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“We’ll be able to ask individual immune cells where they’ve been and who they’ve been talking to…”
The University of Sydney and The Centenary Institute will establish the Ramaciotti Centre for Human Systems Biology in 2014 following the announcement earlier this evening of the $1 million Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award.
[Read more…] about A human systems biology centre for Sydney
In this month’s newsletter:
A Queensland engineer can now predict how long it takes for reclaimed land to become suitable for development, potentially saving millions of dollars in building costs.
Dr Julie Lovisa from James Cook University is using maths to determine when dredged soil is solid enough to build on.
24 September 2013
A team of researchers from Sydney, Vancouver, Adelaide and Brisbane are getting closer to a new treatment for prostate cancer that relies on starving tumours of essential nutrients they need to grow.
In work just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Dr Jeff Holst, from Sydney’s Centenary Institute and his colleagues have shown they can slow the growth of the cancer by blocking the proteins which pump the amino acid leucine into tumour cells.
[Read more…] about Prostate cancer’s Achilles’ heel uncovered
Applications are now open for the $25,000 Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize for early-career biomedical researchers.
We’re looking for early-career scientists in biomedical research with a uniquely creative way of significantly contributing to their chosen field. [Read more…] about Seeking creative early career scientists
A tiny Tasmanian invention that could make personalized medication easy and affordable.
Millions of people should have their blood tested each day to check the level of prescription drug in their blood.
Some drugs are only effective within a very narrow range. Too little and the drug is ineffective, too much and the drug could be deadly.
[Read more…] about Monitoring drugs at home, not the hospital
Work with Emmy-award winning documentary maker Sonya Pemberton
The team at Genepool are looking for a female physicist to host their next international documentary series.
[Read more…] about Calling all women in physics – are you the next Prof Brian Cox?
In this month’s EMBL Australia newsletter:
The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes will be announced tonight Wednesday evening, 4 September at Sydney Town Hall in the presence of 700 science, government, cultural and media leaders.
Winners announced through the evening via @eurekaprizes
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales, heads the guest list for the 2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Awards Dinner on Wednesday, September 4, at the Sydney Town Hall.
Affectionately known as the Oscars of Australian science, the Australian Museum presents these awards in front of hundreds of guests, including heavyweights from the world of media, science, medicine, industry and defence.
[Read more…] about The Governor, the Great and the Good to make their mark at the Eureka Prizes