Industry News
An ultrasensitive test for performance-enhancing drugs
Researchers have developed a new way to detect performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), said to be 1000 times more sensitive than current methods. [ + ]
Drug testing with synthetic livers
Scientists from clinical intelligence company Empiriko have developed chemosynthetic liver technology which could enable the testing of drug candidates without using animals. [ + ]
New reference guide to agbiotech launched in Canberra
The Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) today launched 'The Official Australian Reference Guide to Agricultural Biotechnology and GM Crops' to provide factual information about genetically modified crops based on scientific evidence and to provide a useful reference. [ + ]
Biomedical Research Victoria
Melbourne's Bio21 Cluster has transitioned into Biomedical Research Victoria, a new statewide biomedical research group. [ + ]
Starpharma's VivaGel condoms approved in Japan
Starpharma's (ASX:SPL) marketing partner Okamoto Industries has won regulatory approval to market VivaGel-coated condoms in Japan. [ + ]
Calzada appoints new chairman
Calzada's (ASX:CZD) newest director, David Williams, has been chosen to replace Roger Aston as board chairman. [ + ]
CSIRO in transition
The proposed restructure for the CSIRO is expected to streamline the organisation's structure and bring science back to the fore. [ + ]
Low-cost lab-on-a-chip
UNSW PhD candidate Ryan Pawell has developed a method intended to cut the costs of microfluidic devices used for diagnostics. [ + ]
Public comment sought on ethical guidelines of assisted reproductive technology
The National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) is conducting a review of Part B (the clinical practice section) of the Ethical Guidelines on the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Clinical Practice and Research, 2007. [ + ]
GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition winners announced
GE Healthcare Life Sciences has announced the three winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition. [ + ]
Viralytics closes $27m capital raising
Viralytics (ASX:VLA) said a recent $27.1m placement and entitlement offer has left it with enough cash to fund its cancer trial programs through 2016. [ + ]
Bionomics, CEO win industry awards
Bionomics (ASX:BNO) has been named Innovative Asian Biotech of the Year, and CEO Deborah Rathjen Life Science Woman Executive of the Year, at the BioPharma Asia Industry Awards. [ + ]
A balanced ecosystem needs apex predators
Culling dingoes is causing a decline in small native mammals because it leads to population explosions of kangaroos and foxes. [ + ]
Save the date for 'beaches, brains and biotech' at AusBiotech 2014 on the Gold Coast
Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 October are the dates to save as the AusBiotech 2014 national conference heads for the Gold Coast at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre. [ + ]
Advances in online fluid analytics
If you are interested in the latest advances in real-time monitoring, you should register to attend ACI Connect where Hach's Australasian Product Manager, Andrew McKay, will be presenting 'Fluid analysers - what is the future?' [ + ]
