Operations

New grasses for a new climate?

An Australia-New Zealand biotechnology partnership is creating a new kind of grass that will reduce cattle burps, improve productivity, and help dairy farmers prepare for climate change.

The partnership will be assisted by a NZ$2 million grant announced by New Zealand Economic Development Minister Pete Hodgson last night.

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Genetic analysis of light assists faster internet

Australian scientists have used genome analysis tools to create a patented technology to investigate the fate of the laser beams zapping through the optical fibres that connect our cities.

Their ideas have broken the back of a communications industry problem – how to identify the causes of noise in these optical cables that form a key part of the backbone of the internet.

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Of bats, bugs and men

We’ve prepared a media release and feature for the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre.

Here’s the feature. The shorter media release is here.

Photos are also available.

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Of bats, bugs and men: Lessons for Australia in 2008

A biosecurity year in review

The equine ‘flu outbreak was a reminder to all Australians that our health and our livelihood continue to be at risk from emergency disease outbreaks.

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Shigetada Nakanishi receives $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize

Media release from award presentation
Background: 2007 Neuroscience Prize
Past Laureates of the Gruber Neuroscience Prize
2007 Gruber Neuroscience Prize Selection Advisory Board Members
Biography – Shigetada Nakanishi

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Maynard Olson receives $500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize and reflects on personalized genomics

Media release from award presentation – 24 October 2007
Past Winners of the Genetics Prize
Other Peter Gruber Foundation Prizes

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Elizabeth Blackburn receives the 2006 Gruber Genetics Prize

Background: 2006 Genetics Prize
Past Winners of the Prize
Curriculum Vitae
Elizabeth Blackburn – Useful weblinks
Elizabeth Blackburn – Quotes
Other Peter Gruber Foundation Prizes

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Israel’s Aharon Barak receives 2006 Gruber Justice Prize

Media Release
Background: 2006 Justice Prize
Past Winners of the Prize
Justice Advisory Board
Curriculum Vitae
Aharon Barak – Useful weblinks
Other Peter Gruber Foundation Prizes

“At great personal risk, Barak has been a towering figure in protecting democratic values, human rights
and the independence of the judiciary.”
“We, the judges in modern democracies, are responsible for protecting democracy both from terrorism
and from the means the state wants to use to fight terrorism.”

(Aharon Barak 2002)

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