Gene researcher wins award
20 March, 2002 by Melissa TrudingerKaren Lower has won Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital's annual Young Investigator of the Year Award for her work identifying the genetic cause of Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome (BFLS), a severe form of intellectual disability.
Novel proteins may target cystic fibrosis
19 March, 2002 by Daniella GoldbergSydney company Proteome Systems has teamed up with US group Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics to find drug targets to combat the disease.
Capellas: biotech needs computing collaboration
19 March, 2002 by Nancy WeilBiotechnology will reach its potential only if companies involved in related markets collaborate and focus on standards-based technologies rather than proprietary work, said Michael Capellas, chairman and chief executive officer of Compaq, on Thursday.
Watch this island: Taiwan pushes into biotech
15 March, 2002 by Sumner LemonHsinchu is not just any Taiwanese city, however. For many years, this island of 22 million people has thrived as a manufacturing base for computing hardware, and Hsinchu, with its massive semiconductor factories, has been its high-tech heart.
Lander sees life sciences revolution
14 March, 2002 by Elizabeth HeichlerEric Lander, one of the world's leading scientists on the forefront of genome research, kicked off the BioITWorld conference in Boston on Wednesday with an overview of the dramatic progress made in biology in the past few years as a result of the sequencing of the human genome, and how this new information is being applied to investigate and fight diseases.
IT meets biology in donor program
14 March, 2002 by Mary BrandelPaul Zyla, director of information systems at the non-profit National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) in Minneapolis, and Martin Maiers, manager of bioinformatics and research systems, discuss how IT meets medicine in an effort to save lives.
Queensland splurges on supercomputer
14 March, 2002 by Pete YoungA $4 million supercomputer is the Queensland government's latest addition to its already impressive investment in the state's biotech infrastructure assets.
IT integration key to fueling drug development
14 March, 2002 by Marc FerrantiTo streamline drug discovery and development in the face of mind-numbing amounts of data, the need for integration and interoperability among applications, databases, and hardware is greater than ever before, according to an array of speakers at the recent BioSilico 2002 conference.
UNSW joins international Linux research effort
14 March, 2002 by Ashlee VanceA team from the University of NSW is one of the members of a newly-formed international group set up to examine how the Linux operating system running on Hewlett-Packard servers can serve as a key platform for research.
Singapore to build $13M life sciences supercomputer
14 March, 2002 by David LegardSingapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Compaq Computer Corp are to jointly build the infrastructure for Singapore's new Bioinformatics Research Centre (BIRC).
Group looks to join life sciences with Web services
13 March, 2002 by Ashlee VanceA consortium of technology heavyweights and life sciences bodies has put the finishing touches on the group's agenda designed to make sending research data between organisations easier.
Spare time? Then fold some proteins
11 March, 2002 by Melissa TrudingerStanford University scientists have come up with a screen saver that uses thousands of idle computers to assist with simulations of protein folding.
Popular genetics: Body Shop to stock DNA test
08 March, 2002 by Melissa TrudingerA British company offering personalised DNA tests for diet and lifestyle genes may begin marketing the product in Australia by the end of the year, but Australian geneticists were sceptical about its efficacy.
Sun helps launch medical 'holodeck'
06 March, 2002 by Gail BalfourThe University of Calgary and Sun Microsystems have launched the Sun Centre of Excellence for Visual Genomics, a new kind of bioinformatics facility which uses 3D technology to view complex data of the human body.
Melbourne to host international genetics congress
04 March, 2002 by Iain ScottBumper year, 2003 - it's the 50th anniversary of the Watson and Crick's now famous paper on the structure of the DNA molecule.
