Milk is complex, and understanding its molecular biology is a difficult but rewarding challenge. Not only are human and cow milk of huge social and economic importance, the milk of other animals reveals much about the evolution and development of mammals – including us. Victorian researchers have created a unique computing resource to share information…
The Victorian government announced today that they will contribute $1.45 million towards a $2.9 million high performance computer facility at the Australian Synchrotron.
Australian protein chemists and drug developers will be able to access synchrotron light within weeks and without leaving home thanks to a new service at the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne.
You can catch up on the AB-CRC Biosecurity forum held in the Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, on 16 September 2008 through the following links: download a pdf file containing a report of the forum or read it here download the article published in ECOS magazine ‘Climate change raises the disease threat’ view speaker profiles…
Contents Chikungunya_virus: a re-emerging threat_ Bluetongue virus, climate change and Australia Hendra virus, ecological change and a new threat The Biosecurity Risk Intelligence Scanning Committee_
Report prepared by Science in Public Introduction The increasing threat from infectious disease Emergence Spread Economic and social impacts of disease Solutions A good model: equine influenza ‘One health’ approach Assess risk Use good science Regional capacity building The next big one
Short profiles of the forum speakers
This media alert was released the day before the forum. § Media briefing 11 am, Monday, 15 September, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney – join online here (organised by the Australian Science Media Centre) § Parliamentary forum, Tuesday, 16 September, Australian Parliament House, Canberra – an overview will be available online a few days after the event.
Published on behalf of Burness Communcations Authors call for overhaul of intellectual property laws worldwide Read about the report recommendations here OTTAWA – The world’s intellectual property system is broken, stopping lifesaving technologies from reaching the people who need them most in developed and developing countries, according to a report released in Ottawa today by…