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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Cattle cloning complements livestock management and rural economics  

Published on 04 April, 2012 

CQUniversity is adding a world-leading embryologist to its agricultural science team, complementing existing projects relating to precision livestock management and rural economics.

Professor Gábor Vajta will perform his laboratory work at specialised facilities belonging to Australian Reproductive Technologies at Mt Chalmers, near Rockhampton.

PhotoID:12158, L-R Professor Vajta, Simon Walton, Deputy VC Professor Jennelle Kyd and IRIS Director Professor Kerry Walsh
L-R Professor Vajta, Simon Walton, Deputy VC Professor Jennelle Kyd and IRIS Director Professor Kerry Walsh

CQUniversity's Director of the Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability, Professor Kerry Walsh says Professor Vajta's work should contribute to the improvement of the beef and dairy cattle stock of Australia.

Professor Walsh says embryos will be produced using 'handmade cloning', a simplified version of somatic cell nuclear transfer introduced by Professor Vajta and now used around the world.

"This method does not require expensive and complicated micromanipulators; it is performed using simple tools and manual skills. The overall efficiency is not lower than with traditional cloning.

"The embryos produced are either cryopreserved or transported to recipients. According to our expectation, transfer of embryos into recipient cattle should result in healthy calves on the ground."