydney on October 11 - 15.
Research by Dr Mike Letnic, Freya Koch, Chris Gordon, Dr Mathew Crowther and Professor Chris Dickman has been selected for Faculty of 1000.
Professor Rick Shine has been awarded the 2009 Australian Natural History Medallion by the Field Naturalists of Victoria.
Professor Stephen Simpson has been named 2009 NSW Scientist of the Year by the Office of Science and Medical Research.
Dr Greg Sword Awarded the Perry Adkisson Distinguished Seminar Speaker Award.
Research by Dr Raju Radder together with David Pike, Alexander Quinn and Rick Shine has been selected for Faculty of 1000.
Associate Professor Frank Seebacher was awarded a prestigious Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations.
Adrian Davis and Dr Charlotte Taylor have been awarded $100 000 from the WV Scott Charitable Trust.
Honours student Alen Faiz won the prize for 'Best Honours Talk' at the Genetics Society of Australasia.
Professor Steve Simpson has won an Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.
Research by Mike Letnic, Freya Koch, Chris Gordon, Mathew Crowther, and Chris Dickman has shown that dingoes could deliver benefits for biodiversity.
Associate Professor Frank Seebacher won the Faculty of Science Citation for Excellence in Teaching. 
Dr Raymond Ritchie has won a 2009 Endeavour Award from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Research finds that males of the multi-coloured Augrabies Flat Lizard from South Africa mimic females during early maturity and thereby avoid the costs of broadcasting their masculinity.