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.
Simon McKeon appointed to helm of CSIRO
22 June, 2010Simon McKeon has been appointed as Chairman of the CSIRO Board.
Coming up with a pipetting solution
16 June, 2010 by Miles BlackwoodLab workers often ask me, "How did you come up with this?" Well, here is a précis of the diji (pipetting syringes) story that will probably get you thinking about that neat gizmo you have been meaning to develop since finding it impossible to open that packet of sauce last Christmas.
Science-oriented students to compete for Olympic Gold
11 June, 2010Sixteen Australian senior school students will take part in the 2010 International Science Olympiads in biology, physics and chemistry.
New MD for Sigma-Aldrich
25 May, 2010Ben Perrin has been promoted to Managing Director of Sigma-Aldrich with responsibilities for Australia and New Zealand.
Dionex endows chair
13 May, 2010Dionex Corporation has announced the establishment of a permanent academic endowment at The University of Texas at Arlington that will benefit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in College of Science.
