The Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) has received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation for Illumina-based sequencing services in its next-generation sequencing lab.

Corporate advisory house Cube Capital has just launched in Australia, with a plan to capitalise on the boom in tech and healthcare stocks and take them public.

An international research team has, for the first time, used DNA sequencing to trace the fatal spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) between patients in the UK. [ + ]

GATC Biotech clients will be provided with full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis solution for analysis and interpretation of genetic data, complementing GATC's InView Human Exome and providing customers with an integrated solution to identify causal variants in their exome sequencing data. [ + ]

Following an exclusive distribution agreement signed last week, life science company Sigma-Aldrich will employ its sales, marketing and e-commerce expertise for the exclusive worldwide distribution of the Biochemical Reagents product portfolio from Roche. [ + ]

GATC Biotech clients will be provided with full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis solution for analysis and interpretation of genetic data, complementing GATC's InView Human Exome and providing customers with an integrated solution to identify causal variants in their exome sequencing data. [ + ]

The Australian Government has announced the chairs of its Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Growth Centre and Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Growth Centre.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have delved into the history of the diabetes drug insulin in the hope of understanding why a generic version has never been made available in the US. [ + ]

The 2015 ARCS Sydney Scientific Congress will once again offer one of the premier events of the year for professionals in the development and commercialisation of therapeutics. [ + ]

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have delved into the history of the diabetes drug insulin in the hope of understanding why a generic version has never been made available in the US. [ + ]

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has officially opened the 2015 Hermitage Research Facility Schools Plant Science Competition - an annual event that aims to stimulate an interest in agriculture and science in young Australians. [ + ]

The Australian scientific research vessel Investigator, which was commissioned into service in December 2014, will this week embark on its maiden research voyage. [ + ]

University of Queensland researchers have discovered that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and restore memory in mice, breaking apart the neurotoxic amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques that result in cognitive decline.

A research collaboration between Griffith University and New Zealand's Malaghan Institute has discovered that mitochondria are capable of passing through the healthy membrane of a host cell into defective tumour cells.

Scientists from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have explained the mysterious mechanism which protects people with blood type O from dying of severe malaria. [ + ]