The assumption that females are just smaller versions of males has been widely used in biomedical research. A new mouse study indicates that’s unlikely to be true.
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Professor and Program Lead in Adolescent Mental Health at the Black Dog Institute; Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, UNSW
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Lecturer, Journalism and Communication, UNSW
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Postdoctoral research associate, UNSW Canberra School of Business, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, UNSW
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Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW
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Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University; UNSW ; Burnet Institute
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Associate professor, UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW
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Visiting Fellow, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Adolescent Mental Health at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor, School of Business, UNSW
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Lecturer, UNSW Canberra School of Business, UNSW
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Pharmacist and Lecturer, UNSW ; University of Sydney