Industry News
Day of the iguana
ANU researchers have discovered a new species of iguana in Fiji [ + ]
ComBio: Able for a Goldacre
Young plant researcher to be awarded Goldacre medal at ComBio [ + ]
ComBio: Flii and the elephant in the room
A symposium at ComBio on wound healing promises to take audiences on a journey from basic cell biology right through to 3D skin scaffolds as therapies. [ + ]
ComBio: making and unmasking faces
Australian-trained scientist Dr Paul Trainor has made a career of making faces. In doing so, he hopes to uncover novel ways to prevent or treat congenital birth defects. [ + ]
Jacobson attempts GTG board spill
Genetic Technologies founder Mervyn Jacobson moves to spill board and CEO [ + ]
Funds for venture capitalists
Three new fund managers selected for Innovation Investment Fund [ + ]
Chlamydia, HIV up, hep C down
HIV rates up by half, Chlamydia most common, hep C infection down [ + ]
NuSep licences gels
NuSep to licence out electrophoresis gels business [ + ]
ChemGenex raises $12.9m
Major shareholders chip in half of capital raising [ + ]
HeartWare vote for US move
Court approves shareholder vote on HeartWare's plans to redomicile [ + ]
Vascular patent for HealthLinx
HealthLinx granted US patent for vascular permeability program [ + ]
Orphan status for Mesoblast
Mesoblast's allogeneic stem cells given orphan drug status [ + ]
ComBio: Organic misconceptions and nutritional genomics
Dean DellaPenna says we are in the midst of a golden period for research into plant metabolism. [ + ]
Grants for new projects and conferences
Clean energy technologies, investigation of climate change issues and technologies to promote healthy ageing are some of the areas to receive funding in the latest round of grants from the International Science Linkages Competitive Grants scheme.
[ + ]Leggett action continues
Litigation against former Agenix CEO Neil Leggett to continue next week [ + ]
