Industry News
Research capability to be boosted by improved collaboration
The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop has announced six initiatives that will support greater collaboration between researchers, both domestically and internationally.
[ + ]Changes to standard
Standards Australia Committee ME-002-04 has agreed to adopt ISO 11623:2002 ‘Transportable gas cylinders – Periodic inspection and testing of composite gas cylinders’ with national modifications.
[ + ]Australian science delivers higher yielding crops
A string of scientific world-firsts has resulted in nine new ‘superfodders'. The disease-resistant animal feed crops of high yield have delivered more than $45m in benefits to Australia.
[ + ]Eureka Prize finalists announced
CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Geoff Garrett has congratulated the finalists announced 27 July for the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science sponsored by CSIRO.
[ + ]Carbon dating early Buddhist texts
ANSTO carbon dating tests of rare manuscripts dubbed the 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' have confirmed the priceless texts are from the first and fifth centuries AD and could be the missing link in Buddhist history.
[ + ]The next generation in sequencing is SOLiD
Applied Biosystems hopes to introduce a brand new technology for DNA sequencing to the global market next year. [ + ]
Flipping over a molecular mousetrap
ANU researchers have uncovered a neat little system to stop DNA replication in its tracks. [ + ]
A bridge over troubled waters
Could an on-the-fly gene repair process prolong the lives of boys with the devastating X-linked muscular disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy? [ + ]
Ian Frazer's patent problem
Just as the HPV vaccine Gardasil receives FDA approval, an argument has broken out between the researchers involved in the vaccine's development. So who patented what? [ + ]
Chromosome 1: the biography
An annotated DNA sequence for human chromosome 1 was published in Nature in May. Graeme O'Neill takes a time-travelling tour of the big one. [ + ]
Protein partners and neural transmission
The discovery of an important partnership between two proteins in the neuron holds out great hope for treating epilepsy. [ + ]
Medsaic sets out to capture research sector
A novel cell capture array technology invented in Australia promises to offer the life science sector a major boost in protein research. [ + ]
Human Variome project gets underway
The international Human Variome Project is up and running following a highly successful first meeting in Melbourne in June. [ + ]
A pox on Hox
Hox genes - long thought to define the body plans of all animals - are not used by corals. [ + ]
Seek and destroy mission for molecular assassin
An experimental drug designed to seek out and destroy a gene associated with vascular disease is providing effective in early animal trials. [ + ]
