Program to support Indigenous STEM students
03 October, 2014A $28.8 million program, designed by CSIRO and funded by the BHB Billiton Foundation, has been launched to increase interest and achievement among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Crowdfunding for BIOMOD Australia
23 September, 2014Australia's first team to enter BIOMOD, an undergraduate synthetic biology competition held by Harvard University, is calling for funds to help cover the team's participation in the event.
Sydney Engineering Excellence Awards 2014
22 September, 2014The Sydney Engineering Excellence Awards winners for 2014 were last week announced by Engineers Australia Sydney Division. The 13 winning engineering projects were selected by a panel of expert judges from 49 finalists.
Call for entries to the TRI National Prize
19 September, 2014Brisbane's Translation Research Institute (TRI) is offering a national prize to recognise Australian research that has resulted in a technology or treatment to improve human health.
Pro-Visual Publishing Laboratory Guide to Workplace Safety 2014/15
18 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Pro-Visual PublishingPro-Visual Publishing, in collaboration with Science Industry Australia and Australasian Laboratory Managers Association, announces the latest edition of the Laboratory Guide to Workplace Safety. The guide aims to provide beneficial safety information and awareness when working in a laboratory environment.
Life Sciences = Future. Jobs. Exports.
18 September, 2014
Has the Australian biotech sector the potential to fill some of the gaps left by the demise of traditional manufacturing areas? Find out at AusBiotech 2014.
Leading engineers and scientists to converge at Convention 2014
17 September, 2014Thousands of engineers from all disciplines are coming to Melbourne for Convention 2014 - claimed to be the largest engineering event ever held in the Southern Hemisphere.
2014 ASI Annual Scientific Meeting
12 September, 2014The ASI Annual Scientific meeting has joined forces with several clinically oriented societies this year to bring bench and bedside researchers together for one big immunological event.
2014 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes announced
11 September, 2014The 2014 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners were announced at an award dinner held last night at Sydney Town Hall. The national awards, which have been running since 1990, acknowledge outstanding contributions to Australian science.
Support for Chief Scientist's STEM report
05 September, 2014Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, has released his recommendations for a strategic approach to science and its related fields.
Remote lab program receives international award
04 September, 2014A futuristic science education program, which lets high-school students take control of live experiments from anywhere in the country, has received a prestigious award from the UK's Institute of Science and Technology.
TGA joins international collaboration to evaluate generic drugs
03 September, 2014The Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) has joined a pilot of the Decentralised Procedure (DCP) of the European Union - a collaboration on the evaluation of generic drug applications.
Finalists for Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE announced
02 September, 2014The finalists for the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE have been announced. The $10 million global competition asks teams to develop a consumer-focused, mobile device capable of diagnosing and interpreting a set of 15 medical conditions and capturing five vital health metrics.
AMS appointed optek distributor
01 September, 2014AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the optek range of analytical instrumentation in its territories.
Crowdfunding to test cancer drug on Ebola
01 September, 2014Biotechnology company OncoSynergy has launched a crowdfunding campaign to enable studies of an experimental cancer drug in Ebola infection. It is hoped that the drug may be able to combat the Ebola crisis in west Africa, which has already claimed almost 1500 lives.
