BioDeakin news

Fast track your research career

Alfred Deakin
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:35:00 +1100
Applications for 2013 Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.

Grand result for Deakin

Professor Kevin Nicholas
Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:09:00 +1100
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funding to improve survival rate of premature babies.

Deakin researchers honoured

Professor Peter Hodgson
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:36:00 +1100
Professors Peter Hodgson and Bill Logan made Fellows of respective Learned Academies.

University town extends its global reach

Professor Jane den Hollander
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:03:00 +1000
Research part of Deakin's interaction with community, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander.

ARC Linkage success for Deakin

Deakin's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Lee Astheimer
Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:48:00 +1000
Five teams from across the University win grants.

Grant can open door to $5 billion market for Australia

Deakin delegation to India
Thu, 26 May 2011 10:38:00 +1000
The project led by Professor Colin Barrow will look at developing more efficient but less expensive methods for the production of omega-3 concentrates for functional foods, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.

Future Fellowship to Dr Paul Francis

Dr Paul Francis
Tue, 10 May 2011 13:02:00 +1000
"This result is very exciting and further reflects the high calibre of Deakin's young researchers and the standard of their applications," says Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Lee Astheimer.

Geelong the place to do research!

The Geelong waterfront
Mon, 02 May 2011 09:34:00 +1000
So says Our Place, the Geelong Region Magazine.

Three Minute Thesis - It's Back!

Three Minute Thesis logo
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:56:00 +1100
It's time to get your entry in.

Collaborative times nothing to sneeze at

Professor Peter Doherty in full flight
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:36:00 +1100
One of the great things about science at the moment is the way people from different areas of research are now working together, says Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty.

World's first chemical guided missile could be the answer to wiping out cancer

Professor Wei Duan
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:17:00 +1100
Deakin University medical scientists have created a cancer stem cell-targeting chemical missile, placing them a step closer to creating a medical 'smart bomb' that would seek out and eradicate the root of cancer cells.

DVC (Research) comments on Deakin's ERA performance

Deakin researchers
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:33:00 +1100
Professor Lee Astheimer congratulates successful world standard researchers.

BioDeakin researchers receive international funding to develop novel anti-cancer agent and anti-microbials

Assoc Prof Jagat Kanwar
Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:17:00 +1100
Assoc Prof Jagat Kanwar and Dr Rupinder Kanwar have recently won a major grant from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research's Australia-India Strategic Research Fund.

Life is full of colours

PhD student Ashwantha Kumar
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:35:00 +1100
Deakin PhD student Ashwantha Kumar recently wrote about his experience of studying and living in Australia for India's leading national newspaper, The Hindu.

Good old milk as a cure for cancer

Professor Jagat Kanwar
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +1100
Scientists from India and Australia targeting lactoferrin

Deakin plays vital role in developing milk bank in Geelong

Professor Kevin Nicholas and Dr Lisa Amir
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +1000
Deakin University is playing a vital role in the establishment of a milk bank in Geelong that will assist mothers struggling to breastfeed.

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

1st February 2011