Australian Life Scientist Weekly | ALS takes a break / Sex sells sea shells

Friday 21st December 2007 Australian Life Scientist Weekly ALS takes a break Santa comes early for Australian Life Scientist. More... Sex sells sea shells Detachable penises, fish that become mere blobs of testicles, elephant seals who like to be squashed in the act of love - it's all in a day's work for aquatic scientist Sheree Marris. More... Gillespie joins Prince Henry's Matt Gillespie is the new director of Melbourne's Prince Henry's Institute. More... Interfering with plasmid inheritance Research into plasmid inheritance could turn the tables on antibiotic resistance. More... Global view of gene expression analysis It is now believed that more than 60 per cent of genes are alternatively spliced, a final nail in the coffin, if it needed one, of the one-gene-one-protein hypothesis. More... Proteomics for cancer diagnostics Genomics is old hat and proteomics is now where it's at, according to Richard Christopherson. More... Battling the bushwhackers Matt Padula is part of a team at UTS that is using de novo peptide sequencing of the proteins and enzymes in a common tick to look for candidate antigens for a potential vaccine against one of Australia's deadliest parasites. More... Granddaddy of human blood cells US researchers have isolated the multipotent progenitor cell in humans for the first time. More... Sustained release for pain relief A Phase 1 trial of a transdermal delivery system of pain reliever oxycodone has positive results. More...

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