Posts by Alex Mead

Herding Cats Revisited: Being more advice to aspiring academic and research leaders by Geoff Garrett and Graeme Davies

One of our well-known alumni members, Geoff Garrett is keen to share the updated version of his book, “Herding Cats […]

Herding Cats Revisited: Being more advice to aspiring academic and research leaders by Geoff Garrett and Graeme Davies

It is well known that, in their professional lives, most academics and researchers will – like cats – seek to […]

Job opportunity: EMBL Hamburg

One of our alumni has let us know about the following opportunities: At EMBL Hamburg, we have two job and […]

Western Sydney Airport, CSIRO team up on jobs of the future

South West Voice, Other, 25/10/2021 Local students are being inspired to take up exciting careers and work at Sydney’s second […]

CSIRO spin-out Quasar is building world-leading satellite tech

InnovationAus, Other, 25/10/2021, Rachael Bolton One of the great joys of scientific innovation is looking at an existing technology and […]

$60m cybersecurity skills fund opens for applications

InnovationAus, Other, 25/10/2021, James Riley Science and Technology minister Melissa Price has used the opening session of Australian Cyber Week […]

It started in a tiny garage, now this car tech company is worth $300m

Australian Financial Review, Other, 25/10/2021, Tony Davis It sounds like a classic tech origin story: two men in a garage […]

Seaweed extracts could reduce nitrogen fertiliser use

SeedQuest, Other, 26/10/2021 In some good news for sustainable agriculture, work aided by the APPF with Seasol has shown the […]

Three major projects will grow agriculture and food sectors a further $20 billion by 2030

Australasian Farmers’ & Dealers’ Journal, Other, 25/10/2021 A $150 million investment from CSIRO, government and industry termed the Three Missions […]