IRL appoints Professor Shaun Hendy as Industry and Outreach Fellow
15 April, 2011Professor Shaun Hendy has been appointed as IRL’s first Industry and Outreach Fellow, to assist the New Zealand high-tech manufacturing sector in realising its potenial.
Oxford professor becomes Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science
08 April, 2011Professor John Dewey has been elected as Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science.
Computational science expert awarded UQ fellowship
04 March, 2011Professor John Quackenbush has been offered an Australian Fellowship to join the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience.
Australian Synchrotron appoints new Director
01 March, 2011The Australian Synchrotron has announced four new senior appointments, including Professor Keith Nugent as Director, and a reorganisation of senior responsibilities.
University of Sydney unites aesthetics and chemistry
23 February, 2011Professor Lindoy at the University of Sydney has created a new type of molecular structure, based on aesthetics.
Chief Scientist for Australia resigns
21 February, 2011The Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Penny Sackett, has resigned.
Simple tips for avoiding ‘information overload’
17 February, 2011 by G Martinic and H Hurst^Today's scientists find they struggle to keep up with the information overload of our modern IT age. With a constant flow from multiple modes of communication, a plan to prioritise needs to be put in place.
CSIRO appoints new board members
11 February, 2011Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr announced the appointment of Mark Paterson AO and Hutch Ranck to the CSIRO Board. They replace outgoing board members Douglas Rathbone AM and Deborah O’Toole.
Australian Synchrotron appoints new Head of Science
09 February, 2011The Acting Director of the Australian Synchrotron, Dr George Borg, and La Trobe University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Tim Brown, have appointed a new Head of Science at the Australian Synchrotron - Dr Andrew Peele.
Prof Frank Fenner passes
30 November, 2010The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Kim Carr, issued a statement about the passing of Professor Frank Fenner.
Global partners get their teeth into stem cell research
03 November, 2010Stem cell research will be a focus of Australia’s first international translational dental science research program, based at The University of Western Australia.
UWA Vice-Chancellor to retire
01 November, 2010The University of Western Australia’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Robson has announced his retirement from the position at the end of 2011.
Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
14 September, 2010Action gamers have augmented decision-making capabilities - their probabilistic inference skills have been honed by their gaming activities so they make accurate decisions more quickly than non gamers. These enhanced skills can help with everyday activities like multitasking, driving, reading small print, keeping track of friends in a crowd and navigating around town.
Neville Stevens to chair CRC Committee
20 July, 2010Neville Stevens, AO has been appointed chair of the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Committee, commencing 18 July 2010.
Qiagen appoints chief medical officer
12 July, 2010Dr Ellen Sheets has been appointed to lead Qiagen’s biomarker discovery strategy and its evaluation program for new molecular diagnostic content.
