Author: Andrew See

Nano- and Micro-Engineering Winter School 2017

ANFF-NSW will be hosting a three-day workshop in nano- and micro-engineering at the University of New South Wales. The program features research presentations across a wide range of disciplines, seminars on nano- and micro-fabrication techniques, as well as lab-based demonstrations and practical sessions.

This Winter School will be of particular interest to undergraduate students contemplating post-graduate studies, as well as post-graduate students whose research may utilise nano- and micro-fabrication techniques.

Date: 17-19th of July 2017
Location: G31, Old Main Building, University of New South Wales
School program (final version) can be found here:

Lab demo registration list can found here:

Places are limited, please register your interest by sending an email to Dr Andrew See <a.see@unsw.edu.au>

Registration is now close

ANFF-NSW start-up package

In order to support start-up companies in a rapid growth phase to achieve early milestones, we have created an ANFF-NSW start-up package.

Package includes discounted ANFF-NSW access fees for up to 12 months, priority assistance, as well opportunities to be promoted via ANFF locally and nationally.

Terms and conditions apply, please contact us for details.

National Research Infrastructure Capability Issues Paper Released

The National Research Infrastructure Capability Issues Paper has been released. The paper presents a range of issues relating to national research infrastructure capability areas and is the first step in working towards a shared view of the capabilities that require national research infrastructure to support current, new and emerging areas of research and innovation. It sets out the proposed capability requirements that will inform the development of the 2016 Roadmap.

In conjunction with the release of the Issues Paper, a range of consultations will occur around Australia from July. Dates and the registration form are available from the following link:

https://education.gov.au/news/consultations-commence-national-research-infrastructure-capability-issues-paper

Enabling Technologies Workshop

To build on the strong history of science and technology collaboration between the United States and Australia, the 2016 Enabling Technologies Technical Exchange Meeting will be held at the University of New South Wales from 23rd – 25th May 2016.

The purpose of the technical exchange is to explore and potentially develop new areas of basic research collaboration between Australian and US participants. This meeting is being held under the auspices of the 2015 United States-Australia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology.

The three overarching technical thrusts are:

  • Materials Science
  • Physics
  • Biomedical Sciences

US participation will include the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation as well as academic researchers.

Australian researchers are now invited to submit abstracts for inclusion 
in the program.

For more information please see the national website.

Diagnostic technique for Cancer dialysis

ANFF-NSW user Dr Majid Warkiani has recently made some press about his research on a cancer diagnostic technique, which is now being repurposed to filter cancer cells out of a patient’s body.

The cancer diagnosis technique, developed by Majid, from UNSW’s School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, is capable of detecting and removing a tiny handful of cancer-spreading cells from among the billions of healthy cells in a small blood sample.

The revolutionary system, which has been described as “dialysis for cancer”, is now in clinical trials in the US, UK and Australia, and is in the process of being commercialised by Clearbridge BioMedics. For further details on this story please visit the UNSW Newsroom.

Earlier this year Majid was also named one of top ten innovators aged under 35 in the Asia-Pacific by the prestigious MIT Technology Review.

The ANFF-NSW team is delighted to be associated with Majid and we anticipate we will see more exciting research coming from him in the near future.