Leukaemia cells have a golden assassin on their trail. Researchers at Flinders University are working on the development of a treatment for leukaemia that will use the light absorbing properties of gold to attack the cells of the blood-borne cancer.
It is ironic that Ann Angel had to go overseas to find out that some of the best medical devices and health services expertise in the world existed in her own backyard – at Flinders University.
The miniaturised world of bugs that produce lifesaving drugs and implanted sensors that detect cancer cells will be the focus of a special forum this week.
Senior officials from Flinders and Italy’s University of Trento today agreed to extend their successful research collaboration into the sub-atomic world of antimatter.
The evacuation of the entire population of the southern Queensland town of St George, under threat from floodwaters, was averted earlier this month thanks largely to the quick action of Flinders University’s Jorg Hacker and his colleagues.
Flinders University has signed ongoing research collaborations with two of the world’s most populous nations after senior scientists spent two months exploring how biofuels might offer their respective countries greater food and energy security.
The work of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), based at Flinders University, is putting Australian groundwater on the world map, according to a group of eminent, international water specialists.
A mentoring initiative and the opening of a new building are two ways in which Flinders University is enhancing the experience for science students.
Nine Flinders academics with brilliant research records who completed their PhDs less than 10 years ago are the inaugural recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Early Career Researchers.