Australia needs a credible, high integrity and effective carbon offsets system.
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet demonstrating a method for cultivating virus on the chorioallantoic membrane of chick eggs. The technique, with some adaptations, is still in use today; it was Burnet’s first major contribution to the field of virology and paved the way for mass-production of vaccines.
Professor Chennupati Jagadish received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award at a ceremony in Indore.

The Indian Government has recognised Australian Academy of Science President Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FREng FTSE for his outstanding achievements in science, technology and education during an international award ceremony.

 

The Academy warmly congratulates Fellow Professor Tom Calma AO FAA FASSA who was last night named Senior Australian of the Year, in recognition of his tireless work as a human rights and social justice advocate.

The Australian Academy of Science will assemble Australia’s leading experts to discuss the future of the Great Barrier Reef under different climate scenarios and ways to boost its health and resilience for the decades to come.

Kate Groves will play a key role as Philanthropy Director at the Academy.

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes Kate Groves to the role of Philanthropy Director.

From left: Professor Melissa Little, Emeritus Professor Peter Hannaford, Emeritus Professor John Pate, Professor Matthew Colless.

Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science continue to exemplify excellence in science, with four Fellows among those recognised in the 2023 Order of Australia honours.

Environmental reform, new national science and research priorities and stronger scientific engagement in the Asia-Pacific are among the big-ticket items on the agenda for Australian science in 2023.

Research

Australia’s leading scientists have urged the Australian Government to commit to a bold and ambitious structural reform agenda for science, including a target to boost investment in research and development (R&D) and an independent review of the Australian science system.

How can you receive quality healthcare for an illness if there isn’t a clear definition of what that illness is?

This is one of many issues the country’s leading experts will address during a roundtable discussion at Parliament House in Canberra on 17 February 2023, to inform the Inquiry into Long COVID and Repeated COVID Infections.

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