Industry News
Flu vaccines for Fiji
Seqirus has announced the donation of 20,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to the people of Fiji in order to help alleviate a spike in cases of severe influenza. [ + ]
Re-creating Saturn's largest moon
NASA and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation are teaming up to re-create the conditions that exist on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. [ + ]
New GHIT Fund partnerships enable R&D investment
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) has announced funding partnerships with 10 new organisations, including major global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. [ + ]
Combining FTIR spectroscopy and microarray technology
Belgian researchers have discovered how to use Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to increase the amount of information that can be extracted from a protein microarray. [ + ]
Neuroscience student rapidly separates cells
PhD students from the University of Wollongong recently collaborated to develop a device that effectively and efficiently separates purified neurons from other types of cells. [ + ]
IDT acquires Korean distributor Mbiotech
Integrated DNA Technologies has acquired Mbiotech, a distributor of IDT products in South Korea for more than a decade. [ + ]
Screening test to detect antibiotic resistance
Professor Tim Inglis has been awarded US$100,000 to develop a screening test that will detect antibiotic resistance in remote and low-resource settings and ensure the right antibiotics can be prescribed. [ + ]
Tropical disease detection funded by the government
Atomo Diagnostics has secured $1.38 million to assist in the development and commercialisation of new rapid tests for the detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses, which are leading causes of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. [ + ]
QBiotics presents its veterinary cancer compound
QBiotics has outlined the latest clinical developments in cancer compound EBC-46 to an audience of veterinary cancer experts. [ + ]
AIMS joins International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science
The Australian Institute of Medical Scientists has been accepted as a member of the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science — a global organisation of national societies working to increase opportunities for the development of medical science laboratory professionals through education and partnership. [ + ]
New appointments at Research Australia
Research Australia has appointed four new board members: Professor Nicholas Fisk, Dr Adrian Nowitzke, Annette Schmiede and Professor Ian Jacobs. [ + ]
Peptides offer prospects for Alzheimer's treatment
Biotech company Alzhyme has licensed a range of peptides, developed at the University of Tasmania, which have the potential to treat Alzheimer's disease. [ + ]
Grand Challenges grant to make malaria vaccines better
A $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Explorations will see Associate Professor Ian Cockburn pursue an innovative global health and development research project aimed at making malaria vaccines more effective. [ + ]
CRC future rounds announced
The federal government has announced the future timing for the next funding round for Cooperative Research Centres and the next three rounds of CRC-Project funding. [ + ]
Neuroblastoma conference comes Down Under for the first time
The Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Congress is coming to the Cairns Convention Centre next month, marking the first time the biennial conference has been held in the Southern Hemisphere. [ + ]
