Australasian Biotechnology,
Volume 9 Number 1, March/April 1999, pp. 48-60
ABA NEWS
Code Number:AU99004
President's Report
Dr Anne Campbell
In reviewing progress against the five areas the present ABA Directors had chosen
to focus on initially, it is pleasing to be able to report good activity in all areas since the last
issue of the Journal.
ABA NEWS
ABA Meets Senator Minchin's Advisers
On Thursday 25th February, five Melbourne based corporate members of the ABA
took up the opportunity at short notice to meet with Kieran Schneemann, Chief of Staff and
Genevieve Bessell, Science Adviser for Senator Minchin, the Minister for Industry Science
and Resources.
The corporate members were lead by: David Trive, Director of ABA from the University
of Melbourne, and included Naomi Stevens for AgroEvo; Dean Moss and Marcia Ward for
AMRAD, Ian Ray for Chiron, Lance Schlipaulius for Betatene and Peter Rodgers for Carlton
United Breweries(also a Director of ABA). This assembly presented a good cross section of
small and large players in the Australian Biotechnology industry. The group met in the foyer
of the DISR building in Collins Street an hour before the meeting to introduce themselves
and share issues of relevance to their businesses and worthy of discussion and support during
the time with the Ministers Advisers.
BOOK REVIEWS
Protein Stability and Folding - A Collection of Thermodynamic Data.
1998
Engineering Genesis: The Ethics of Genetic Engineering in Non-Human
Species
Australian Venture Capital Guide 1999
Biotechnobase
AgraBiotech Newsletter
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
MEETINGS
PRODUCT NEWS
ABA OFFICE BEARERS
Copyright 1999 Australian Biotechnology Association Ltd.
