Compounds Australia at Griffith University has announced that it has finalised the purchase of the state-of-the-art Hamilton Verso M3 automated compound storage system.
Based at the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD, Griffith University), the Hamilton Verso M3 complements Compounds Australia’s suite of sophisticated compound management and logistics infrastructure and will provide storage for 10,000 plates and 430,000 tubes under tightly regulated environmental conditions. The system will be installed in mid-2018. The Hamilton Verso M3 offers an automated sample storage system with a flexible internal configuration to accommodate a wide range of labware and seamless integration with liquid handling robotics.
“The acquisition of the Hamilton Verso M3 Store delivers on Compounds Australia’s commitment to support world class Australian drug discovery research through high quality compound management and logistics,” Compounds Australia’s Manager Moana Simpson said.
The Verso M3 will house the new Australian Drug Discovery Library, which forms part of the Hit ID Platform
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Book Town Movement – regenerating regional culture
When so much of today’s world is digital why are small, rural book towns in Europe, Australia and across the globe flourishing?
This is the question that Griffith University cultural studies lecturer Dr Jane Frank explores in her new book Regenerating Regional Culture – a study of the International Book Town Movement.
“The popularity, significance and expanding functions of book towns magnify their role in facilitating a wide range of connections between writers, event organisers, book collectors, publishers, the media and the book-loving public,’’ she says.
Dr Jane Frank
“While urban centres play an important role in contemporary print culture, and more broadly in cultural life, the ways people engage with arts and cultural debates are in a process of transformation. Less conventional spaces such as book towns are emerging as vital hubs of artistic creation, festival culture and consumption.”
From Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland to New Zealand and Australia’s own Clunes in
The Beijing Factor: How China could shape President Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un
The widely anticipated proposed meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump is just over one month away, with the countries’ ongoing diplomatic jostling continuing unabated in the lead-up.
The geopolitical environment was further shaken up recently by the unexpected revelation that Mr Kim had made the journey to the Chinese capital of Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping, his first trip outside the isolationist state since he inherited power in 2011.
The geopolitical environment was further shaken up recently by the unexpected revelation that Mr Kim had made the journey to the Chinese capital of Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping, his first trip outside the isolationist state since he inherited power in 2011.
In the wake of that event, Griffith University hosted a public forum featuring renowned international Korea experts Scott Snyder and Duyeon Kim, moderated by Griffith Business School’s Dean (Research), Professor Andrew O’Neil.
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Griffith Journalism students write their own history
For three hectic weeks – around 40 Griffith University students had an opportunity that many reporters would envy – having access to and reporting on the Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast.
Based from a pop-up newsroom at the Gold Coast campus for the duration of the Games, journalism, photography and public relations students were embedded alongside working journalists and Editors from Fairfax to produce eight editions of a special newspaper for the Athletes Village – called the Village Source.
It was a real-life working newsroom environment, and some students buckled under the pressure with tears and even vomiting as deadlines loomed.
But by the end of the Games, the struggles evened out with the incredible highs they experienced, with students having stories featured on national publications such as Brisbane Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Canberra Times, and also more than 10 radio stories broadcast on national radio show The Wire around Australia.
Journalism student Demi Lynch says being part
New treatment for a common wrist injury
Groundbreaking bioengineering and 3D printing technology at Griffith is creating hope for sufferers of Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament (SLIL) injury, the most common of wrist ligament injuries.
SLIL injuries cause dislocation of scaphoid and lunate bones and can be career-ending for an athlete and result in long-term disability for others.
Typically, SLIL injuries are surgically treated, but have poor prognosis, with patients developing functional limitations and severe hand/wrist osteoarthritis, which impairs long-term health and imposes substantial economic burden.
Many Australians suffer a SLIL injury each year due simply to an active, outdoors lifestyle. Meanwhile, the traditional reconstruction technique involves surgical procedures which can typically result in losing up to a third of wrist functionality and strength.
Pioneering technique
However, Gold Coast Health and Griffith’s Professor Randy Bindra and Professor David Lloyd from Gold Coast Orthopaedic Research, Engineering and Education Alliance (GCORE), in conjunction with colleagues from Orthocell and the Universities of Queensland and Western Australia, are
Griffith launches free online course to improve infection control and combat health pandemics
‘Plagues, Pestilence and Pandemics: Are You Ready?’ is open for enrolment now and enables learners to explore the current and emerging threat of global health pandemics and how we can respond to them effectively.
Griffith University’s Infection Prevention and Control Program Director and expert, Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman leads the global discussion on why we need to look at the current and emerging threat of global health pandemics and how we can all play a part in containing and preventing them in the future.
“Unfortunately people do not automatically see how easily disease can be transmitted and how it is related to the many choices we make regarding our food, health and lifestyle. People often, for example, expect antibiotics to solve common human infections or be used for agricultural purposes, when really the overuse of antibiotics has exacerbated antibiotic effectiveness and we now have issues with antimicrobial resistance.”
“We are aiming to also raise awareness of how the
Griffith ends Games partnership on a high
The Gold Coast saved its best for last as the 2018 Commonwealth Games came to a captivating end with the staging of the marathon on the final day of competition.
Para-Marathon competitor, Madison de Rozario, does Griffith proud by winning the T54 event. Photo: Dylan Crawford
GBS alumnus Michael Shelley, holds the flag up high after coming in first place during the men’s marathon. Photo: Dylan Crawford
Under perfect autumn Sunday skies, the marathon attracted 30 thousand spectators keen to watch for the first time the men’s, women’s and para races all competing inside a three-hour block.
It was double Team Griffith gold as current Business student Madison de Rosario was first home in the women’s T54 event while GBS alumnus Michael Shelley executed a perfect strategic plan in sapping conditions to make it back-to-back marathon golds at the Games.
The 42 kilometre course showed off the city to a worldwide audience and Griffith, proud presenting
‘Devil’ in the details for Eugene’s video game success
Forging a successful career is no game, but Griffith University graduate Eugene Nesci has shown it can arise from playing one.
The game in question is Devil Daggers, a first-person shooter video game released to critical and popular acclaim in February 2016. Players strive to survive against demonic enemies in an arena shrouded in darkness. Survival times are recorded on a global leaderboard.
Eugene provided the sound and music for Devil Daggers and continues to work as an independent audio producer.
The appeal of the game owes much to the ingenuity and innovation of the stark, minimalist design. Reviewers also raved about the elevated contribution of the sound and music to the overall experience.
For Bachelor of Popular Music graduate Eugene, response to the game was a validation of his skills after a slow start in the industry.
“My goal was always to develop games. I started out with animation, but an interest in music
Graduate Vanessa explores UN peacekeeping in Lebanon
At a time when international tensions in the Middle East are the subject of increasing scrutiny, a new book by Griffith University graduate Dr Vanessa Newby offers rare insight into the challenges facing United Nations peacekeepers.
Through the prism of the UN’s Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Credibility and Cooperation explores questions such as: How does the United Nations mission in Lebanon operate on the ground? How can peacekeepers build credibility? Why does it matter?
“I wanted to contribute to the growing body of literature that is broadening awareness of what the UN practitioners do in their day to day practice, especially the challenges they face,” says Vanessa.
“There is a tendency for the public to assume that once a peacekeeping mission has been authorised by the United Nations Security Council, everything is all right. That’s simply not the case in a crisis.”
Griffith University graduate, author Dr Vanessa Newby
An
Marathon double gold crowns glorious Games
A Marathon double has crowned a remarkable eleven days for Griffith students, staff and alumni competing at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
Team Griffith ended a spectacular 11 days of sporting competition with a glittering haul of 23 gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals. The 40 medal total surpasses the 22 medals (10 gold, five silver and seven bronze) won in Glasgow four years ago.
On the final day of GC2018, brilliant and courageous performances in searing temperatures by defending gold medalist Michael Shelley and Rio silver medalist Madison de Rozario secured two memorable triumphs at the end of the 42km Marathon course.
Michael Shelley (right), a 34-year-old Bachelor of Business graduate, took out the Men’s event in dramatic fashion. The Gold Coast local capitalised when race leader Callumn Hawkins collapsed in the April heat less than a kilometre from the finish line.
Bachelor of Business student Madison de Rozario, who