More than 800 researchers and research administrators from across all Macquarie faculties participated in 20 workshops during July and August. The initiative was led by PVC (Research Performance and Development), Professor Amanda Barnier and Deputy Deans Research and Innovation. The Themed workshops and Open-Door workshops gave researchers an opportunity to explore research strengths and consilience, […]
Innovative technologies
ARC success for five rising research stars
Five Macquarie researchers have been successful in the latest round of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) scheme, announced on Tuesday 3 November. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Sakkie Pretorius, says it’s particularly pleasing to see four humanities projects funded. “Through each of our future-shaping research priorities, but particularly Resilient societies, we […]
BASF licence rights to world-changing Macquarie University technology
A technology 10 years in the making is now set to help tens of millions of people, with the world’s largest chemical company licencing the rights to a world-changing Macquarie University discovery.
Is social media affecting our views?
Dr Adam Dunn from the Centre for Health Informatics shares his advice on how we can best help our browsing habits when it comes to sorting the facts from the alternative facts.
Macquarie synthetic biology researchers leading the field
Macquarie researchers leading synthetic biology research
PhD student’s commercial edge a real gem
PhD student Ishan Rastogi forms a company with Macquarie University Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences colleagues.
Artificial intelligence coming to MPID
Last month we highlighted the launch of the Macquarie Park Innovation District (MPID). A new international research and development partnership has just been announced for the district, drawing on the University’s strengths in language sciences. As one of the leading research hubs for Natural Language Understanding (NLU) worldwide, Macquarie University and US-based VoiceBox Technologies recently announced an international […]
An alliance to achieve safer health test results
At a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded Partnership Project stakeholder forum held last week, members of the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research (CHSSR) at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation met with representatives from 14 other stakeholders to work on a plan to deliver safer, more effective and sustainable IT systems in healthcare. The […]
Macquarie and CSIRO hit the accelerator on fast data
Professor Michael Withford and Dr Simon Gross from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are part of a team selected to take part in the next round of CSIRO’s ON Accelerator, a program boosting Australia’s innovation performance by accelerating big science and technology ideas into commercially viable innovation opportunities. For the first time CSIRO welcomed […]