Australian Health and Medical Research

Analysis of the Embryonal Carcinoma Cell line 2102Ep with the Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer®

millennium — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:28:55 +0000

Introduction The human embryonal carcinoma (EC) cell line 2102Ep is relatively nullipotent and expresses most of the same markers as undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC). It is useful for assay development, as a positive control, and as a reference standard to correlate data between experiments or laboratories. GlobalStem Inc. (Rockville, MD) has developed a product, [...]

IHMRI – Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute

illawarra — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:15:59 +0000

Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) is a partnership between the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service (SESIAHS). NEWS : Since the launch of the IHMRI Research Network on 9 December 2009 (pictured), more than 280 of the region’s health and medical community have registered for membership. The Network has [...]

New treatment a breath of fresh air

uninewcastle — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:12:29 +0000

Just over five years ago, when Dr Jodie Simpson and a team of researchers in the respiratory team at the Hunter Medical Research Institute began to plan their now-internationally lauded asthma treatment study, they were fighting an uphill battle to find anyone who even accepted there was more than one type of the condition. Acknowledgement of [...]

Centre for Cancer Biology

sahealth — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:20:25 +0000

Centre for Cancer Biology The major aim of the “Centre for Cancer Biology” (CCB) is to pursue a culture of scientific excellence and innovation to understand the fundamental basis of cancer with the goal of developing better treatment strategies. Strengths: The CCB has a critical mass and an international track record in cancer biology research. The members of the [...]

New source of inspiration for research

synchrotron — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:31:52 +0000

Brighter than the sun Australia’s biomedical and health researchers have a shiny new set of tools at their disposal at the Australian Synchrotron, the nation’s newest and brightest user facility. From Alzheimer’s disease, anthrax and arthritis to leukaemia, malaria, Parkinson’s disease, tonsillitis, tuberculosis and flesh-eating bacteria, the Australian Synchrotron is helping researchers find the answers to some [...]

‘Highest’ cannabis users are Australians

uniqld — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:57:06 +0000

A paper published by the University of Queensland’s Professor Wayne Hall and NDARC’s Professor Louisa Degenhardt states that Australians are the ‘highest’ cannabis users in the world, only matched by USA and New Zealand.

HEALTH ECONOMICS COLLABORATIVE

sahealth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:36:10 +0000

The Health Economics Collaborative (HEC) is a joint initiative of SA Health, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Flinders University. The HEC aims to build a decision and policy making culture within SA Health and partner agencies consistent with principles of health economics and to foster and strengthen the health economics capacity [...]

Australia leading the world in vision correction research

eyeresearch — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:48:33 +0000

Australia is well placed to make a significant contribution to further developing our understanding of ocular health, the optical system and technology that will provide superior vision for billions around the world needing vision correction.

Research exposes real challenges for closing the gap

uniqld — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:04:03 +0000

Chronic disease research is providing a realistic picture of what is needed to close the gap between health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. University of Queensland researcher Professor Wendy Hoy, has studied Indigenous health for 16 years and her work was recognised by a NHMRC Australian Fellowship in 2008. Her research has helped build our knowledge [...]

Single-Cell Gene Expression Analysis using the Fluidigm Dynamic Arrays

millennium — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:38:19 +0000

Historically, single-cell gene expression experiments have been difficult and expensive to perform. Recently Fluidigm introduced a new single-cell gene expression protocol that, when used with the BioMark™ Real-Time PCR system, produces inexpensive, easily reproducible, gene expression results from single-cell samples. The method is ideally suited to moderate- to high-throughput cell-line studies to determine individual cell behavior [...]