GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition winners announced
14 March, 2014GE Healthcare Life Sciences has announced the three winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition.
MS researchers win Thermo Scientific Cellome Award
25 February, 2014Thermo Fisher Scientific has presented its 2014 Cellome Award to the authors of the article 'A regenerative approach to the treatment of multiple sclerosis', featured in the October 2013 issue of Nature.
2014 BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards winners announced
12 February, 2014The winners of the 2014 BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards were announced last week in Melbourne by the Chief Executive Officer of BHP Billiton, Andrew Mackenzie, and CSIRO Chief Executive, Megan Clark.
2014 Australian Academy of Science award winners announced
23 January, 2014The Australian Academy of Science has announced this year's winners of its prestigious annual awards for scientific excellence. As Academy President Professor Suzanne Cory explained, "These awards celebrate both career-long contributions by some of Australia's most distinguished researchers and remarkable discoveries made by younger investigators."
Australian Innovation Challenge 2013 winners announced
02 December, 2013Eight of the country's best innovators were recognised last week in the third annual The Australian Innovation Challenge. The challenge is run by The Australian in partnership with Shell Australia with support from the Department of Industry and Innovation Australia.
Biological scientist named WA's Tall Poppy for 2013
27 November, 2013Professor Ryan Lister, a genome biologist and Future Fellow in the ARC Centre for Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, has won the 2013 Tall Poppy Awards for Western Australia.
NMI Prize for 2013 awarded
20 November, 2013Physicist Dr Daniel Creedon was yesterday awarded the prestigious federal government National Measurement Institute (NMI) Prize at a ceremony in Sydney, where he gave a seminar on his award-winning work. Dr Creedon was announced as the winner of the prize on World Metrology Day earlier this year.
NZ Prime Minister's Science Prizes awarded
15 November, 2013The 2013 Prime Minister's Science Prizes were this week awarded at the Royal Society of New Zealand in Wellington. With a total of $1 million in prize money, the awards aim to highlight the contribution science makes to New Zealand's economy.
Janssen Industry Excellence Awards presented at AusBiotech 2013
01 November, 2013The Janssen Industry Excellence Awards, held this week during the AusBiotech 2013 national conference in Brisbane, every year recognise outstanding commercialisation of innovative healthcare solutions by Australian biotechnology and healthcare companies. The 2013 Company of the Year award was presented to Nanosonics.
There was more than one winner at the Prime Minister's Prize for Sciences night
31 October, 2013From mathematics and statistics, through electronics, quantum computing and defeating zombie ideas in ecology, to inspirational primary and high school teaching, this year's winners of the Prime Minister's Prize for Sciences show the depth of talent in the Australian science scene.
Human systems biology centre to be established in Sydney
16 October, 2013The Centenary Institute's cytometry research program last night received the $1 million Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award. As a result of the award, the Ramaciotti Centre for Human Systems Biology will be established.
2013 UNSW Innovation Awards
18 September, 2013The 2013 UNSW Innovation Awards winners have been announced. The awards recognise and reward the effort and ingenuity of UNSW staff and students in the creation and transfer of new knowledge and innovations into society and the economy.
Ig Nobel prize winners announced
16 September, 2013They may make you laugh but the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes have all been published and contribute to the world's growing body of sometimes useless knowledge.
2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
13 September, 2013The 2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes were last week awarded across 17 fields, recognising achievements in research and innovation; leadership and commercialisation; science communication and journalism; and school science.
The Australian Innovation Challenge deadline extended again
05 September, 2013Australian innovators are being given an extended opportunity to showcase their bright ideas, with the entry deadline for the $70,000 The Australian Innovation Challenge being moved to 23 September.
