Comparative genomics is helping speed up the identification of genes for desirable production traits in livestock, Graeme O'Neill reports.

Profiling proteins is a challenging undertaking. But new research is providing new insights into protein structure and function, reports Susan Williamson.

The latest medical technology is all very well - if you can afford it. Susan Williamson looks at how one Australian group is coming up with practical healthcare solutions for the developing world.

Should Australia lift its ban on therapeutic cloning? Few topics in Australian science have generated such strong opinions. Ruth Beran reports.

The Australian Stock Exchange has created a market that attracts not only local biotechnology companies, but also gives opportunities to foreign companies that would be unable to attract capital in their own markets. Helen Schuller reports.

Since she took the top job at AusBiotech on the eve of the BIO conference earlier this year, Anna Lavelle has done a lot of listening. Now she's ready to talk -- about her role and her vision for the organisation.

Ruth Beran looks at some of the many highlights expected at the 2005 AusBiotech national conference in Perth, which kicks off on Monday.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw spoke with Melissa Trudinger about ways in which India and Australia can work together in biotech.

Australia's best-known and most venerable medical research institute, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Melbourne, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. Graeme O'Neill interviewed the Hall's former director, Prof Sir Gustav Nossal, and his successor, Prof Suzanne Cory, about the institute's history and their view of science in Australia today.

The new AusBiotech/ASX code of practice for reporting by life science companies, launched last week, is being hailed as an important milestone in the development of the Australian biotech sector. Here, Michael Aldridge, who was on the committee to review the code's first draft, explains why he believes the code is so important to the industry.