Scientists fear insect populations are shrinking. Here are six ways to help
5 December 2019 By David Yeates, CSIRO, Katja Hogendoorn, University of Adelaide, Manu Saunders, University of New England 5 minute read Are you planning a big garden clean-up this summer, or stocking up on fly spray to keep bugs…
ASX announcement: White Island Tragedy
16 December 2019 The recent tragedy of White Island in New Zealand is a challenging situation for all involved. The surgical and trauma teams in many hospitals across New Zealand and Australia have put in heroic efforts and…
BioMedVic Celebrates Twenty Years Of Achievements
12 December 2019 By BioMedVic Comms On Thursday 5th December 2019 BioMedVic gathered a crowd in the beautiful Treetops room at the Melbourne Museum to celebrate twenty years of biomedical achievements. At this warm reception, BioMedVic counted with the participation…
$14.8M Research Boost to Develop Breakthrough Ideas for Better Health
13 December 2019 MTPConnect – the Australian Government’s Medical Technology, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical (MTP) Industry Growth Centre – and the Acting Minister for Health, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, today announced $14.8 million of funding for 17 early stage…
International team discovers new human autoinflammatory disease: WEHI
12 December 2019 Scientists from Australia and the US have discovered and identified the genetic cause of a previously unknown human autoinflammatory disease. The researchers determined that the autoinflammatory disease, which they termed CRIA (cleavage-resistant RIPK1-induced autoinflammatory) syndrome, is…
Scientists find a way to target stem cells that drive aggressive blood cancer
13 December 2019 Peter Mac scientists have found a way to target acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) at its source – a discovery that could yield a more effective treatment for this aggressive and often incurable blood cancer. Prof…
Researcher snapshot
13 December 2019 PhD student Martha Blank from SVI’s Bone Cell Biology & Disease Unit was recently awarded the ATA Scientific Instruments Scientific Encouragement Award. My childhood ambition was…to become a veterinarian. My research interest is…bone mineralisation, because…
Introducing Will Pye
13 December 2019 Will Pye joined the SVI Foundation team in September, in a role created to give optimum support and acknowledgment to our existing major donors and to generate new supporters. “I am excited to bring 20…
Fulbright scholar joins SVI
13 December 2019 Hannah Fluhler, a nursing and Honors student from Ball State University in Indiana, has recently joined SVI’s Genome Stability Unit as a Fulbright Scholar. She chose Associate Professor Andrew Deans’ group because of her personal…
Christine Martin Fellowship awarded
13 December 2019 Dr Jacki Heraud-Farlow, from SVI’s Cancer & RNA Biology Laboratory, has been named as the second recipient of the Christine Martin Fellowship, funded by 5point Foundation. The Fellowship has been designed specifically to support an…
Everyone’s Life Matters
13 December 2019 “My name is Lindsay Hodgson; seven years go when I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease my life changed forever. It is because of people like you who support the Bionics Institute that I have hope…
Open for emerging business: Frank Lab 2020 accelerator program – Applications close 17th January 2020
Following the successful Hall & Wilcox Frank Lab 2019 program, which helped accelerate a broad range of businesses and entrepreneurs – from rocket engine engineers to contraceptive technology designers, from Neobank developers to social enterprise creators – applications…
