APAF ups the discovery ante
19 August, 2003 by Jeremy TorrThe Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF) has "dramatically increased its throughput capability" with the installation of a new Applied Biosystems 4700 Proteomics Discovery System.
2003 Eureka winners
13 August, 2003 by Susan WilliamsonThis year's Eureka prizes were awarded last night in their usual black and red finery at a dinner function at Fox studios in Sydney.
Intel chips into a new market
13 August, 2003 by Jeremy TorrIntel, chip maker to millions of personal computers across the world, is looking hard at the next emerging market -- biotech devices.
New bio-IT firm aims to sort out the rank and file
13 August, 2003 by Melissa TrudingerIt's one thing to design a system that can allow a library of 100,000 compounds to be screened against a protein structure in a day to assess each compound's structural compatibility with the target site. It's another to offer a way to score or rank the compounds according to the best-predicted fit.
New transgene delivery technique takes a traditional route
12 August, 2003 by Graeme O'NeillAn Italian-Australian research partnership has demonstrated a potentially revolutionary technique for producing transgenic animals, using nature's own time-tested vector for delivering genes to eggs: sperm.
UNE to offer bioinformatics course
29 July, 2003 by Jeremy TorrNSW's University of New England (UNE) is to offer a course in bioinformatics next year, in recognition of the increased importance of the field for both mathematicians and biologists.
SGI launch makes new bid for research community
28 July, 2003 by David BraueSupercomputer maker SGI is trying to extend its lifespan in the high-performance computing (HPC) market with the launch of the Onyx4 UltraVision, an upgraded flagship system it hopes will appeal to life sciences and other researchers keen to get ever more detail in the graphical representation of their data.
Proteome Systems, CSIRO team up in data mining
24 July, 2003 by Pete YoungTwo of the leading forces in Australian bioinformatics are pooling their expertise to build a new generation of protein expression data mining tools.
'Junk DNA' pioneer hits back at critics
10 July, 2003 by Graeme O'NeillAustralian geneticist Malcolm Simons has hit back at critics of the controversial international patents he secured in the 1990s for the use of non-coding DNA to predict individuals' genetic risk of developing diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Roo genome project inches closer to reality
10 July, 2003 by Melissa TrudingerThe kangaroo genome project has moved slightly closer to reality with the announcement that the Australian Research Council will fund a new Centre for the Kangaroo Genome, worth AUD$2.6 million over the next five years.
Liu: how Singapore scientists tackled SARS
10 July, 2003 by Melissa TrudingerThe recent SARS epidemic highlighted the ability of Singapore's science community to rise to the occasion, according to the director of the two-year-old Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Edison Liu at the XIX International Congress of Genetics on Wednesday.
Gruber winner Botstein calls for better gene name system
09 July, 2003 by Graeme O'NeillGenomics expert Prof David Botstein says it's a fact that biologists would rather share a toothbrush than a gene's name -- the yeast gene that he knows as ABC1 is apparently known to fruit fly geneticists as 'bride of frizzled disco'.
CSIRO scans cattle data for parasite info
09 July, 2003 by Jeremy TorrCSIRO Livestock Industries is leafing through vast amounts of historical cattle data to identify if genetics have had any impact on parasite infestation levels over the years.
IBM keeps to the bioIT straight and narrow
09 July, 2003 by Jeremy TorrIBM said it has no plans to take its bioIT products direct to the consumer, despite the potential for increased sales numbers.
IGF gene may play major role in longevity
08 July, 2003 by Graeme O'NeillHave geneticists uncovered one of the master genes for aging? Dr Linda Partridge, a researcher at University College, London, says increasing evidence points to the gene for insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) playing a major role in longevity.
