Tag: Gabrielle Upton

Gig Guide: Innovation leader Woodthorpe to chair Cicada

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Science and innovation leader Dr Katherine Woodthorpe has been appointed as the new chair of deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations. Dr Woodthorpe replaces outgoing chair Andrew Rothery, who has...

Research advocate Gabrielle Upton to quit NSW state politics

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Eastern Sydney Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton will quit state politics at the next election. Ms Upton led the taskforce responsible for government’s current focus on research and development in...

NSW govt offers bushfire technology grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government is offering grants up to $100,000 for local companies to trial their bushfire technology in the field under the first program of an R&D...

Science and tech elevated in Perrottet’s new Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Science, Innovation and Technology is one of three new portfolios announced Monday in New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet’s sweeping cabinet reshuffle, which also sees nine first time ministers...

Perrottet sharpens NSW focus on research translation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is preparing a restructure to give better and more targeted support for industry growth in priority areas, including advanced manufacturing, entrepreneur driven research translation. Mr Perrottet used the...

RNA biotechnology is NSW’s industry of the future

Posted on   |  by Gabrielle Upton MP
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, little was generally known about messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines based on RNA biotechnology. Rather than putting a weakened germ inside our bodies, an mRNA...

NSW offers $24m to solve innovation problems

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government is offering $24 million in competitive grants to SMEs to solve the government’s own innovation challenges. The program, which will run over the next...