Emerging Australian biotech company Sementis is engaging with Health Security Systems Australia and Australian universities to enhance the ability of its existing vaccine manufacturing technology to pivot, scale and rapidly deploy in response to emerging health and biosecurity challenges.
The initial 12-month collaboration with Sementis will draw on the company’s long-standing partnership with the University of South Australia as well as expert researchers from the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University and The Australian National University.
A DMTC-led collaboration has been awarded a High Commendation as part of the prestigious Land Forces 2022 Innovation Awards on the first day of the Exposition in Brisbane.
The award of a high commendation recognises the effort of Health Security Systems Australia (a division of DMTC), in partnership with BioCifer Pty Ltd, CSIRO and academic partners University of the Sunshine Coast and The University of Queensland, to develop a rapid diagnostic platform technology that is accelerating point-of-care detection of bacteria and viruses, and providing a capability advantage for deployed ADF personnel. By focussing on addressing the need to build Australian capability in rapid, accurate and low-resource disease detection, this novel technology aims to detect and diagnose multiple pathogens including COVID-19, Nipah virus, Dengue virus, Hendra virus, and bacteria possessing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which are of concern to both civilian and ADF personnel who travel or are deployed overseas. (more…)
DMTC will return to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre for Land Forces 2022. Land Forces 2022, which will be held from 4-6 October 2022, will be a key meeting hub for Australian and international industry, Defence, academia and government, as the Australian Army implements the most substantial period of recapitalisation and optimisation since the Second World War.
DMTC will again have a presence on the exhibition floor, with a standalone booth and a separate pod located on the Department of Defence stand. If you’re interested in DMTC’s portfolio of projects and how DMTC is building sovereign capability in the national interest, please come and visit us at Stand GJ7, Hall 1.
Following the success of our Indo-Pacific 2022 Delegate Day, on Wednesday,5 October DMTC will be hosting two invitation-only events:
While these events are both invitation-only, DMTC strongly encourage those interested in attending to express interest via the email addresses included in the event pages linked above.
There is still time to register for Land Forces 2022. To register and for more information, follow this link.
Through our Education portfolio, DMTC is committed to boosting the pipeline of young, innovative Australians progressing from academic study to employment in defence industry and related fields – investing in the future workforce necessary to develop Australia’s defence industrial base. DMTC’s Industry Capability Development program proudly supports internship opportunities for undergraduate students across engineering, computer science and software development disciplines. These internships provide mutual benefits to both the student and to industry partners as they progress along their digital transformation journey. One of our interns, Thomas Hughes (an undergraduate student at Deakin University), kindly sat down with DMTC to talk about his internship experience and how DMTC’s support has shaped his future career path.
