Centralised database for human protein data
26 March, 2008
Scientists now have access to a centralised knowledge base for international protein data, with the launch of the Human Proteinpedia (www.humanproteinpedia.org) website this month.
Scientists discuss economics and the environment
06 March, 2008 by Kylie Wilson-Field, Journalist
A small audience of the general public listened to two of Australia's most prominent scientists discuss how the economic costs of trying to reach the 2050 carbon reduction targets of 60% would come at a very small cost to the wider community
Pittcon is driving on bio-diesel
06 March, 2008
Many companies release their latest products at Pittcon. This year, as part of the swing away from biotechnology and towards environmental sustainability testing, there is an abundance of bio-diesel and bio-fuel analysers hitting the market.
Qld opens tumour-cell testing facility
06 March, 2008
More effective treatments for brain cancer will be developed at a tumour-cell testing facility opened yesterday at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute.
Biotechnology appears to be dead
05 March, 2008 by Janette Woodhouse
Biotechnology seems to have taken a back seat this year at Pittcon, the huge annual laboratory conference and exposition held in the US.
Australians honoured for 'best research of the year'
27 February, 2008
Gene research involving scientists at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine has received high acclaim by leading scientific journals Science and Nature.
Molecular research paving the way
14 February, 2008
Physicists and engineers at Rice University have demonstrated a means of simultaneously making optical and electronic measurements of the same molecule, in a study that could lay the foundation for mass-produced single-molecule sensors.
Queensland technology licensed by billion-dollar US company
13 February, 2008
University of Queensland scientists have developed a proprietary technology that will help other researchers in understanding fundamental aspects of growth, development and disease, which has been licensed to one of the world’s largest life science technology companies.
Virtual-reality frog dissection
13 February, 2008
V-Frog, the world’s first virtual reality-based frog dissection software has been developed by Tactus Technologies, a project of the University at Buffalo Virtual Reality Laboratory. Designed for biology education, this software will allow observation and physically simulated dissection, and is supported by the Humane Society of the United States.
Demand for more DNA testing resources and facilities
07 February, 2008 by Jessica Starreveld
Forensic testing for the New South Wales Police Force has reached a point where it has become so popular that it is reaching beyond facility and resource capabilities.
Increased funding for Australian health and medical research
05 February, 2008
More than $124 million will be invested by the Australian Government in new medical and health research projects.
Australia and China join bird flu battle
04 February, 2008
A team of researchers from The Australian National University will lead a new joint research centre with China conducting leading-edge research into treatments for Avian Influenza (bird flu).
Globetrotting rat genes reveal spread of human diseases
01 February, 2008
DNA of the common Black Rat (Rattus rattus) has shed light on the history of the spread of rats, people and diseases around the globe.
Scaffolding could revolutionise nerve treatment
31 January, 2008
A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise treatment for Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries and nerve damage.
