AXT to distribute Thermo Fisher Scientific materials analysis products
29 August, 2014Analytical solutions provider AXT has signed an agreement with the Nano-scale Materials Analysis product lines of Thermo Fisher Scientific, whereby AXT will become the company's distributor in Australia and New Zealand for its Surface Analysis and Microanalysis product lines.
2014 Australian Laureate Fellows announced
26 August, 2014The 2014 Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Laureate Fellowships have been announced by Minister for Education Christopher Pyne. The scheme supports groundbreaking, internationally competitive research that builds Australia's research capacity.
Seeking better ways to do business at ASiX
25 August, 2014The inaugural Australian Science Industry Exchange event (ASiX) was held in Melbourne last week, with over 80 of the country's science sector business and technology leaders discussing the state of the industry and seeking to find better ways to do business.
Merck moving its head office
25 August, 2014The Australian division of life science supplier Merck (Merck Millipore) is moving to a new head office.
BioProcessing Network Conference 2014
22 August, 2014The BioProcessing Network (BPN) is holding its annual conference from 21-23 October at Encore, St Kilda. The meeting will gather together researchers, manufacturers, suppliers and others with an active interest in bioprocessing as it applies to areas such as biotherapeutics, biofuels and food processing.
Australian Genomic Technologies Association conference
21 August, 2014The 14th Australasian Genomic Technologies Association (AGTA) conference will be held at the Crown Promenade, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday 12 to Wednesday 15 October 2014.
2014 Women in Science Fellowship winners announced
20 August, 2014The winners of the 2014 L'Oréal for Women in Science Fellowships have been announced. The fellowships provide $25,000 to early-career female scientists to support them in their specialist area of research.
Hitachi Data Systems awards Intersect Australia
19 August, 2014Hitachi Data Systems has presented eResearch support agency Intersect Australia with the APAC Health and Life Sciences Innovation Award, recognising the company's achievements in fostering collaboration, innovation and efficiencies in the medical research sector.
ACD and Leica Biosystems co-market RNA in situ hybridisation platform
19 August, 2014Leica Biosystems and Advanced Cell Diagnostics are co-marketing ACD's RNAscope LS ISH assays with Leica Biosystems' Bond RX research staining platform. The agreement provides researchers with an integrated and fully automated ISH solution.
Abcam establishes direct service for ANZ
18 August, 2014Protein research tool provider Abcam has established a direct service to Australia and New Zealand. Researchers can now source products and technical support directly from the UK-based company, rather than through distributors, which is expected to improve delivery times and better meet researchers' needs.
Miltenyi Biotec acquires gene therapy assets from Lentigen
18 August, 2014Global biotechnology company Miltenyi Biotec has acquired the lentiviral vector manufacturing business and related assets from US company Lentigen, a provider of lentiviral technology for cell and gene therapy applications.
Tanya Monro appointed chair of the National Youth Science Forum
15 August, 2014The new chair of the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) governing council has been announced as Professor Tanya Monro - an internationally acclaimed physicist who is passionate about improving the community's understanding of the relevance of physics and science in general.
Academy announces two new science awards
15 August, 2014The Australian Academy of Science has announced two new national awards for early- and mid-career researchers, named after pre-eminent scientists Sir Gustav Nossal and Jacques Miller.
There are no free rides to the future: Australia's Chief Scientist
14 August, 2014 by Ian Chubb, Office of the Chief ScientistThis is a transcript of the 2014 Jack Beale Lecture on the Global Environment, hosted at the University of New South Wales.
Fund R&D, then maybe universities can support industry
14 August, 2014 by John Rice, Griffith UniversityIndustry Minister Ian Macfarlane let his discretion slip this week in a speech to the Queensland Media Club when foreshadowing an upcoming report on research funding and competition. Distancing himself from the awarding of funding based on prior researcher publications, he signalled a distinctly different approach that is likely to inform policy in the near future.
