New Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne begins at Curtin
Professor Hayne was able to make her first visits to campus last week, after undertaking a period of quarantine on her arrival from New Zealand.
UM FBA co-hosts International Human Resource Management Conference
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) co-hosted the third International Human Resource Management (HRM) Conferencewith the School of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon.
Death education prepares students for tough realities of working in the medical sector
The University of Melbourne has introduced elective subjects on death education to ensure students are well-equipped to deal with the tough realities of working in the medical sector.
Researchers identify a potential new therapeutic target in Parkinson’s disease
A team of researchers from the Krembil Brain Institute (KBI) and the University of Toronto have identified a protein-protein interaction that contributes to Parkinson’s disease.
CityU’s 6th HK Tech Forum focuses on metabolism in health and disease
Eminent scholars from academia worldwide shared their insights into complex signaling networks in various metabolic pathways at the HK Tech Forum on Metabolism in Health and Disease hosted by...
Grant to help analysts provide clearest data for nations best defence
A study to improve social media data analysis, led by The University of Western Australia, has received a $150,000 grant to better understand defence analytics crucial to national security.
£2m investment boost for professor’s ‘wonder material’
A cutting edge “deeptech” company born when a Leeds academic discovered a revolutionary new material that gets thicker as it is stretched has attracted £2 million in investment.
Lab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ used to repair human livers in regenerative medicine first
Scientists have used a technique to grow bile duct organoids – often referred to as ‘mini-organs’ – in the lab and shown that these can be used to repair damaged human livers.
Fifteen arts and humanities projects selected under entrepreneurial funding scheme
The Founders Fund for Creatives programme supports the development of early-stage projects that could offer up commercial opportunities or be explored for wider social, community or creative impact.
Landmark study links post-natal depression and low income
A longitudinal study of Queensland families has found women on lower incomes are more likely to suffer with pre and post-natal depression.
