200 mid-career researchers awarded Future Fellowships
10 September, 2009
Two hundred outstanding national and international mid-career researchers have been awarded ARC Future Fellowships in an attempt to address the gap in opportunities for mid-career researchers in Australia.
Toolkit gives new life to medical research philanthropy
09 September, 2009
Help is at hand for medical researchers looking for philanthropic support to deliver health benefits to the community.
The science of cleaning up
08 September, 2009
Contamination and how scientists can help to clean up will be a focus at CleanUp 09, an international summit being hosted by CRC CARE.
New director for Mater Medical Research Institute
07 September, 2009
Professor John Prins has been appointed as CEO and Institute Director at the Mater Medical Research Institute.
UWA considers intellectual property judgement
04 September, 2009
The University of Western Australia is considering its options following a judgement from the Full Bench of the Federal Court relating to the University’s right to protect its investment in intellectual property developed by its staff.
Pfizer pays for fraudulent activities
03 September, 2009
Pfizer will pay a total of US$2.3 billion to settle fraud claims resulting from its past promotional practices.
CSIRO expertise to assist Australian Government service delivery
02 September, 2009
A research alliance between Centrelink and CSIRO will focus on the human services ecosystem, place-based services and technologies for human service delivery. Using statistics and trend analysis techniques the researchers will help to improve service delivery by the Australian Government.
Implications of genetic testing
02 September, 2009 by Janette Woodhouse
Australia does not have any legislation in place to regulate how, and by whom, genetic test results can be used.
Beckman Coulter Genomic
01 September, 2009
Beckman Coulter has combined Agencourt Bioscience and the newly acquired Cogenics to create Beckman Coulter Genomic.
Ion probe facility opens in WA
28 August, 2009
The University of Western Australia has opened an ion probe facility, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Code of Practice for the design and fabrication of thermoplastic vessels
27 August, 2009
Dotmar has been working with the plastic fabrication industry within Australia and New Zealand, Australian Standards and key suppliers to develop an Australian Code of Practice for the fabrication of thermoplastic vessels.
New Zealand's $1 million R&D competition winner announced
18 August, 2009
Industrial Research Ltd’s What’s Your Problem New Zealand? competition has been won by Resene. The company wants to develop waterborne paints made from sustainable ingredients.
CSIRO invited to join EU innovation consortium
18 August, 2009
CSIRO has become the only organisation outside Europe to be invited to join HighTech Europe - a consortium of research agencies, industrial federations, universities and equipment manufacturers established to facilitate the uptake of innovative and emerging food processing technologies.
Electrophoresis catalogue
10 August, 2009 | Supplied by: DKSH Australia Pty Ltd
Hoefer has released its 2009/10 Electrophoresis Catalog which includes verticals, horizontals, blotters, Western blotting and 2D system packages, power supplies, isoelectric focusing (IEF), spectrophotometers, filtration, PCR workstations, and 1D and 2D analysis software.
PR Australia-Japan collaboration in marine science
07 August, 2009
Marine science research is being boosted with the announcement of three joint Australian-Japan research projects.
