Open Access to Murdoch Uni innovation

6 March 2008 – 6:03 am

Zablon Njiru and Andrew Thompson of Murdoch University, and their research team, have developed a relatively simple, low-tech and low-cost blood test for identifying the presence of trypanosome parasites that cause African sleeping sickness.
Instead of selling their elegant innovation to a pharmaceutical company, they have published their method in an Open Access refereed journal [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Posted in access, knowledge transfer, publishing, research | Comments (2)

FAQ 22 Feb: pre-conceived ideas; building on local innovations

25 February 2008 – 1:12 pm

Question: Does the Information Futures Commission have an answer in mind?
Answer: A number of people have asked why we don’t just put out there what we think the answer is and invite comment? We have always had in mind that we shouldn’t approach this process with a pre-conceived vision. Discussions so [...]

By Mark Brodsky | Posted in about, faq | Comments (1)