ASTech Post-doctoral Fellow Dr Gregory Barbante, who recently completed an initial three year contract within ASTech, first with the University of Tasmania, and subsequently with the University of South Australia, has taken up a new position, this time within the third ASTech institutional node, La Trobe University (Institute for Molecular Science). Here Greg will continue in a role as an ASTech Post-doctoral Fellow, working alongside […]
ASTech and ACROSS female researchers at the University of Tasmania, Australia, got together today to mark International Women’s Day. With 19 researchers and 15 nationalities represented, it truly was an international celebration. More information www.internationalwomensday.com www.un.org/en/events/womensday www.utas.edu.au/across
ASTech Centre Director Brett Paull has penned this story for LCGC Europe November 2017, Volume 30, Issue 11. The Evolution of 3D Printing Looking back, there are a great many names immortalized across all fields of science and technology, which we first hear about in the undergraduate lecture halls, and perhaps only later learn to truly appreciate as the innovators and inventors of an impactful technology that […]
From Trajan Scientific and Medical: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia – 10 November 2017 Dr Andrew Gooley, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan), proudly accepted the University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor’s award for outstanding contributions by adjunct and clinical title holders. The award is in recognition of Andrew’s sustained and outstanding contributions to ASTech, and more broadly to ACROSS over the past 5 years […]
Congratulations to Professor Emily Hilder and Professor Michael Breadmore for being recognized by the Analytical Scientist in their “10 Top 10s of analytical science” where scientists were nominated across ten categories for 2017. These annual “power lists” feature the most influential people in the world of analytical science. Gracing the “public defenders” category, dubbed as Scientists protecting people and planet: Prof Michael Breadmore, ASTech Steering Committee Member; Professor and ARC Future Fellow, […]
Hobart, Australia – 28 August 2017 Big congratulations to Prof. Michael Breadmore who was recently awarded his Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from the University of Tasmania, Australia. This represents the highest academic degree the University can bestow and is awarded to mark significant career contributions to the recipients chosen field of research. Micheal brings the number to four ASTech Chief Investigators in being awarded […]
Adelaide, Australia – 1 August 2017 The ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) is pleased to announce La Trobe University as the latest addition to its university nodes. La Trobe hosts the Centre for Materials and Surface Science (CMSS) at its campus in Melbourne, Australia. CMSS hosts Australia’s most comprehensive surface science capability, featuring a range of custom built ultrahigh vacuum instrumentation, […]
From the Australian Research Council: ARC Future Fellow, Professor Michael Breadmore, who is based at the University of Tasmania, has spent his research career working to simplify and speed up the analysis of chemical and biological samples, with an increasing emphasis on miniaturisation. Since working as a Chief Investigator at the ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies (ASTech) awarded in 2014, the Training Centre has […]
ASTech Director Profesor Brett Paull, has been appointed as a new Editor of Chromatographia (Springer). Chromatographia is a well-established separation science journal, dating back to 1968. Over the past 50 years it has published many ground breaking papers in separation science from past and present pioneers in the field. The new Editorial team now looks forward to continuing this prestigious history and strengthening the Journal […]
The third in a series of bi-annual ASTech conferences was hosted at Trajan’s global corporate headquarters in Melbourne, Australia on 13 March 2017, with the full ASTech membership in attendance, and a full program of researcher updates and discussion delivered. The conference, now in its second year, provides an excellent forum for ASTech researchers to discuss their work and more importantly meet, link and interact […]