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Health, MedTech & Pharmaceuticals

 

Prize win for renewable energy breakthrough

by Georgina Jerums | 19 Nov 2018

Monash University Professor Doug MacFarlane has taken out the coveted $50,000 veski Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation in physical sciences.

Alan Duffy  

Astrophysicist Alan Duffy unravels the mysteries of science

by Georgina Jerums | 8 Oct 2018

Swinburne University’s Alan Duffy has taken out the Australian Museum’s 2018 Eureka Prize for science journalism.

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Melbourne start-up Atmo Biosciences clinches international prize

by Georgina Jerums | 20 Sep 2018

A world-first patented electronic capsule developed in Melbourne to help identify gut disorders takes out top spot in an international competition.

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STEM spotlight: rural students win big at ‘Robotics Olympics’

by Georgina Jerums | 9 Jul 2018

Wangaratta secondary students have beaten 600 other teams to take out one of just six highly-coveted 2018 Service Awards at the ‘Robotics Olympics’.

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Victoria set to become the nation’s medicinal cannabis hotspot

by Georgina Jerums | 20 Jun 2018

A $16 million investment is helping position Victoria as the country’s main hub for medicinal cannabis.

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Melbourne’s fight against eye health crisis

by Georgina Jerums | 23 May 2018

Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor and his team are working on phasing out preventable blindness in Australia’s Indigenous communities by 2020.

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Welcome news: world’s biggest pharma firm sets up Victorian partnering office

by Georgina Jerums | 14 May 2018

Johnson & Johnson Innovation is teaming up with one of Victoria’s top research institutions, Monash University. We find out why.

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Winning streak: manufacturing on the rise in Victoria

by Georgina Jerums | 1 May 2018

Victorian manufacturing is on the up. Australian Industry Group (AIG) CEO Innes Willox takes us inside the resilience of our manufacturing sector.

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Melbourne’s bid to make malaria history

by Georgina Jerums | 24 Apr 2018

We speak to Dr Leanne Robinson from the Burnet Institute and Dr Amanda Caples, Victoria’s Lead Scientist, about the eradication of malaria.

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Boston calling: meet Victoria’s third Business Ambassador

by Georgina Jerums | 19 Apr 2018

Victoria’s latest Business Ambassador, Professor Ian Meredith, is opening trade doors in the healthcare space across North America.

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A chat with…bionic eye trailblazer, Dr Lauren Ayton

by Georgina Jerums | 9 Apr 2018

We chart the rise of Dr Lauren Ayton, a 2015 Victoria Fellow recipient who is now a leading bionic eye researcher in New York.

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New Victorian Hearing Aid Tech is music to all ears

by Editor | 7 Mar 2018

WATCH THE VIDEO: The Victorian Government is supporting local, world-first technology, giving Victorians better access to affordable hearing.

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Indian biotech pioneer appointed second Victorian Business Ambassador

by Georgina Jerums | 23 Feb 2018

Introducing Victoria’s second Business Ambassador, Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.

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Victorian-developed vaccine to save thousands of child deaths per year

by Editor | 22 Feb 2018

Victorian-based scientists have discovered a new vaccine that protects babies from a potentially deadly rotavirus infection.

Dr Amanda Caples  

Five minutes with … Victoria’s Lead Scientist, Dr Amanda Caples

by Georgina Jerums | 9 Feb 2018

Dr Amanda Caples, appointed as Victoria’s Lead Scientist in mid-2016, walks us through her career and shares her love for all things science.

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More opportunities for life science entrepreneurs

by Editor | 24 Jan 2018

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is establishing a new Innovation Partnering Office with Monash University.

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Life Science jobs – just what the doctor ordered

by Editor | 22 Jan 2018

Nutribiotech has chosen Victoria as the location of its fourth global manufacturing facility, creating 150 new jobs in Dandenong South.

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3D implants and robotic surgery set to transform bone cancer treatment

by Editor | 29 Oct 2017

A new Australian research collaboration using 3D implants and robotic surgery is set to change the way tumours and bone cancers are treated.

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