Over the last 15 years, Dr Lin-Fa Wang ‘s group has quadrupled in size and now works on many different aspects of bat biology. [ + ]

CSIRO's Dr Lin-Fa Wang is investigating viruses in bats in the hope of finding insights into how they spread to humans. [ + ]

The University of Queensland has entered into an agreement with technology specialist Siemens to install a powerful MRI system.

The Institute for Molecular Biosciences' Sean Grimmond is the first in Australia to get hands on experience using the next next generation Ion Torrent technology. [ + ]

The Australian Maths Olympiad team have each won a medal at the IMO held in Amsterdam.

A discovery by scientists at Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics opens the possibility of a new treatment for viruses that cause inflammation, such as Ross River virus and Dengue Fever. [ + ]

Researchers from Sydney and the UK are partnering to understand why malaria can be fatal to some but milder in others. [ + ]

The Australian Institute for Commercialisation will be moving premises on 1 August 2011.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has presented Dr Judit Villen with the ASMS 2011 Research Award.

Coridon and Ohio State University have begun collaborating on testing Coridon’s DNA vaccine for Epstein Barr Virus for the prevention of lymphoproliferative disease. [ + ]

Adds TREK’s suite of microbiology products to Thermo Fisher’s line-up. [ + ]

A lecturer from the University of Sydney has been awarded a $100,000 Microsoft fellowship to accelerate the development of electrical devices used to diagnose and monitor stroke and cardiovascular disease.

Science teachers will be able to bring new technologies into the classroom thanks to a new online science resource.

New Drug Application filed with the U.S. FDA for pain treatment, MoxDuo IR, in the wake of positive phase III results. [ + ]

The NSW Premier’s Award for Outstanding Cancer Research was awarded to Professor Roger Reddel for his research on the ability of cancer cells to keep on proliferating without limits. [ + ]