Professor Tim St Pierre has received the inaugural Panos Englezos Award for his outstanding contribution to the management of, and improvement in, quality of life for patients with the haemoglobin disorder thalassaemia. [ + ]

Regeneus has completed the enrolment of all 20 patients in its STEP trial — the first clinical trial of its allogeneic off-the-shelf MSC product for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. [ + ]

MilliporeSigma has expanded its line of Guava flow cytometers to feature a high-power modulated green laser, adding to the violet, blue and red lasers already included in the device. [ + ]

Vanderbilt University has developed a Zika polyclonal antibody that recognises the human Zika envelope (E) protein and can be utilised for a range of applications to study the virus and its function. [ + ]

Scientex has been appointed as the distributor for AdNanoTek in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Taiwan, AdNanoTek specialises in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art and fully customisable UHV deposition systems. [ + ]

Vaccitech has received £10m to take a universal flu vaccine, as well as a number of other vaccines that trigger the immune response needed to prevent or treat a range of serious diseases, through clinical trials. [ + ]

A CSIRO research team will spend the next 18 months field-testing its newly developed breath markers for malaria in locations such as Malawi, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Sudan. [ + ]

The CEO of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Dr Adi Paterson, has been reappointed to his position for the next five years. [ + ]

Senior Cochlear executive Brent Barnes has been appointed the new CEO of technology developer LBT Innovations, commencing on 8 August. [ + ]

Scitech has been appointed an authorised distributor for R&D company PhenoSys, a Berlin-based company that engineers cutting-edge technology for automated animal behaviour research. [ + ]

Avita Medical's ReCell autologous cell harvesting device effectively reduces the occurrence of long-term scarring and itching symptoms associated with paediatric burn treatment and can also be used as a treatment for the skin condition vitiligo. [ + ]

Cynata Therapeutics has had a busy week, announcing a successful patent for its Cymerus mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) technology, a patent application describing certain novel aspects of the technology and the manufacture of its clinical trial product. [ + ]

Scitech has been appointed the authorised distributor for the Photometrics range of cameras and imaging products in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

There has been some confusion surrounding the impact of the 2016–17 Budget on the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Programme. [ + ]

An international consortium has been awarded a multimillion-dollar research grant from the US government agency Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity for research into quantum technology. [ + ]