L'OREAL Australia For Women in Science Fellowships
The $20,000 L'OREAL Australia For Women in Science Fellowships are awarded annually to three Australian scientists.
The 2009 L'OREAL Australia For Women in Science Fellows are:
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The three L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellows received their awards on Tuesday night at the Melbourne Museum. Here are some photos from the night.
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How does breast cancer start?
Capturing and releasing gases with smart crystals?
Giving malaria a kick in the gut
L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows announced
The 2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows are (click on links to see full citation, videos and photos):
Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne – [...]
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Deanna D’Alessandro
University of Sydney
A sponge that filters hot air and captures carbon dioxide
We need better ways of capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power stations and industry. And we won’t be using hydrogen cars until we’ve developed practical ways of carrying enough hydrogen gas in the fuel tank. Deanna D’Alessandro’s understanding of basic chemistry has led [...]
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Rowena Martin
The Australian National University, Canberra/The University of Melbourne
In the 1950s it seemed as if medical science was winning the fight against malaria with the help of the ‘wonder drug’ chloroquine. Over the past half century the drug has saved hundreds of millions of lives.
But now the parasite that causes malaria has fought back. Chloroquine-resistant [...]
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Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Most women in Australia who have breast cancer recover. But many then relapse years later.
Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat wants to know why. If she can solve this mystery, her work will open up opportunities for new drugs and treatments. Her achievements to date suggest that she is well placed [...]
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Congratulations to Amanda Barnard, winner of the 2010 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for her work on predicting properties of nanoparticles in sunscreens. Read the full article →
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The 2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships will be announced on Tuesday, 24 August at the Melbourne Museum.
On Wednesday 25 August, 140 students will meet the 2010 Fellows at a schools forum at the Walter and Eliza Institute for Medical Research. The forum is fully subscribed.
We are now briefing the media on embargo. For further [...]
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Applications for the 2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships have now closed.
Below is the April bulletin for 2010.
We’re pleased to include progress reports on our 2009 Fellows. As you will read, their work spans the full extent of space and time—from Marnie’s studies on how genes are controlled, through Tamara’s exploration of [...]
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Applications for the 2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science fellowships are now closed.
The three $20,000 Fellowships are intended to help early-career women scientists to consolidate their careers and rise to leadership positions in science.
The Fellowships are awarded to women who have shown scientific excellence in their career to date and who have an appropriate [...]
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Two outstanding female scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have been awarded research fellowships worth $1.75 million to continue their cancer research.
The inaugural five-year Cory Fellowship, sponsored by the institute, has been awarded to Dr Clare Scott and the inaugural five-year Dyson Fellowship, sponsored by the Dyson Bequest, has been awarded to Dr [...]
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