Grant awarded for innovative laboratory instrumentation
21 March, 2007
LabTech Systems has been awarded $2.14m under the AusIndustry Commercial Ready Grant program to support the development and commercialisation of its laboratory instrumentation, MicroStreak.
Industry funding for e-learning
13 March, 2007
Businesses and industry groups must apply soon to be eligible for funding to support workforce development and training.
Scientist wins Fulbright to work with NASA
12 March, 2007
A CSIRO Exploration and Mining scientist has won this year’s Fulbright Business/Industry (Coral Sea) Award.
New committee members appointed
12 March, 2007
New members have joined the International Selection committee of the world’s largest technology award, the Millennium Technology Prize.
Tax concessions available for research
07 March, 2007 by Wendy Cramer, Journalist
The R&D Tax Concession is designed to fuel local research and development and is available to all sectors of industry
Competition to increase interest in science
27 February, 2007
Prompted by concern over an apparent decline of interest in science and technology as careers, Australia's national laboratory accreditation body, the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) is offering a science prize specifically targeted at senior primary grades in Australian schools.
Nominations open for 2007 Victoria Prize and Fellowships
23 February, 2007
The Minister for Innovation, John Brumby has urged leading and emerging scientists, engineers and innovators to nominate for the Victoria Prize and Victoria Fellowships science awards.
Brisbane biotech signs Australian first agreement
21 February, 2007
Brisbane biotech company BioChip Innovations has become the first Australian company to sign a research collaboration agreement with Singapore’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME).
Queensland company wows New York
16 February, 2007
Minister for State Development John Mickel has congratulated Brisbane-based company BSD Robotics for its success at the Australian Innovation Shootout in New York as part of G’Day USA Australia Week.
ATSE seeks new CEO
22 January, 2007
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) is advertising nationally for a chief executive officer to implement ATSE’s strategy, which includes national and international interactions dealing with technological issues of importance to the broad Australian community.
Leading cancer researcher is new bioscience boss
15 January, 2007
Professor Brandon Wainwright, cancer and cystic fibrosis researcher, is the new director of an Australian bioscience flagship, the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland (UQ).
Australian companies offered fast track opportunity
15 December, 2006
The Company Chemists Association has offered Australian companies the opportunity to attend New Frontiers 2007, business seminar and business speed dating event, which seeks to help international companies that are keen to expand into the United Kingdom pharmacy market to fast track their business and understanding of the market.
Innovic’s Next Big Thing Award 2007
06 December, 2006
Entries are now being accepted for Innovic’s Next Big Thing Award 2007.
New Award expands global connections for Australian Science
22 November, 2006
An award was announced at the AusBiotech 2006 Conference in Sydney, giving Australian scientists at the forefront of Australian medical research an opportunity to build their networks within the global arena and follow in the footsteps of Australian of the Year, Ian Frazer, taking his Australian research into the HPV vaccine to the global market.
Pathology Update 2007
13 November, 2006
When: 2-4 March 2007
Where: Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre
Registration: www.rcpa.edu.au/pathologyupdate
