My guest today is Executive Director, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Microbio, Doctor Flavia Huygens. Flavia’s 30-year teaching and research career has focused on molecular microbiology, with a particular emphasis on human pathogens.Von Life Sciences Queensland

Our guest today is Dr Tanya Russell, an Australian medical entomologist and ecologist co-leading the Mosquito-Borne Diseases Group at James Cook University. The aim of her research is to stop the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases globally, but with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific.Von Life Sciences Queensland

Ep. 16: Life Sciences in Queensland Podcast - w/ Dr Jason LimniosVon Life Sciences Queensland

Our guest today is Dr Tim Evans, Head of Science and Technology at Luina Bio. Based in Brisbane, Luina Bio is a drug development and contract manufacturing organisation serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and veterinary industries. Luina Bio’s business is ‘heavily into science’ which is why multinationals, bio techs and start-ups from all ove…

Our guest today is Dr Dimity Dornan. Dimity has devoted her life to helping deaf children to listen and speak through Hear and Say, an organisation she established some 30 years ago. Her work is recognised internationally, through Hear and Say worldwide and the establishment of several national and global research collaborations. Dimity is now buil…

Our guest today is Professor Helen Bartlett, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of the Sunshine Coast. A research specialist in health and aged care, Professor Bartlett’s career includes inaugural Director at the Australasian Centre on Ageing at the University of Queensland; the Oxford Centre for Health Care Research and Development an…

Our guest today is Peter O’Neill, the CEO of Brisbane-based medical technology start-up De Motu Cordis. With more than 30 years’ experience within the healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceutical and health insurance fields, Peter has worked in Australia, the United States, Japan and New Zealand. But Peter’s latest management role sees him overseein…

Today’s podcast guest heads up a – relatively – small but highly effective Brisbane-based manufacturer, Bioproton. Its main competitors, though, are large, multinational companies with deep pockets. Size, though – says Bioproton’s manager Juhani Von Hellens – isn’t everything when it comes to producing successful, high-quality products that meet ma…

Substantial experience in medical research, research management and research strategy development have prepared today’s podcast guest, Dr Claudia Giurgiuman for her role as CEO of Wesley Medical Research. With more than two decades in medical research, Claudia has developed executive-level skills in collaborative development, strategic implementati…

Sometimes people who live with chronic conditions find their current pharmaceuticals no longer work as well as they once did. Their doctors may move them on to a new drug regime but it, too, may only work for a few years. What happens when they get to the end of the line, when there are no more drugs to try? Well, a Sunshine Coast-based private com…

Our podcast guest today makes things happen in the field of life sciences … literally. More than a venture capitalist, Sarah Meibusch uses her extensive global management and development expertise … plus her entrepreneurial passion … to nurture success in life sciences organisations looking to take their business to the next level. As a principal a…

Our podcast guest today has spent a lifetime ensuring leading edge-agricultural biotechnology and microbiology are being applied to some of the world’s most intractable food challenges. That precise, detailed work – along with fostering the careers of hundreds of researchers and postgraduate students – has seen James Dale rise to the position of in…

Hear the upcoming stories and insights from season 2 of our podcast seriesVon Life Sciences Queensland

Joining us today is one of Australia’s best-known manufacturing industry expert, engineering consultant and keynote speaker, Shay Chalmers. Having gained her Bachelor of Engineering followed by a Master of Engineering Management, Shay initially worked overseas … and her global career has spanned a variety of manufacturing environments, from steel t…

Joining us today is Professor Fabienne Mackay, the Director and CEO of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Queensland. Professor Mackay studied Medicine and Biomedical Engineering before obtaining her PhD in Molecular Biology and Immunology from Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France, and commencing her international research caree…

Joining us today is biomedical engineer, inventor, scientist, entrepreneur and business-builder Professor Mark Kendall. Professor Kendall is the founder and CEO of WearOptimo, the company that recently announced it will soon begin manufacturing breakthrough microwearable medical technology in a 30 million dollar project backed by the Australian Nat…

Joining us today is Advance Queensland’s Deputy Director-General* for Innovation, Sarah Pearson. Across her career, Sarah has had a significant impact on innovation ecosystems in Australia and overseas. She has also led the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to: · build start-up ecosystems · empower entrepreneurs in the Indo-Pacific region · e…

Joining us today is distinguished molecular virologist Professor Paul Young who heads the University of Queensland’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, including the team working on a potential vaccine for COVID-19. Having gained his Bachelor of Science with honours at UQ and his PhD at the University of London, Professor Young has sinc…

Join us on this podcast series as we meet the icons of the biotechnology industry, exploring the current state of innovation in Queensland and what the future holds for our best and brightest. Hosted by Anthony Frangi, each episode will feature a new guest sharing their unique angle on the capabilities of the industry in Queensland.…

Joining us for episode one, after a distinguished career in the state public service is former Acting Queensland Chief Scientist, Dr Christine Williams. While in that role, Christine was accountable for the state’s science policy, providing strategic guidance across government departments, and involved in several reviews and enquiries. Christine is…