DiscoBio News

New drugs may be on the way for malaria, a disease that helps push millions of people into extreme poverty, thanks to an Australian team working with a remarkable new Japanese organisation. Find the full story here.  

Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the fight against malaria, identifying a potent agent that thwarts drug resistance in the parasite that causes the disease. Read the full article here

Congratulations to Dr Amy Jones who has been awarded a Young Investigator Travel Award from the International Society of Chemotherapy for Infection and Cancer (ISC) to present an oral presentation at the Joint International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC) /Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) being held in San Diego, USA, 17-21 September 2015. This covers her airfare to San Diego, accommodation at an official congress hotel and registration.

Congratulations to Dr Todd Shelper who has been awarded a Scientifix Life Interstate Travel Award to attend the 2015 Australian High Content Screening and RNAi meeting in Melbourne on 16-17th July 2015.  

Young researchers from Griffith University’s Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery continue to win plaudits for their work seeking new therapies in the fight against cancer and infectious and neurological diseases. The full story can be found here.