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This document is intended as a resource and guide for anyone writing about EMBL Australia and its projects. It is based on a paper discussed with the EMBL Australia Executive Council on 26 February.
A full version of the document is available here: What is EMBL Australia – 21 March 2014
The Executive Committee of the EMBL Australia approved the following guidelines for use for all EMBL Australia Communications programs and documents at its February 2013 meeting. It’s a work in progress and the master is maintained by Science in Public.
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Applications for the L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowships will open on 1 April 2012.
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In his Australia Day address, noted brain surgeon Charlie Teo said he was ashamed to admit to an American friend, who had received a US$50 million grant in the US to study brain cancer, that he works with just AU$150,000 over three years from the Australian government.
Teo says we need another AIS – one for sport, one for science.
[Read more…] about Science in Charlie Teo's Australia Day address
Tools once used just to diagnose human diseases are being used to save coral reefs; depression patients will be able to monitor their mental health using a computer and a bodybuilder’s health supplement could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children.
These are just some of the interesting stories that emerged from Australian research published in the last week. Find over a dozen other stories below.
The effect of diet on brain function; whether virtual reality can be used for rehabilitation of arm movements following traumatic brain injury; how chemotherapy damages nerves; and the role of engineering in sustainable development—these are just some of the issues being tackled by this year’s crop of Menzies scholars.
[Read more…] about Robert Menzies legacy continues to shape the nation
Below are photos of the five 2012 Menzies Scholars who received their award at a dinner on Thursday 24 November. [Read more…] about 2012 Menzies Scholars – award photos
The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize, for her lung cancer research, is Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, from Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI). Having unravelled key information on how and why breast stem cells contribute to the progression of breast cancer, she is now turning to the challenge of lung cancer. Her prize […]
Discovery of the cellular ‘link’ between female hormones and the development of breast cancer has earned Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat the inaugural Lawrence Creative Prize from the Centenary Institute. [Read more…] about $25,000 Lawrence Creative Prize awarded for breast cancer research