BioTek receives European patent for microplate washer technology
13 June, 2012BioTek has announced receipt of European Patent EP 2 093 572 B1, covering the ultrasonic cleaning and maintenance feature used in the company’s microplate washers. Known as Ultrasonic Advantage, this cleaning technology is incorporated into most of BioTek’s microplate washers.
Oldest working Gilson pipette found
08 June, 2012Since February this year, John Morris Scientific has been conducting a campaign to locate the oldest working Gilson pipette in Australia and New Zealand. The winner, Denise Lupton, Chief Technician at the University of Western Australia, submitted a Gilson P200, manufactured prior to 1979.
$4.2m grant funds new direction for research centre
07 June, 2012New funding from the Health Research Council has continued support for the Centre for Free Radical Research at the University of Otago, Christchurch, with a grant of $4.2 million over the next three years.
Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires rights for pre-eclampsia biomarker from Nephromics
06 June, 2012Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed an asset purchase agreement with Nephromics, which includes a patent licence for exclusive rights to use PlGF (Placental Growth Factor) for the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia.
Games research lab opens in Germany
05 June, 2012RMIT University’s Games and Experimental Entertainment Laboratory has opened a European centre in the German city of Karlsruhe. Professor Daine Alcorn, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation and Vice-President, travelled to Karlsruhe to sign an agreement with Mayor Margret Mergen in a ceremony attended by Austrade.
New quality standards limiting elemental impurities in medicines announced
05 June, 2012The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has announced two new standards related to elemental impurities: General Chapters <232> Elemental Impurities - Limits and <233> Elemental Impurities - Procedures. The standards provide procedures for the detection of selected impurities in drug products based on modern analytical methods, as well as acceptable limits for their presence based on toxicity data and exposure levels.
Victoria’s leading postgraduate health and medical researchers recognised
04 June, 2012Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and Minister for Health David Davis have announced that Dr Stefan Gehrig has been awarded the prestigious Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research for 2012.
$1 million for new Australia-India Fellowship program
04 June, 2012The Australian Academy of Science today announced a new Australia-India Fellowship program to enable Australian scientists to work with leading Indian research institutions.
Scientex adds new agencies
01 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Scientex Pty LtdScientex has recently acquired five new agencies to further bolster the range of products it offers to the scientific community. It has secured exclusive distribution rights for Australia and New Zealand for leading technologies used by scientists across life sciences, industry and research.
Science communication in Australia
31 May, 2012How scientifically aware is the Australian public? The scientific community needs to attract students to scientific careers and gain government funding and public support; and to do this effectively, it has to engage the public. Are we doing this? Who knows? Actually, no one really knows. But they are trying to find out and you can help by completing a survey.
New CEO for Australian Research Council
29 May, 2012Professor Aidan Byrne is set to contribute greatly to Australia’s strong research future as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Informal USP/BPC harmonisation
29 May, 2012In an innovative and informal harmonisation endeavour, the US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and the British Pharmacopoeia Commission (BPC) developed two drug product quality standards that have been aligned in advance of inclusion in their respective compendia.
Canon’s imaging science prize open for entries
23 May, 2012Canon’s local research and development arm CiSRA, in collaboration with Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, is calling for Australian university students to enter the 2012 Extreme Imaging competition.
Plexpress announces collaboration with Admescope
19 May, 2012Plexpress, developer of the innovative TRAC platform for high-throughput gene expression analysis, has announced a collaboration with the contract research organisation Admescope which will now include TRAC as part of its services for investigating in vitro drug interactions and preclinical ADME-Tox responses.
Partnership program between Mettler Toledo and Konica Minolta
18 May, 2012Mettler Toledo and Konica Minolta Sensing have decided to join forces with a strategic partnership in the field of multiparameter analysis for the food and flavours, and fragrances industry. The partnership will bundle the CM-5 or CR-5 Spectrophotometer from Konica Minolta with the density, refractive index and pH instruments from Mettler Toledo to provide a complete system for automatic quality monitoring of raw materials and finished goods.
