The inaugural Australian Science Industry Exchange event (ASiX) was held in Melbourne last week, with over 80 of the country's science sector business and technology leaders discussing the state of the industry and seeking to find better ways to do business. [ + ]

The Australian division of life science supplier Merck (Merck Millipore) is moving to a new head office. [ + ]

Laser physicists from the Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to make atomic-force microscope probes 20 times more sensitive. [ + ]

Roche Sequencing and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have announced a two-year collaboration to develop new technologies for targeted epigenomic analysis using DNA sequencing. [ + ]

The BioProcessing Network (BPN) is holding its annual conference from 21-23 October at Encore, St Kilda. The meeting will gather together researchers, manufacturers, suppliers and others with an active interest in bioprocessing as it applies to areas such as biotherapeutics, biofuels and food processing. [ + ]

The federal government's new $476 million Industry Skills Fund is due to commence 1 January 2015 and a consultation has commenced in preparation, which includes webinars, a discussion paper and a digital questionnaire.

A partnership between the University of New South Wales and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory will set up a new EMBL Australia node. [ + ]

Income from Bionomics' (ASX:BNO) licensing deal with Merck for Alzheimer's candidate BNC375 helped the company report its first post-tax operating profit for the last financial year. [ + ]

Understanding how the human brain works is the not so small task the new ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function is planning to tackle. [ + ]

A potential new standard of care is emerging for prostate cancer with a new treatment combination significantly reducing the spread of the disease as well as limiting side effects. [ + ]

The 14th Australasian Genomic Technologies Association (AGTA) conference will be held at the Crown Promenade, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday 12 to Wednesday 15 October 2014. [ + ]

The winners of the 2014 L'Oréal for Women in Science Fellowships have been announced. The fellowships provide $25,000 to early-career female scientists to support them in their specialist area of research. [ + ]

Protein research tool provider Abcam has established a direct service to Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Abbott Point of Care and the US Department of Defense have announced a collaboration to develop portable blood tests to help evaluate potential concussions, also called mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) - a significant health concern for military service members. [ + ]

Scientists from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Monash University have uncovered a mechanism essential for forming hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) - a special group of cells in the early embryo that ultimately generate all the blood and immune cells in our bodies. [ + ]