Beckman Coulter Genomic
01 September, 2009
Beckman Coulter has combined Agencourt Bioscience and the newly acquired Cogenics to create Beckman Coulter Genomic.
Ion probe facility opens in WA
28 August, 2009
The University of Western Australia has opened an ion probe facility, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Code of Practice for the design and fabrication of thermoplastic vessels
27 August, 2009
Dotmar has been working with the plastic fabrication industry within Australia and New Zealand, Australian Standards and key suppliers to develop an Australian Code of Practice for the fabrication of thermoplastic vessels.
New Zealand's $1 million R&D competition winner announced
18 August, 2009
Industrial Research Ltd’s What’s Your Problem New Zealand? competition has been won by Resene. The company wants to develop waterborne paints made from sustainable ingredients.
CSIRO invited to join EU innovation consortium
18 August, 2009
CSIRO has become the only organisation outside Europe to be invited to join HighTech Europe - a consortium of research agencies, industrial federations, universities and equipment manufacturers established to facilitate the uptake of innovative and emerging food processing technologies.
Electrophoresis catalogue
10 August, 2009 | Supplied by: DKSH Australia Pty Ltd
Hoefer has released its 2009/10 Electrophoresis Catalog which includes verticals, horizontals, blotters, Western blotting and 2D system packages, power supplies, isoelectric focusing (IEF), spectrophotometers, filtration, PCR workstations, and 1D and 2D analysis software.
PR Australia-Japan collaboration in marine science
07 August, 2009
Marine science research is being boosted with the announcement of three joint Australian-Japan research projects.
USyd is part of new formulation science project
31 July, 2009
The University of Sydney is part of The InForm project that will provide €1.7 million to boost research in formulation science.
UQ researchers awarded stem cell funding
28 July, 2009
Professor Peter Gray and Associate Professor Ernst Wolvetang of UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have received funding for stem cell biology research from the Australian Stem Cell Centre.
Agilent Technologies to acquire Varian
28 July, 2009
Agilent Technologies and Varian have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Agilent of Varian for US$1.5 billion.
Formulaction and Scientific Solutions form alliance
20 July, 2009
The manufacturer of Turbiscan suspension stability instrumentation, Formulaction, is being represented in Australia by Scientific Solutions.
Find out what’s new in laboratory instrumentation
17 July, 2009
The Analytical Chemistry Group of the New South Wales branch of the RACI is holding a one-day seminar — What’s New in Laboratory Instrumentation — on 21 July 2009.
BioTek Instruments appoints NZ distributor
10 July, 2009
Millennium Science has been appointed New Zealand distributor for the entire range of BioTek Instruments.
New leader for ANU Medical Research
07 July, 2009
A prominent international researcher working at the interface between obesity and depression has been appointed to lead the John Curtin School of Medical Research at The Australian National University.
Gender equity in science
30 June, 2009
An international study involving more than half a million participants in 34 countries has revealed that 70% harbour implicit stereotypes associating science with males more than with females.
