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Innovation fund targets better health outcomes

The Victorian Government’s Public Sector Innovation Fund will support a crucial project to make the most of our world-class medical research so...
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Entrepreneurship course gives rise to MedTech startups

A fashionable pair of earrings for women with gestational diabetes that automatically monitors and helps control blood glucose levels and a device...
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A step towards understanding Zika

Brisbane researchers have synthetically re-created Zika virus in the laboratory – a breakthrough that will help to understand the virus and the...
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Victorian medical jobs and research in the fast lane

More Victorian jobs will be created in the pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnology sectors following the announcement of a major Chinese partnership that...
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Unique focus for cardiovascular research centre

Repairing damaged heart and vascular tissues will be the unique focus of a new University of Queensland research centre, established to combat...
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New CEO of BioCurate Pty Ltd

An outstanding industry leader with exceptional national and global experience in successfully propelling important biomedical discoveries out of the lab and into...
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Delivering medical training for the Sunshine Coast

The first stage of a national assessment of medical schools has been concluded and the Federal Government will collaboratively support 50 students...
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Funding boost for world-first MND research

The Victorian Government will provide $3 million towards a world-first project that will fast track drug discoveries to treat and fight Motor...
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New health and research centre opens in Sydney

A new $114 million health and research centre has opened at the Randwick Hospitals Campus.
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Rise of antimicrobial resistance ‘deeply alarming’

The death of an American woman from an untreatable infection with a gram-negative bacterium resistant to all classes of antibiotics has left...

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Experience the latest international touring exhibition at Melbourne Museum and journey through the world of bugs as imagined by the creative team behind The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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Australia’s fastest camera has revealed the time it takes for molecules to break apart.

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Dr Paul Hardisty, an environmental engineer with global experience in research leadership, collaboration and innovation has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).

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Practical technology-based products seeking immediate field trials and ground-breaking technology concepts are among the winners of the inaugural 2017 Tech eChallenge Wool Innovation program.

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New Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) research investigating the environmental factors that influence Southern Rock Lobster settlement on reefs has found evidence that the fishery is showing broad resilience to climate change.

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The Achilles heel of coral growth is high temperatures, not ocean acidification, according to researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.

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The culmination of almost a decade’s worth of work has seen more than 1000 new microbial genomes unveiled.

University of Queensland School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences researcher Professor Philip Hugenholtz said the release of 1003 bacterial and archaeal reference genomes would pave the way for future health, biotechnology and agricultural products.

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Infectious bacteria E. coli can defend itself and grow in acidic and copper-rich human environments a new University of Queensland study suggests.

Dr Karrera Djoko of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences has revealed the remarkable lengths Escherichia coli goes to in order to survive.

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Lack of diversity in psychological research is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, according to an Australian academic.

A study led by Associate Professor Mark Nielsen from The University of Queensland School of Psychology found an overwhelming sampling bias in developmental psychology towards research conducted in Western cultures.

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Three University of Queensland researchers have each received $1 million from the FightMND foundation for clinical trials to help fast-track potential treatments for motor neurone disease.

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Medicine

Innovation fund targets better health outcomes

Entrepreneurship course gives rise to MedTech startups

A step towards understanding Zika

Victorian medical jobs and research in the fast lane

Unique focus for cardiovascular research centre

New CEO of BioCurate Pty Ltd

Delivering medical training for the Sunshine Coast

Funding boost for world-first MND research

New health and research centre opens in Sydney

Rise of antimicrobial resistance ‘deeply alarming’

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