Science/Technology/Environment
A new ERA for Macquarie’s researchers
The 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) ratings have arrived with stellar performances in neurosciences, clinical sciences, oncology and carcinogenesis, physical sciences, environmental sciences, agricultural and veterinary sciences as well as in engineering and the humanities. ERA is a federal government initiative that evaluates the quality of research being conducted by Austr...
New agreement opens the door to next generation cell therapies
Macquarie University and clinical-stage regenerative medicine company Regeneus Ltd have formalised an agreement to commercialise a breakthrough cell selection technology. It will allow high potency secreting stem cells to be identified and selected for the manufacture of next generation cell therapies. The technology was developed in a research group led by Professor Ewa Goldys and Dr Guozh...
Meet globetrotting marine scientist Ben Buchan
Ben Buchan graduated from Macquarie in 2014 with a Bachelor of Marine Science, and since then has been travelling the world’s oceans as part of a Rolex Scholarship. “I have an intense love for the oceans,” Ben says. “I want to see them survive and for future generations to be able to experience what I have.” Ben says that his journey, which has so far included diving with shark...
Creating a Secure Planet
Scientists from Macquarie University are helping researchers around the world to understand how Antarctica helps drive global climatic systems – with some help from deep diving Antarctic seals. The work is being undertaken under Macquarie’s Strategic Research Framework 2015 – 2024: World-Leading Research; World-Changing Impact: Secure Planet priority area. The Secure Planet priorit...
Macquarie researchers edge closer to a melanoma cure
After years spent following initially promising melanoma treatments up what became blind alleys, researchers are finally closing in on a cure. “This is an era of rapid change in the prospects of successfully treating this dangerous cancer, and of making realistic progress towards a cure of metastatic disease,” says Professor Richard Kefford of Macquarie University and Melanoma Institute...
One to watch
Macquarie alumnus Stephen Wan is one of the faces of the new national campaign launched by CSIRO, called CSIROseven, which looks at the innovative work of seven prominent young scientists. Stephen’s specialty is in digital technologies, and in the campaign he discusses how his work draws together computer science, social media, and human language to generate helpful insights from the mill...