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Promoting science
You can't just wake up one morning and decide to go for that job as a scientist. You need some qualifications
[ + ]FABLS up in lights
The Australian Research Network for Fluorescence Applications in Biotechnology and Life Sciences (FABLS) has access to a staggering array of Australian and overseas instrumentation and expertise in fluorescence technology and applications. [ + ]
From baker to brewer
Rob Learmonth is using his fluorescence expertise to help the most needy - Australia's beer and wine drinkers. [ + ]
SOLiD start for sequencing technology
Stepwise ligation DNA sequencer launched by Applied Biosystems. [ + ]
Strong debut for ImpediMed
Brisbane biotech ImpediMed makes strong debut for lymphoedema diagnostic. [ + ]
AusBiotech special: Proteomics and disease diagnosis
At AusBiotech's targeting tumours session next week, Minomic's CEO, Brad Walsh, will explain how proteomics can be harnessed to diagnose disease. [ + ]
AusBiotech profile: Plasvacc
We profile Queensland veterinary biotech Plasvacc, which develops plasma products as an alternative to antibiotics. [ + ]
AusBiotech special: Australia's place in the global gravity shift
With AusBiotech 2007 being held in Brisbane next week, ALS takes its bi-annual survey of the state of the industry. [ + ]
Biosensor detects avian influenza virus in minutes
Quick identification of avian influenza infection in poultry is critical to controlling outbreaks, but current detection methods can require several days to produce results
[ + ]Defanging viruses
Researchers may be able to tinker with a single amino acid of an enzyme that helps viruses multiply to render them harmless, according to molecular biologists who say the discovery could pave the way for a fast and cheap method of making vaccines
[ + ]Biosafety and biosecurity is everyone's business
Lapses in biosafey have lead to the outbreaks of foot and mouth in the UK and equine influenza (EI) in Australia. Luckily both of these diseases, while devastating for some industries, do not affect human health
[ + ]Looking after your lab
Free lab safety wall chart distributed this month. [ + ]
Sorting the sperm from the chaff
Newly listed biotech and equipment supplier NuSep is involved in clinical trials for its wondrously named Sperm Sorter. [ + ]
Discrimination and DNA databases
Last month, the South Australian government began accessing the national DNA database. In just the first few days the database has linked suspects to more than 20 unsolved crimes, including rape and assault, some dating back to the 1980s
[ + ]Drugs and devices — blurring the boundaries
The combination of a pharmacological substance and a medical product — which itself has no effect on biochemical processes inside the human body — is one of the hot topics in the biotech industry today
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