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Half Million Dollars for orally-delivered Peptides
Peptide Solutions Pty Ltd, a 'spin-out' company from La Trobe University's School of Molecular Sciences in August, 2003, has secured a $250,000 Biotechnology Innovation Fund (BIF) Grant from AusIndustry. full story

Aboriginal Culture at La Trobe Children's Centre
The La Trobe University Children's Centre has received a grant to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educational participation, enhancement and support. full story

Annual exchange fair
Nine universities participated in the fifth annual Exchange Fair to promote exchange opportunities for La Trobe University students and staff in early March. full story

Number of Women Academics Above Average
The number of women in senior academic positions at La Trobe University is 29%, greater than the Australian average of 19.2%. The 2008 target of 35% is commendable and attainable. full story

La Trobe spectrometer for Antarctic base
Some time in the southern summer of 2006/7, a state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer—designed and manufactured at La Trobe University—will be installed at Australia's Mawson Antarctic base. full story

BAN pharmaceutical drug ADS on prescribing software
Prescription drug advertising on GPs' prescription software should be eliminated on public health grounds, according to Dr Ken Harvey, a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at La Trobe University. full story

Elevation to Professor
La Trobe University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Osborne, has announced the appointment of two senior academic staff members as full professors. full story

Two New Adjunct Professors
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Osborne, has also announced the appointment of two new adjunct professors, the co-founder of the Lonely Planet travel book publishers, Ms Maureen Wheeler, and composer and artistic director, Mr Jonathan Mills. full story

Fellow of the Humanities' Academy
Dr David Bradley, an Associate Professor in La Trobe University's Linguistics Program, has been appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities full story

Patient beliefs may delay asthma treatment
Patient beliefs may delay treatment in life threatening attacks of asthma, according to a research report co-authored by Ms Karen Donald, of La Trobe's School of Physiotherapy. full story

Professor Duckett edits new health policy journal
The Dean of La Trobe University's Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Stephen Duckett, is editor-in-chief of a new online journal Australia and New Zealand Health Policy (ANZHP). full story

La Trobe Deaf Studies a first for regional Victoria
In a major boost for the Deaf in regional Victoria, La Trobe University is conducting a new Deaf Studies program in Bendigo full story

Marketing Research students help local business
Marketing research students at La Trobe University Shepparton are again participating in an important research project to help the local business community. full story

How sandi helped change a life
It is not often that a student makes a significant contribution to enhancing the life of someone she encounters during the course of her study. full story

Crunching Big Numbers for Space Missions
The mathematics behind lengthy space odysseys—like the current NASA Cassini-Huygens missions to Saturn and Titan—may be enhanced thanks to the work of La Trobe University Professor of Mathematics, Reinout Quispel full story

Mitoxantrone: making it a better anticancer drug
A La Trobe University biochemistry research team is working to make the cancer-fighting drug mitoxantrone more effective. full story

Fossilised faeces hit the fanfare
Coprolites—fossilised droppings from ancient creatures—are helping to provide information about the environment and the creatures which existed when Australia was part of the super continent Gondwana 250 million years ago. full story

Fighting heroin with economics
Harm minimization programs for addicts, coupled with appropriate penalties for remaining illegal users, may be an economically sensible approach to the heroin problem. full story