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Understanding behaviour around food waste
A new research project aims to understand household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill. It will promote a circular economy where the nutrients from food waste go back into the compost industry, and ultimately save greenhouse gas emissions from damaging our climate further when food waste rots in landfill.
$7 million investment to unite genomics research in SA
Research institutes across South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog are combining their expertise and resources to establish a state-of-the-art centre for genomics in SA. The South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Genomics Centre will open its doors on 1 July 2020 thanks to an investment of more than $7 million, including $2 million from Bioplatforms ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog through the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide student awarded national Hawker Scholarship
First-year ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide student Oliver Douglas has been awarded a 2020 C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship, one of the most generous privately funded residential scholarships available to undergraduate and postgraduate students in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.
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×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide announces a new undergraduate entry pathway
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has launched a new alternative entry pathway for undergraduate admission in 2021 based on Year 11 performance.Â
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VivaZome licenses ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide stem cell technology
VivaZome Therapeutics and the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have entered into a series of agreements encompassing licensing of technology, access to stem cells and conduct of research, all in support of VivaZome’s mission to develop and commercialise exosome-based therapeutics.
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Flying foxes in SA exposed to zoonotic viruses
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers have found that South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s population of Grey-headed flying foxes, which took up residence in 2010, has been exposed to a number of viruses, including Hendra virus that can be transmitted to humans via horses. But they have not found evidence of exposure to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn bat lyssavirus. Â
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Ancient DNA paints genetic portrait of Andes civilisations
An international team of researchers including the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, has completed the first large-scale study of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America and found early genetic differences between groups of nearby regions, and surprising genetic continuity over thousands of years.
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New technique delivers complete DNA sequences of chromosomes inherited from mother and father
An international team of scientists led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Davies Research Centre has shown that it is possible to disentangle the DNA sequences of the chromosomes inherited from the mother and the father, to create true diploid genomes from a single individual.
Industry collaboration delivers improved face shields
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s ThincLab business incubator has teamed up with Clinpath Pathology to supply them with improved face shields.
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Adelaide-led research helps support developing countries during COVID-19 pandemic
A reliable new ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients could soon be distributed to the Pacific Islands and South East Asian countries after extensive research and testing in Adelaide.Â
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