As Macquarie Park transitions from traditional business park to a true innovation ecosystem, its leadership team is learning from – and strategising with – world leaders in innovation science through Boston’s MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP). The two-year program is a purpose-built framework for developing an innovation district, and will result in the acceleration of innovation,..

Sydney may be the innovation capital of Australia, but Macquarie Park, in the city’s north, is leading the charge as the nation’s premier innovation location. A thriving ecosystem of technology, entrepreneurship and commercialisation, Macquarie Park’s business community is collaborating on – and accelerating – ideas that will define the future. As Australia’s number-one region for..

With two separate teams in this year’s CSIRO ON Accelerate cohort, Macquarie is building quite the reputation for being a hothouse for tech innovation with impact. This was cemented with the awarding of both of the program’s inaugural Stanford University scholarships to innovators from Macquarie. Congratulations to the following staff members, who both receive $30,000..

The Lighthouse is the original source of this article. World-first: Macquarie University respiratory physician Professor Alvin Ing was on the MV Greg Mortimer Antarctic cruise ship when COVID-19 struck the passengers and crew in March. His subsequent research findings raise an alarm about how we may be underestimating the prevalence of the virus. World-first research..

Billions of dollars and countless hours are being devoted to developing a vaccine for COVID-19. Infectious diseases epidemiologist Professor Janaki Amin explains how vaccines work and what might lie ahead in the search for a solution to the pandemic. – Vaccines work through an ‘expose-response’ mechanism. Vaccination trains cells in the body’s immune system to..

Student Annie Renouf says she’s proud to be part of the Macquarie community as we rally to support each other through COVID. While exceptional student support has long been a hallmark of Macquarie’s ‘students first’ mindset, 2020 will be remembered as the year that student support went beyond anything we have known before.  Teams across..

Third-year medical student Po Hung Li (centre) with fellow students at the Macquarie University COVID WiSE Clinic Third-year medical student Po Hung Li (Will) is among 15 students playing a vital role in the coronavirus pandemic by volunteering at the WiSE COVID Testing Clinic which MQ Health is supporting. In the video below, Will steps through the simulated..

Have you ever wondered what makes an innovator – an innovator? Here are the 11 key mindsets of an innovator when developing a product or service that will disrupt the industry. Thirteen innovation managers were interviewed from industries across healthcare, business services, chemical, finance, IT and real estate. The organisations they work in are multinationals..

Digital technologies touch so many aspects of our daily lives, with astonishing power to transform our wellbeing and quality of life – but our ageing communities are often left behind, much to their detriment. An award-winning Australian startup is on the frontline in turning this around. YourLink, co-founded in 2015 by long-time friends Rick Hollingworth..

With textile waste fast becoming one of the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges, an innovative startup is working to embed sustainability in the everyday, creating durable, affordable, ethically-produced schoolwear options that are healthy for kids and the planet. “Hundreds of tonnes of non-wearable school uniforms go to landfill each year, ” explains Sustainable Schoolwear founder..