Could it really happen—a secret geo-engineering project financed by a billionaire eco-warrior in frustration at the lack of government action on climate change? It is possible, but how likely? ABC’s Bluebird alternative reality project explores real issues in geo-engineering.
Getting fire-safety messages into the home, using bacteria to break down rocks, cleaning up soil with ultrasound [...]
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People with diabetes invited to participate in trial
Media release: Geelong, Friday 23 April 2010
Modern drugs can stabilise adult onset diabetes but with some serious side effects. A Geelong-based company, Verva Pharmaceuticals, has a new approach – a drug used for many years to treat eye disease. In animal testing, the drug restored sensitivity to insulin. [...]
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This month we report on the very popular Journey of your Genes—over 500 Melburnians took the opportunity to trace their deep ancestry last Sunday. The results will be revealed on Sunday 6 December.
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In this newsletter:
* The WCSFP Family Tree meets The Human Genographic Project
* Early-bird deadline fast approaching! Hotal rooms going quickly
* Congress travel tips
* Launch events a tremendous success
* NHK joins Congress as Gold Sponsor
* Reaching Your Audience – The 24th Annual SPAA Conference
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MELBOURNE RESIDENTS CELEBRATE THEIR DIVERSITY BY PARTICIPATING IN THE GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT
Your deep ancestry dating back 60,000 years revealed
Have you ever wanted to know where your ancient ancestors came from – dating back 60,000 years? Now Melbourne residents, who collectively make up one of the most diverse populations in the world, have the opportunity to find [...]
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Marnie Blewitt
The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
Marnie Blewitt wants to know how a human being is made: how does a single fertilised egg develop into an adult with millions of cells performing a myriad of different functions. It’s the hottest issue in genetics, and one that’s close to her right now [...]
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Where did we come from; how are we made; and how will it all end?
These fundamental questions are being tackled by the 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows who received their Fellowship from Mark Tucker, CEO of L’Oréal Australia, at a ceremony at L’Oréal’s Australian head office in Melbourne on Tuesday 25 August.
The Fellows [...]
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Yours will follow!
Friday, 18 April 2008: available for interviews this morning.
Today the co-discoverer of the double helix, James Watson, had his genome published in the journal Nature. His was the second genome published. The first cost billions. Watson’s genome cost just a few hundred thousand.
In a decade your personal genetic code [...]
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Genetics of climate change; new vaccines; how plants flower; the personal genome and other stories from the gene revolution.
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Fifty five years after Watson and Crick discovered DNA’s double helix and ten years after Australia’s national genome facility opened, how are genetics and genomics changing our lives? What [...]
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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 [...]
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