Scientific equipment supplier AXT has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Delmic, a Dutch company specialising in fluorescent/SEM (SECOM) and cathodoluminescent/SEM (SPARC) correlative microscopy technology. [ + ]

GlaxoSmithKline has opened nominations for the 2014 GSK Award for Research Excellence (ARE). The prestigious award recognises outstanding achievements in medical research and facilitates career development with potential importance to human health and Australian research. [ + ]

Life Sciences Queensland Limited (LSQ) recently recognised its ongoing interaction with NZBIO with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU). [ + ]

Dimerix has hired former Calzada chairman David Franklyn as a non-executive director, and veteran scientist Dr Brian Richardson as part of its scientific advisory team. [ + ]

A new 3D-printed device, developed by CSIRO in collaboration with dental company Oventus, is set to end the suffering for thousands of sleep apnoea patients. [ + ]

A new research initiative in tropical health and medicine has received $42 million in Australian Research Council funding. [ + ]

Reports of potential reduction of industry-support programs, on the back of the Commission of Audit report, are causing angst in the biotech sector as the industry fears decisions that could seriously damage Australia's hard-won momentum in innovation. [ + ]

Early work has begun on the ANM Project - a $168 million plan to build a nuclear medicine manufacturing plant and waste treatment plant to treat by-products for permanent, safe storage. [ + ]

Admedus (ASX:AHZ) has raised $8m in a placement, with plans to put the proceeds towards expanding its US and EU reach for CardioCel and to help fund a phase II trial of its HSV-2 vaccine. [ + ]

A new 3D-printed customised mouthpiece is set to provide relief for patients with sleep apnoea. [ + ]

Geneticists and evolutionary anthropologists at Duke University have identified two segments of DNA where natural selection may have acted to give modern humans their thick tooth enamel - a feature which distinguishes the genus Homo from our primate relatives and forebears. [ + ]

The federal government has announced $42 million for tropical health and medicine research to be conducted at the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), based at James Cook University (JCU). [ + ]

Regenerative medicine company Orthocell has acquired key pieces of intellectual property (IP) from its research partners at The University of Western Australia (UWA). The company has also welcomed the appointment of Dr Stewart Washer to its board as chairman. [ + ]

In many species, in-built mechanisms are in place to prevent siblings from breeding with each other. Researchers from the University of Western Australia have investigated such mechanisms in the male guppy, a live-bearing freshwater fish - with unexpected results. [ + ]

Nominations are open for the annual Research Australia Awards and the 2014 GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence. [ + ]