ANU wins grant for HIV research
13 May, 2010
A researcher from The Australian National University has won a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new HIV vaccine that might also lead to vaccine breakthroughs for other major diseases.
Dionex endows chair
13 May, 2010
Dionex Corporation has announced the establishment of a permanent academic endowment at The University of Texas at Arlington that will benefit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in College of Science.
First elected female president of Academy of Science
10 May, 2010
Distinguished cancer researcher Professor Suzanne Cory has been elected by her peers as President of the Australian Academy of Science - an institution that has been dominated by male scientists since its formation in 1954. As the first elected female president, she takes over the role from Professor Kurt Lambeck.
Building diverse cultures
05 May, 2010
You are invited to attend the ASM 2010 Sydney Annual Scientific Meeting & Exhibition of the Australian Society for Microbiology.
Protecting genetic resources
04 May, 2010
Comparing the conformity of molecular markers is considered a first step in determining what the 'essential characteristics' of a particular plant variety are.
Reward for robotic agar plate streaker
09 April, 2010
LBT Innovations has been awarded a prize in the 2010 MDEA Medical Design Excellence Awards for PREVI Isola - a robotic system for streaking agar plates. The technology replaces over a hundred years of manual streaking of specimens on to agar plates by individuals.
Win for personalised medicine in US DNA patent case
06 April, 2010
In a ruling that will most definitely advance the development of personalised, molecular medicine and the practice of molecular pathology, a US district court has found against gene patenting.
IRL and Epichem form Australasian alliance
23 March, 2010
Industrial Research and Epichem have announced a strategic alliance designed to provide clients with continuous and seamless services from drug discovery to cGMP production.
New in vitro diagnostic regulations legislated
04 March, 2010
The regulation of in vitro diagnostics in Australia will undergo significant change as pre-market regulatory approval and inclusion on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods is required for IVD devices under the new regulatory scheme, which comes into force on 1 July 2010.
Comments sought on $52m research collaboration program
23 February, 2010
The federal government has released a discussion paper on the Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) program - the first of its kind in Australia - which will provide $52 million from 2011 to promote mutually beneficial collaboration between universities.
$38m to get new technologies working for Australia
22 February, 2010
The National Enabling Technologies Strategy has been released. The strategy provides a comprehensive national framework to guide the development of new technologies.
Waters to supply Daiso bulk process chromatography media
18 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Waters Australia Pty Ltd
Waters and Daiso have entered into a collaborative agreement to globally market and supply Daisogel bulk packing materials for process chromatography.
Research funding implications from UWA intellectual property case
17 February, 2010
Universities may have less money to fund research and may be less able to provide the expensive infrastructure that researchers require to undertake their research as a result of the outcome of a court case over intellectual property rights, according to Professor Alan Robson, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia.
Science, art and epilepsy
16 February, 2010
SymbioticA, the art and science collaborative research laboratory at The University of Western Australia, has been awarded first place in the international VIDA 12.0 competition, which recognises excellence in artistic creativity using new technologies and artificial life.
Qiagen and Celera establish distribution agreement for respiratory pathogen panel
15 February, 2010
Qiagen is to distribute a Celera molecular multiplex assay for detection of respiratory pathogens.
