The co-founder and CEO of laboratory automation company LBT Innovations, Lusia Guthrie, has been appointed chair of Clever Culture Systems (CCS) for a two-year period. [ + ]

The researchers who discovered four new elements of the periodic table last year have submitted their proposed names to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. [ + ]

The Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2016 has been awarded to Dr Joseph Powell from The University of Queensland (UQ). [ + ]

Paradigm Biopharma has announced a series of updates surrounding its clinical trial program for hayfever, which will, for the first time, see pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) delivered intranasally in human volunteers. [ + ]

Swiss researchers have developed a new design for X-ray spectrometers that lowers overall production costs and increases the efficiency of X-ray flux. [ + ]

Seqirus has announced the donation of 20,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to the people of Fiji in order to help alleviate a spike in cases of severe influenza. [ + ]

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo has developed what is said to be the world's first kit able to directly detect the Zika virus (ZIKV) in blood. [ + ]

Belgian researchers have discovered how to use Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to increase the amount of information that can be extracted from a protein microarray. [ + ]

NASA and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation are teaming up to re-create the conditions that exist on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. [ + ]

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) has announced funding partnerships with 10 new organisations, including major global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. [ + ]

PhD students from the University of Wollongong recently collaborated to develop a device that effectively and efficiently separates purified neurons from other types of cells. [ + ]

Integrated DNA Technologies has acquired Mbiotech, a distributor of IDT products in South Korea for more than a decade. [ + ]

Professor Tim Inglis has been awarded US$100,000 to develop a screening test that will detect antibiotic resistance in remote and low-resource settings and ensure the right antibiotics can be prescribed. [ + ]

Atomo Diagnostics has secured $1.38 million to assist in the development and commercialisation of new rapid tests for the detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses, which are leading causes of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. [ + ]

QBiotics has outlined the latest clinical developments in cancer compound EBC-46 to an audience of veterinary cancer experts. [ + ]