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Travel awards for Stem Cell Therapies Workshop and Conference Vermont, USA

Exciting career opportunities in cell based therapies. Three positions are available in the field of cell based therapies. For more details

Stem Cell stories continue to inform Stem Cell Stories is a stunning touring image exhibition jointly created in late 2013 by the ASSCR and Questacon - the Australian National Science and Technology Centre. The exhibition aims to celebrate the inherent beauty of regenerative medicine research while also stimulating community conversation around stem cells and emerging stem cell therapies. To do so, the exhibition juxtaposes beautiful colour stem cell images with portraits of patients looking to stem cell research for new treatments. The beautiful and thought provoking images contained within the exhibition were provided by scientists across Australia and New Zealand. Display of the exhibition alternates between Questacon, Canberra, and other galleries around Australia. In mid-2014 the exhibition was shown at the Royal Institute of Australia in Adelaide, and in mid-2015 it is planned for display at SciTech in Perth. Future showings are planned for other cities in Australia and New Zealand. The captivating nature of Stem Cell Stories has gathered significant media interest, including the closing credits of the ABC 7:30 Report in Adelaide and an 8-page feature spread in the December 2014 issue of Cosmos magazine.

International Funding Opportunities Two fantastic funding opportunities are available for Early Career Researchers. Both awards provide $1.5M USD (payable over 5 years) to outstanding young researchers from accredited non-profit research and academic institutions throughout the world (subject to eligibility). The RFAs will close on March 18, 2015 at 5:00pm Eastern. More details

Applications are now open for the two $50,000 Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research. The National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia will award and celebrate two exceptional mid-career stem cell researchers with the Metcalf Prizes for Stem Cell Research each worth $50,000.

Applications for the 2015 Metcalf Prizes will close on Monday 16th March More details

Australian stem cell scientists attend ISSCR 2014 National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia funded 5 travel awards for PhD students or early career researchers to attend the 12th annual meeting of the International Society of Stem Cell Research held recently in Vancouver. All of the recipients had a great experience and really used this opportunity to extend their research potential I got to discuss my scientific and entrepreneurial ambitions with the best biotech entrepreneurs in the field Nilay Thakard.Read their complete report

Photographed at the meeting: Luke Aris Diepeveen (University of Western Australia, WA), Jean Tan(Monash Institute of Medical Research, Victoria), Nilay Thakard (University of Queensland, Queensland) and Julie-Ann Hulin (Flinders University, SA). Absent Gautam Wali (Griffith University, QLD)

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