Industry News
ANU to host cognitive health research centre
ANU has been awarded $2.5 million in the latest NHMRC funding round to host a new Centre of Research Excellence on Cognitive Health. [ + ]
An introduction to printing body parts
The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials has launched the four-week online course 'Bioprinting: 3D Printing Body Parts', enabling people to discover how the world of 3D printing and biocompatible materials is allowing scientists to rethink approaches to health care. [ + ]
Giant Magellan Telescope ready for construction
Atop a remote mountain in the Chilean Andes, construction on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is about to begin. [ + ]
$9 million to treat heart failure and peanut allergies
Medical technology companies Cardiora and Aravax have been awarded $9 million in venture capital funding from the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund to develop novel treatments for heart failure and peanut allergies respectively. [ + ]
Immunity breakthrough wins Award for Research Excellence
The winners of the 2015 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Award for Research Excellence will use the $80,000 award to continue their groundbreaking work on how the immune system identifies and fights disease. [ + ]
Emerson and GE Healthcare collaborate on biopharma manufacturing
GE Healthcare's Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management have announced a collaboration aimed at increasing productivity and improving efficiency in the production of biopharmaceuticals such as monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. [ + ]
CSIRO maintains European patent for shRNA gene silencing technology
CSIRO has successfully defended a key patent for RNA interference (RNAi) gene silencing technology after opposition in Europe. [ + ]
New chair of Innovation Australia appointed
Christopher Pyne has announced Bill Ferris AC as the new chair of Innovation Australia, where he will perform a key role in the Australian Government's new focus on innovation. [ + ]
Mutant MYC inhibited by Phylogica
Phylogica has announced the inhibition of the mutant gene MYC — which many cancers depend on for their survival — in an animal model. [ + ]
Gender equity introduced to Viertel Foundation fellowships
The Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Senior Medical Research Fellowships are being awarded to one male and one female outstanding mid-career scientist for the first time, in a move which will see gender equity embedded in the awards from now on. [ + ]
Australia's biggest ageing study just got better
Enhancements to the Sax Institute's 45 and Up Study will help drive research into the genetic causes of various diseases, as well as to build predictive models on the risk of disease. [ + ]
Balnaves Foundation funds two more child cancer researchers
The Balnaves Foundation has awarded two Children's Cancer Institute Australia researchers $100,000 each to explore uncharted territory in childhood cancer. [ + ]
Two drug discovery initiatives for UniQuest
The commercialisation company of The University of Queensland, UniQuest, will be part of two separate drug discovery initiatives. [ + ]
Date set for Merck's Sigma-Aldrich acquisition
Merck is set to complete its US$17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, having received final approval from the European Commission (EC). [ + ]
Monash dominates Victorian Young Tall Poppy awards
The Australian Institute of Policy and Science has announced the 2015 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards, celebrating the best and brightest young achievers in the state. [ + ]
