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03 Jul 2020
Call for immunology to return to the wild In an article just published in Science, a multidisciplinary research team from more than 10 universities and research institutes outlines how integrating a more diverse set of species and environments could enhance the biomedical research cycle.
29 Jun 2020
Super-Earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf star The international “RedDots” team, together with astronomers at Macquarie University, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Southern Queensland, has detected a system of super-Earth planets orbiting the brightest red dwarf star in the sky, Gliese 887. The results have just been published in Science.
24 Jun 2020
Macquarie University to embed CA program into new Masters degree In partnership with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (Chartered Accountants ANZ), Macquarie University (MQ) has today announced that its Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) will incorporate the professional study requirements of the Chartered Accountants (CA) qualification.
23 Jun 2020
Lizards need their coffee too: could caffeine help bring threatened species back from the brink? Climate change and habitat loss are threatening many species worldwide, and reptiles are no exception.
17 Jun 2020
Professor Eric Knight Joins Macquarie University To Lead Business School Professor Eric Knight has been appointed as Executive Dean of Macquarie Business School succeeding Professor Stephen Brammer who served as the inaugural Dean before his departure to The University of Bath, UK earlier this year.
17 Jun 2020
Macquarie University AI expert appointed to world-first global forum with potential to assist in fight against COVID Australia will have a seat at the table to guide the responsible development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) internationally with the appointment of Macquarie University Professor Enrico Coiera, to the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI).
15 Jun 2020
Indigenous health research into the care of persistent hearing loss is high on the agenda for Macquarie University A Macquarie University research team has been awarded a government grant of $1,961,473.90, over three years, by The Medical Research Future Fund to complete a study on improving care pathways for treating middle ear disease in Aboriginal children.
12 Jun 2020
Macquarie researchers pull off UK grant win to research best youth mental health treatments Macquarie University researchers have secured funding from UK-based Wellcome Trust to review which therapies are best found to overcome persistent fears and anxieties in young people aged 14-24.
11 Jun 2020
Macquarie University signs commitment to continue prioritising gender equity Macquarie University has signed a joint Australian Higher Education sector position statement, Preserving Gender Equity as a Higher Education Priority During and After COVID-19.
10 Jun 2020
Macquarie University climbs QS World University Rankings The QS World University Rankings 2021 released today have ranked Macquarie University 214th in the world, up 23 places from last year.
04 Jun 2020
Macquarie University researchers show that keyhole surgeons have more than just good hands – they have highly adaptable hands A study conducted by cognitive scientists at Macquarie University, published in Human Movement Science, found that highly experienced surgeons who perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS), also known as keyhole or laparoscopic surgery, have an enhanced ability to adapt when challenges occur with MIS equipment, compared to student practitioners.
04 Jun 2020
A pack of thieves: the oldest parasite-host interaction in the fossil record The earliest evidence of parasitism found in the fossil record have been unearthed by Macquarie University researchers Professor Glenn Brock and Macquarie alumni Luke Strotz and Tim Topper in a paper published in Nature Communications.