Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2021 honorific awards, research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.
Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2021 honorific awards, research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.
Outstanding contributions to science have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science today with 18 current and future superstars receiving prestigious 2020 honorific awards.
The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Advancing Women in STEM 2020 Action Plan announced today by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP.
A roundtable discussion on germline editing in humans was held at Shine Dome in Canberra, including the Minderoo Foundation and the Australian Academy of Science.
The group heard presentations from Australian Academy of Science Fellows on the scientific, medical, legal, social and ethical perspectives of germline editing.
Germline editing involves making changes to the genome of an organism that can then be passed on to offspring.
The global COVID-19 pandemic affects all Australians and their loved ones at home and abroad. It is having a profound and enduring impact on our society, our resilience and our health.
As Australians we must do all that we can to aid those at the frontline including health workers and others providing essential services, whose collective efforts are saving lives.
The Australian Academy of Science supports the below statement made this week on behalf of the S20, the science academies of the G20.
The statement’s three key points are that:
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