Australian stem cell company Genea Biocells has become the world’s largest provider of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines on the USA National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stem Cell Registry. [ + ]

Biotron (ASX:BIT) has secured patent protection in the US for BIT225, its antiviral compound under development as a treatment for HIV and HCV. [ + ]

Patrys's (ASX:PAB) recent capital raising has left it in its strongest cash position since 2008 and given it adequate funding to advance its clinical trial programs, according to its 1H14 report. [ + ]

Analytica (ASX:ALT) COO Geoff Daly will step up to CEO as the company gears up for the planned launch of urinary incontinence treatment device PeriCoach. [ + ]

Prima BioMed (ASX:PRR) has appointed Pete Meyers, currently CFO of TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals, as a non-executive director to replace Dr Richard Hammel. [ + ]

Three key surveys are in their final weeks as biotech and medtech companies are urged to assist with views and metrics that underpin advocacy efforts and the development of industry resources. [ + ]

The Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, comprising seven organisations, has been launched at The Royal Children's Hospital. [ + ]

Fronde is holding an introductory webinar about business cloud computing in 2014. To be held on 19 February from 9-9.30 am AEDT, the webinar will explain what cloud computing can mean for businesses in the science space. [ + ]

Get your entries in for the Australian Museum's Eureka Prizes for 2014. [ + ]

Cognitive assessment and training company Cogstate has announced that its technology will be used in a large paediatric clinical trial in the United States. [ + ]

Over 30 European universities, research institutes and companies are joining forces in a six-year, €85 million program to develop novel antibiotics against Gram-negative pathogens. [ + ]

Antibody search engine CiteAb, founded by Dr Andrew Chalmers from the University of Bath in collaboration with web development company Storm Consultancy, has officially spun out from the university. [ + ]

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released Measuring Up 2013 - a report which analyses and compares the publication output of NHMRC health and medical research funding with other Australian research. [ + ]

The winners of the 2014 BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards were announced last week in Melbourne by the Chief Executive Officer of BHP Billiton, Andrew Mackenzie, and CSIRO Chief Executive, Megan Clark. [ + ]

Fronde is holding an introductory webinar about business cloud computing in 2014 and what this can mean for businesses in the science space. The webinar will be held on Wednesday 19 February from 9-9.30 am AEDT. [ + ]