Dr Dianne Nicol

Title Senior lecturer, Law Faculty, University
Institution University of Tasmania
Discipline 

Law, science

Expertise 

General expertise in commercialisation of biotechnology.
Most significant contribution: empirical research on biotechnology patents and technology transfer in Australia, Intellectual property, commercialisation, regulation of research, regulation of stem cell technology

Research ARC Discovery Project, DP0208258, 2002-2004 D. Chalmers, D. Nicol, L. Skene and M. Otlowski Legal and Ethical Regulation of the Use and Commercialisation of Human Biological Material

University of Tasmania Institutional Research Grants Scheme, N0012490, 2002, D. Nicol, Biotechnology patent licensing in Australia: a preliminary study

Relevant Publications D. Nicol and J. Nielsen (2003) Patents and Medical Biotechnology: An Empirical Analysis of Issues Facing the Australian Industry, Centre for Law and Genetics, Occasional Paper No. 6 272

D. Nicol and J. Nielsen, (2001) The Australian Medical Biotechnology Industry and Access to Intellectual Property: Issues for Patent Law Development, Sydney Law Review, 23; 347-374

J. Nielsen and D. Nicol, (2002) Pharmaceuticals and Patents: the Conundrum of Access and Incentive, Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 13; 21-40

D. Nicol (2003) Human Gene Patents: Under Whose Control? Medical Journal of Australia, 179; 181-182

D. Nicol (2003) Balancing Access to Pharmaceuticals with Patent Rights, Monash Bioethics Review, 22; 50-62

D. Nicol, M. Otlowski and D. Chalmers, (2001) Consent Commercialisation and Benefit Sharing, Journal of Law and Medicine, 9; 80-94

D. Nicol, D Chalmers and B Gogarty, (2002) Regulating Biomedical Advances: Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Macquarie Law Journal, 2; 31-59

J. Jabour-Green and D. Nicol (2003) Bioprospecting in Areas Outside National Jurisdiction: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, Melbourne Journal of International Law, 4; 76-111

D. Chalmers and D. Nicol (forthcoming) Commercialisation of Biotechnology: Public Trust in Research,International Journal of Biotechnology

D. Chalmers and D. Nicol ‘Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Can the Law Balance Ethical, Scientific and Economic Values? (Part 1)’ (2003) Law and Human Genome Review, 18; 43-53 and (Part 2) forthcoming

Memberships Positions Member of the Advisory Committee to the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry Gene Patenting and Human Health