Dr Amanda Barnard grabs a bag of ‘firsts’ winning the Nobel Prize of...
For the first time, a scientist from the southern hemisphere has taken out the Feynman Prize in its 22 year history. Oh… and did I mention she is also the first ever woman to win the Prize. The Feynman...
View ArticleVictoria : the mHealth state
We are witnessing and participating in one of the great medical technology revolutions of our time and it’s happening in Melbourne, Victoria. The social contract between patients and doctors is...
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I was a laggard when it came to adopting a smart phone. I came to it kicking and screaming as I’m not a techno-junkie (nor a technophobe) but I was just very comfortable with my old clunky phone. But...
View ArticleWrapping up from the China Super Trade Mission
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” Sun Tzu Sun Tzu was a celebrated Chinese military strategist in the period 722 – 481 BC. The real outcomes of the Victorian Super Trade Mission to China...
View ArticleUpdate from Shanghai – China Super Trade Mission
We have stepped into the Asian century. Nowhere is this fact more evident than in cosmopolitan Shanghai. Crossing the road as a pedestrian here is serious and often times risky business. It’s...
View ArticleUpdate from China Super Trade Mission
China is the second largest economy in the world after the US with economic growth between 10 to 15 per cent of world GDP (according to the IMF), and if that can be sustained, China will undoubtedly...
View ArticleChina Super Trade Mission: Day 1
If countries were like books, China would be an encyclopedia. There is so much between China’s pages. It would be unrealistic to read every page, but each page one does read will be full of important...
View ArticleApplying a healthy dose of radical innovation to Victorian SMEs
When was the last time you had the opportunity to indulge in radical innovation, quite apart from the technology pathway that you are currently following? Many companies would like to carve out extra...
View ArticleSystems biology: convergence at play in scientific research
Convergence will drive the next wave of innovation and lift Victoria’s productivity. The merging of technologies and disciplines to create new pathways and opportunities to address global industrial,...
View ArticleNew Government plan commits A$55m to biotechnology in Victoria
Victorian biotechnology innovations fill our everyday lives – everything from flu medication, vaccines, biodegradable plastics, plasma products, skin care and sunscreens to numerous specialist...
View ArticleVictorian biotech saving lives in the world’s poorest countries
Today, Victorian biotech companies and research organizations played a hand in saving thousands of lives in many of the poorest countries in the world. Diagnosing and treating malaria, hepatitis and...
View ArticleBiotech enters the Australian immigration debate
Countdown to BIO 2010: If Australia is to embrace and fully support innovation, the first item on the must-have checklist is skills. That means having the right people who can translate good ideas into...
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