by Aude Touffu | Jan 28, 2025 | Agriculture and Food, Biodiversity and Environment, Human Health
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the team behind the transformative AI tool AlphaFold. In a major achievement for life sciences and biomedical research, the tool developed by DeepMind and released in 2020 enables rapid, accurate prediction of protein...
by Sarah Richmond | Dec 7, 2024 | Agriculture and Food, Biodiversity and Environment
We are excited to announce the opening of the Request for Partnership for the Australian Grasslands Initiative. This collaborative effort seeks to unravel the complexities of Australia’s rangeland grasses, which have evolved to dominate vast areas of the continent,...
by Aude Touffu | Nov 26, 2024 | Agriculture and Food, Biodiversity and Environment, Human Health
Bioplatforms Australia, enabled by NCRIS investment in research infrastructure, is committed to supporting the Australian life sciences community through a diverse access program, provision of targeted infrastructure requirements, and making integrated capability...
by Aude Touffu | Nov 22, 2024 | Agriculture and Food, Biodiversity and Environment
Bioplatforms Australia, in collaboration with Minderoo Foundation, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 Request for Partnership for the Australian Fish Genomics Initiative. This national initiative seeks to advance our understanding of Australia’s marine and...
by Aude Touffu | Aug 20, 2024 | Biodiversity and Environment
A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has combined genomic research and Indigenous knowledge to enhance conservation efforts for the greater bilby, also known as Ninu (Macrotis lagotis), a culturally and ecologically significant marsupial...
by Aude Touffu | Aug 8, 2024 | Agriculture and Food, Biodiversity and Environment, Human Health
Bioplatforms Australia is proud to announce the remarkable achievements of its affiliated projects and researchers, who have been named finalists in the prestigious 2024 Eureka Prizes. The Threatened Species Initiative At the forefront of Bioplatforms’...