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Melbourne professors Andrew Roberts and John Seymour have won a Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation  

Leukaemia drug breakthrough wins Victoria Prize

by Georgina Jerums | 18 Dec 2018

Melbourne professors Andrew Roberts and John Seymour have won a Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation for their development of an anti-cancer drug.

 

Victoria advancing standards for global biobanking

by Georgina Jerums | 11 Dec 2018

Australia’s first industry standard biobanking facility will soon be up and running in Melbourne.

Gillian Sparkes smiling at the office desk  

Meet Victoria’s Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Dr Gillian Sparkes

by Georgina Jerums | 3 Dec 2018

Victoria’s prosperity and liveability are closely linked to our environment, says Dr Gillian Sparkes.

Rows of plant phenomics centre safflower  

Grains Innovation Park – a world leader in science and innovation

by Agriculture Victoria | 22 Nov 2018

Horsham Grains Innovation Park – The Wimmera’s best kept secret.

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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Wearable patch to detect UV rays earns prize for RMIT

by Georgina Jerums | 11 Sep 2018

A team from Melbourne’s RMIT University has invented an award-winning product to help detect harmful levels of UV radiation that cause melanoma.

Portrait shot of Dierdre Diamante behind a blue background  

Battling the diversity problem in the tech sector

by Georgina Jerums | 29 Aug 2018

A Q & A with an industry insider: Deirdre Diamante talks barriers and diversity in the tech sector.

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San Francisco calling: Victorian software giant sells for $US1.6 billion

by Georgina Jerums | 23 Aug 2018

Launched just a decade back, local software company Aconex sold recently for $US1.6 billion. We chart its rise.

 

AI thriving in Victoria

by Georgina Jerums | 21 Aug 2018

Victoria is a national leader in artificial intelligence and our economy is reaping the rewards.

Two interested people reviewing the Planning and Starting booklet in front of the Small Business Bus  

Get your business moving with the Small Business Bus

by Georgina Jerums | 13 Aug 2018

Could your business do with some free one-on-one advice? Then jump aboard the Small Business Bus.

Scientists Tiffany Bold and Charlotte Iverach with Geological Survey of Victoria Director, Paul McDonald  

Victorian Gas Program helping break gender stereotypes

by Editor | 10 Aug 2018

Life for a woman working in the geoscience sector 40 years ago was, quite literally, like entering a minefield. Today the industry is now different.

Students from Galen College in front of NASA sign  

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’.

Greenhouse of medicinal cannabis. The farmers in white suits pruning the crop  

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.

Madeleine Grummet smiling towards camera  

Job-ready for the 21st century: girledworld Summit

by Georgina Jerums | 14 Jun 2018

The girledworld World of Work Summit 2018 at RMIT University on 16 and 17 June puts female tech trailblazers in contact with teenage girls.

An older woman looking into an eye health check machine  

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.

The Nova Rover team from Monash University showing their Mars Rover vehicle design  

Monash Uni team on a roving mission to Mars

by Editor | 8 May 2018

A Monash University student team has made the finals of an international competition to design and build the next generation of Mars rover vehicles.

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