Stories about: University of New South Wales

The staggering amounts of data being generated in genomics, epigenomics, proteomics and other ‘omics studies - not to mention systems biology, which attempts to knit the various ‘omics together - is presenting a titanic challenge for life science researchers.

Professor Andrew Lloyd of the University of New South Wales is one of the central figures in the HITS study (Hepatitis C Incidence and Transmission Study) is a long-term prospective cohort study of eligible prison inmates in NSW. Lloyd’s cohort comprises high-risk, uninfected injecting drug users, who are followed at regular intervals longitudinally.

In this section of the roundtable the panellists discussed the so-called 'valley of death' between a promising discovery and having a product that the industry will actually put money behind.

In this final part of the roundtable discussion the panellists address the role of government in commercialisation and then provide their closing comments on how we can improve the system in Australia.

It's the perennial question: how do we effectively translate cutting edge research into successful products in the market? Australian Life Scientist brought together a panel of industry luminaries to discuss the challenges of commercialisation in Australia.

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and NSW premier Kristina Keneally together opened the new Lowy Cancer Research Centre at Sydney’s University of New South Wales ( UNSW ) this morning.

Venture capital looks for three things in a biotechology company: people, people and people. So said Michael Quinn, managing partner at Innovation Capital, speaking at the inaugural Australian Life Scientist Roundtable discussion on Friday.

Garvan researchers find gene silencing in prostate cancer is more substantial than expected and could provide key to battling cancer.

A study of the ancestors to modern koalas shows they had a different diet but could produce 'bellowing' calls.

Prima BioMed collaborating with Ian Frazer to develop new oral vaccine for human papillomavirus.