A moratorium by the Tasmanian government on genetically modified organisms has the potential to seriously impact future biotechnology research in the state, especially in the agricultural sector. [ + ]

Prof Terry Dwyer is the Director of the Menzies Research Institute, which he established in 1988. The institute is an epidemiology focused research organisation looking at the causes of human diseases. [ + ]

Tasmania might be the smallest Australian state, but it has some advantages for the biotechnology industry that the other states can't even dream of. [ + ]

Finance and funding issues affecting the biotechnology industry appear to be something of a chicken and egg scenario. [ + ]

The need to build Victoria's biotechnology infrastructure base has been recognised through the establishment of the Biotechnology Platform Technology Working Party. [ + ]

Had Amrad Corporation been conceived in the United States it would only now be considering a public listing, according to its managing director. [ + ]

While Victorian companies who have been around the block a few times reckon the latest batch of biotech newcomers have got it relatively easy, the feeling out there is quite different. [ + ]

One word is consistently on people's lips when discussing Victoria's biotechnology scene: hub. [ + ]

Venture capitalists need to be as a good at analysing their clients as any psychiatrist, says Dr Mike Hirshorn, a medical doctor turned venture capitalist, now with Sydney-based VC Nanyang Ventures. [ + ]

Dr Graham Mitchell is in a unique position to comment on biotechnology in Victoria. As one of the four scientists in biotech consultancy Foursight Associates, he is one of the chief scientific advisers to the Victorian government. [ + ]

With years of experience in the business of science and training as a scientist as well as in business management, Cerylid Biosciences CEO Dr Jackie Fairley is well equipped to give advice on the pitch, whether it's in the elevator or at a venture capital forum. [ + ]

It used to be that biology students would run a mile from anything that smacked of computing. Now, with bio-IT touted as an indispensable element of the life sciences, what's changed? [ + ]

You can't pick up a general article about proteomics without reading somewhere in the story: "The word 'proteomics' was coined by Marc Wilkins, then a PhD student in Keith Williams' lab at Macquarie University in 1994..." [ + ]

The NSW government launched its BioFirst program in September last year. Like most other governments' biotech programs, the NSW initiative involves several government departments. [ + ]

Biotech in NSW doesn't appear to depend on fancy government packages, but new infrastructures are changing the face of bio in the First State. [ + ]