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Issue: September/October 2007News
‘Australia Award’ for fight against cancerLa Trobe University Professor David Vaux was among nine top medical researchers awarded one of the nation’s newest and most prestigious science awards. 
La Trobe and Microsoft set up new Centre for ICT innovationLa Trobe University and Microsoft have established Australia’s first campus-based Microsoft Centre, the first of three to be set up in partnership between the two organisations. Nano-electronics student wins Victoria FellowshipA postgraduate student working with the next wave of electronic technology – spintronics and quantum computing – has won a prestigious 2007 Victoria Fellowships. 
La Trobe at the Writers’ FestivalLa Trobe University for the second year in a row has sponsored the opening session of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival. The session’s key-note address was by Clive James. 
La Trobe ‘global citizens’ tackle climate issueFour students from La Trobe University visited Japan in August for the International Network of Universities’ (INU) Student Seminar on Global Citizenship in Hiroshima. 
Move over Seb, here comes the chromatographStudying worm odours in sheep poo wins recognition for ‘Fresh Science’. New appointmentsThe University has appointed two new executive directors to lead its Albury-Wodonga and Mildura campuses. 
Books for independent movie buffsAustralia’s film directors have been able to fashion a distinctive place somewhere between the ‘poetic’ realism of the European art film and the narrative demands of classical Hollywood cinema. Synchrotron Science
La Trobe University in new Synchrotron partnershipLa Trobe University is a foundation member of the recently opened Australian Synchrotron. 
Scientists get close to malaria bugThe first pictures are back from a new X-ray approach directed by a La Trobe physicist to provide the high resolution images needed by biochemists and drug designers. 
In sync with the research communityTechnical skills open up interaction with the new Australian Synchrotron. 
Soft X-ray option for surface physicsOne of the world’s most advanced toroidal electron spectrometers is being built at La Trobe University by a team of physicists for delivery to the Australian Synchrotron next year. Research in Action
New trigger for cell deathAn Australian-based multi-national research team led by La Trobe University research scientist Dr Hamsa Puthalakath has identified a key mechanism responsible for triggering the self-destruction of human cells. The politics of crockeryThe excavation of a former parsonage in South Gippsland could help archaeologists establish a benchmark of material wealth prior to the Gold Rush. 
Stories of the deep pastPeople have a thirst for knowledge about how they fit in the grand scheme of human history, says La Trobe archaeologist Tim Murray. Regions
Call for better funding of regional higher educationA consortium of universities with regional operations is seeking commitments from both the Federal Government and the Opposition for better funding of regional higher education. 
Ready to boost presence in SheppartonThe University has unveiled plans for its new Shepparton Campus building. International
Omani students look us overA group of 30 top female students from the prestigious Sultan Qaboos University in Oman came to La Trobe recently as part of a prizewinning tour of Australia. 
New Saudi scholarshipsLa Trobe University has hosted a visit by three senior officials of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education to discuss the newly-formed King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz scholarship program.
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