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Pushing the sustainability envelope
Pushing the sustainability envelope

Brendan Burns presenting to the Garvan Institute on Sustainability in the lab (Jan 2022)

ARC grant success for the dream team
ARC grant success for the dream team

Brendan, Debnath, and Iain with a major grant to study our ancient ancestors, the Asgard archaea.

Silver in Sustainability
Silver in Sustainability

The Burnslab is Recognised with a LEAF Medal for Lab Sustainability

A Trendy Review
A Trendy Review

Steph and Fraser Review the Chimeric Origin of Eukaryotes

And the winner is...
And the winner is...

Fraser recognised with the UNSW Postgraduate Council’s Outstanding Student Award

Mining the Mats
Mining the Mats

Julia and Leia present their honours work

Jamming on Asgard
Jamming on Asgard

Fraser wins a poster prize for his work on Asgard archaea at JAMS10

Rocking the Cradle of Life...
Rocking the Cradle of Life...

See Brendan Burns present at National Science Week

May Odin give you knowledge….and may Loki give you laughter as you go
May Odin give you knowledge….and may Loki give you laughter as you go

Steph completes her honours degree!

Asgardians of the Galaxy
Asgardians of the Galaxy

Fraser presents at the one minute thesis competition

New kid on the block...
New kid on the block...

Burnslab PhD student Laurene LeClerc and supervisors Brendan Burns and Nathan Lo at the Tick-borne Disease Research Launch.

Scarlett in Space
Scarlett in Space

Scarlett Recognised in the Australian Space Awards as 2021 Graduate of the Year Finalist

New Group Pics
New Group Pics

Meet the latest Burns Lab crew…

Phosphorus as a Potential Biosignature
Phosphorus as a Potential Biosignature

Latest Review highlights the use of phosphorus in the search for life in the beyond

Mars, Mats and Viruses
Mars, Mats and Viruses

Hear Brendan speak about all things stromatolite, virus and Mars related on the Lost in Science podcast

Welcome to Leia and Julia
Welcome to Leia and Julia

The Burns Lab welcomes two new honours students

Trending in Microbiology
Trending in Microbiology

Burns Lab research on the role of viruses in Stromatolite formation to feature on the cover of Trends in Microbiology

Steph... You're Our Only Hope
Steph... You're Our Only Hope

Steph giving her research plan for Honours…Odin, Odin, Odin

Art Meets Science
Art Meets Science

New exhibit ‘Worlding with Oysters’ celebrating Indigenous art and science, opened by Brendan Burns.

Farewell the Handyman
Farewell the Handyman

Alan has left the building, The Burns lab loses an awesome student, pos-doc, and gains an international colleague

Microbes Breathing Arsenic
Microbes Breathing Arsenic

Arsenic Based Photosynthesis and Respiration in Modern Microbial Mats

Microbial Dark Matter Matters in Microbial Mats
Microbial Dark Matter Matters in Microbial Mats

The Latest Burns Lab Publication (and video!)

Welcome (back) Steph for her Honours
Welcome (back) Steph for her Honours
Men are from Mars…phosphines on Venus
Men are from Mars…phosphines on Venus

Traces of phosphine on Venus may indicate biological activity

Matt Damon, Dark Matter and the Galaxy
Matt Damon, Dark Matter and the Galaxy

The Burns Lab at AAM2020!

Microbes Need their Space
Microbes Need their Space

Brendan Burns comments on the possibility of microbes jumping between planets

Candle has been lit
Candle has been lit

Brendan Burns commenting in the media on the successful launch of Mars 2020 Perseverance

Burnslab live on air
Burnslab live on air

Brendan Burns, waxing lyrical on all things science in a pandemic, stromatolites, and Asgard archaea, in a podcast as part of National Science Week.

Digging into Diagnostics
Digging into Diagnostics

Nicole Lima, working at SpeedX and part of the extended TheBurnsLab fold, gives her PhD exit seminar via zoom.

Beneath a rock and a soft place
Beneath a rock and a soft place

Opinion piece from the Burns Lab out in Trends in Microbiology, suggesting a viral role in stromatolite formation.

Welcome to the Burns Lab

We are dedicated to unraveling the evolutionary and ecological significance of Early earth microbial systems

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Our lab has a strong sustainability focus and actively addresses key UN Sustainable Development Goals, and also engages with and values Indigenous Knowledge in science

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Come One, Come All

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