Academy Fellow Professor Jacques Miller is the joint recipient of the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, with Professor Max D. Cooper. This prestigious award is often referred to as ‘America’s Nobels’.
Calls for applications for the Australia–India Strategic Research Fund Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Fellowships and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. Find out more about these opportunities
Applications are open for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Measles outbreaks are happening across the globe and are reaching Australia. In the past month, there have been confirmed cases in Perth, Sydney, the Gold Coast and Cairns. In light of these outbreaks, the Australian Academy of Science is urging Australians heading overseas, for business or pleasure, to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date.
How do we get science into Australia’s culture and more connected with the business community? It’s a question that Australian businessman Peter Yates AM continues to pursue since noticing that science was largely missing from mainstream media and parts of the business community 15 years ago.
What is genetic modification? What does travelling overseas have to do with the measles? What’s the best exercise for losing weight?
In the fast-paced world of today, the public wants credible and trusted sources of information. The Academy is engaging millions of social media followers through videos and web articles that cover science as it happens.
The Australian Academy of Science is disappointed with the Australian Parliament's decision to abolish the $4 billion Education Investment Fund.
Funding for emergency response and natural disaster recovery is clearly very important but it should not come at the expense of crucial long-term science & research infrastructure funding.
The abolition of the fund means a key long term and ongoing mechanism to support research infrastructure in Australia is now lost.
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