From the Director: here's to good health! |
 
With 2014 proving to be another successful year for Australian Synchrotron researchers, the signs are promising for 2015.
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Filling in the details to enable new treatments for cancer |
Using the Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne researchers have revealed details of key steps in the process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis. Their findings will lead to the development of new ways to treat cancer and other diseases.
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Women's fertility linked to selenium |
University of Adelaide researchers have for the first time shown how much of a critical role the natural antioxidant selenium plays at the earliest stages of a woman's fertility.
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Ancient microbial energy source is a killer |
As far as we're concerned, arsenic is a killer, but microbes living in a world with very little oxygen almost three billion years ago used arsenic to get energy.
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Crystallography: making matters crystal clear |
Want to know why scientists think crystals are special? An enthusiastic audience of around 200 people flocked to the Synchrotron in December 2014 to learn for themselves what crystallography is and how it's making a real difference to our lives.
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Young researchers played a prominent role at the Australian Synchrotron User Meeting 2014 on 20-21 November, highlighting the talent of the next generation of synchrotron scientists.
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Unravelling the mysteries of selenium |
A young researcher whose work is providing important new insights into the biological activity of selenium supplements has received the 2014 Australian Synchrotron Stephen Wilkins Thesis Medal.
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2014 Malcolm MacIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist |
Synchrotron user Dr Matthew Hill has received the 2014 Malcolm MacIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year for his work with the world's most porous materials.
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Steve Wilkins centre for contemplative thinking |
A new outdoor meeting place and garden at the Australian Synchrotron honours the memory of synchrotron pioneer Steve Wilkins, who passed away unexpectedly in March 2013.
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What you told us about your lab session |
'You helped us connect the dots through all the [synchrotron physics] study areas and textbook chapters, everything makes so much more sense now.'
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MEDSI 2014 conference report |
Around 130 engineers and scientists from around the world met recently in Melbourne to discuss the hottest new developments in synchrotron hardware design.
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Beamtime applications (December 2014) |
Users who submitted applications for January-May 2015 (round 2015/1) will be notified from mid-December 2014.
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Synchrotron-related events in Australia and overseas.
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Careers at the Australian Synchrotron |
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http://www.synchrotron.org.au/index.php/about-us/working-at-the-synchrotron/employment-opportunities
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