Industry News
Innovation activity in Australia doubles in 2010 index
IBM Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, have published the fourth edition of the IBM-Melbourne Institute ‘Innovation Index of Australian Industry’ which reveals growth in innovative activity in Australia between 2007-2008.
[ + ]US researchers breed mice from two males
It’s been something of a holy grail amongst reproductive scientists for some time; the breeding of animals with same sex parents. However, reports today by U.S researchers of the successful breeding of mice from two fathers have been met with caution by Australian scientists and legal experts. [ + ]
Mice with two fathers: novel idea but not applicable to humans
A Texas researcher has created mice with genes from two fathers, although claims it could be adapted to enable same-sex reproduction humans are overblown, say Australian scientists. [ + ]
Australian Academy of Science announces excellence awards
Four life science researchers are among 23 Australian scientists, young and old, who have received Australian Academy of Science awards for scientific excellence. [ + ]
Cephalon to buy 20 percent of Mesoblast in largest-ever stem cell deal
Regenerative medicine specialists, Mesoblast will see US pharmaceutical behemoth Cephalon take a 19.99 percent stake in the company as part of a licensing and joint development deal announced today [ + ]
Feature: Using 3D electron microscopy to explore cell biology
Using some innovative techniques in electron microscopy, Rob Parton and his team are gaining an insight into a little understood feature of cells. [ + ]
Queensland gets new life sciences industry body
Queensland is set to have a new industry body representing the full breadth of the life sciences and biotechnology industries with the establishment of Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ), which will launch in 2011. [ + ]
Black hole observatory one step closer
Five leading Australian universities have joined together to seek funding for a major international gravitational wave observatory in Australia.
[ + ]UWA receives funding to test world’s most precise clock
The world’s most precise clock - developed at The University of Western Australia - will be subject to testing in space as a result of federal funding.
[ + ]Securing Australia's future in food, energy, water and carbon
The Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council has released two expert scientific reports on serious issues facing the nation: Australia and Food Security in a Changing World and Challenges at Energy-Water-Carbon Intersections.
[ + ]New microscopic life aboard the RMS Titanic
The greatest piece of material evidence regarding the sinking of the Titanic - the wreck itself - may soon be lost, says a researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who has been examining the bacteria eating away at the so-called 'unsinkable ship' as it sits on the ocean bottom.
[ + ]Attention all Biotechs: Deadline for submissions to second Senate Gene Patent Inquiry Feb’ 25, 2011
AusBiotech and Medicines Australia (MA) are urging all biotech and life sciences companies likely to be affected by proposed amendments to patenting legislation, as it relates to genes and other biological materials, to hurry up and make their submissions to the second senate Inquiry before the deadline of February 25, 2011. [ + ]
Australian Phenomics Network to launch microRNA screening platform
The Australian Phenomics Network (APN) is set to launch a new microRNA screening platform that will encompass all known microRNAs currently identified in the human genome. [ + ]
Thermo Fisher Scientific signs definitive agreement to acquire Lomb Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire laboratory chemicals, consumables and instruments provider Lomb Scientific.
[ + ]Market report: Biotechs up for fourth week in a row
The S&P/ASX 200 Heathcare Index close in the black for the fourth week in a row today, partly buoyed by a strong come back from the wider market, which snapped its losing streak. [ + ]