Ancient penguin DNA is key to conservation

Ancient penguin bones
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
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Conservation of the King Penguin is proving successful following research showing that the species has recovered past genetic diversity in just 80 years despite a prior threat of extinction. This is according to Griffith University’s Environmental Futures Centre. Research used tissue samples of the penguins from Macquarie Island and compared the DNA of individuals from […]

Australian students share passion for science

News articles
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Having operated since 1984 the program enables Year 11 and 12 students to experience a wide variety of science in labs on university campuses and in other research or science-driven industry environments. The program selects around 450 students from around 2000 applicants each year who are invited to attend a 12 day science immersion program […]

The Never Ending Transition

Queensland College of Art
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The startling contents held within her grandmother’s diary from the 1930s impelled Iranian-born photographer Ghazaleh Mobarghaie to action. The work which followed was fuelled by the social, cultural and political issues faced by women in Iran and will this week be launched in her very first exhibition. “As soon as I began reading these private […]

Griffith microscopy improves disease understanding

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The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy. An initiative between the Griffith’s School of Information Communication Technology and the Eskitis Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the technology will allow the automated identification, separation […]

3D microscopy improves disease understanding

News articles
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The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy. An initiative between the Griffith’s School of Information Communication Technology and the Eskitis Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the technology will allow the automated identification, separation […]

Breakthrough report on ambulance ramping

Griffith Health Institute
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The underlying causes and knock-on effects of ambulance ramping at Queensland hospitals are explored and analysed in a ground-breaking report published today by the Griffith Health Institute. In the first official study of the phenomenon and the practices associated with ambulance ramping, researchers from Griffith University examined its impact on the delivery of emergency health […]

Griffith student takes PhD thesis award

Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
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Griffith University graduate Silvia Richter has won the CORE prize for the best Computer Science thesis produced in Australia during 2011. Silvia won the prestigious Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE) Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation award from a field of 17 nominations. Silvia recently moved into the corporate world where she is leading IT […]