2008

Five years of L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows

23 August 2011

2011 marks the fifth year that L’Oréal Australia will award its For Women in Science Fellowships to Australian early-career female scientists. Since its inception in 2007, the Fellowships, worth $20,000 each, have been awarded to 14 outstanding female scientists who have used the award to increase their impact in their chosen field of science, provide [...]

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How life survives in unlikely places, gender barriers and more – L’Oréal For Women In Science update

22 November 2010

In this bulletin: Finding life in extreme physical environments: expatriate Australian Professor Jillian Banfield among the five Laureates announced for 2011 L’Oréal Australian Fellows win 2010 Eureka Prizes Recent US survey shows that gender is still a major barrier for women in science Applying for Australian Fellowships for 2011

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Australian Fellows win Eureka Prizes

17 August 2010

2008 Fellow Amanda Barnard and 2010 Fellow Rowena Martin have been awarded Eureka Prizes for their research achievements. Amanda has won the 2010 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for her work on predicting properties of nanoparticles in sunscreens. The $10,000 prize is sponsored by UNSW and presented by the Australia Museum. You can read more [...]

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L’Oréal For Women In Science November 2009 Bulletin

17 November 2009

In this bulletin: 2010 Laureates announced Two former Laureates win Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Chemistry Prime Minister recognises L’Oréal Fellow with physical sciences prize Updates from our 2007 and 2008 Australian Fellows – Tara Telescope in business, and more Applying for Australian Fellowships for 2010

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Prime Minister recognises L’Oréal Fellow

6 November 2009

2008 Fellow Amanda Barnard has won the 2009 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year for her work on modelling and predicting the shape, structure and stability of nanoparticles under different environmental conditions. The AUD$50,000 prize is one of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.

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Left-handed plants; nano-safety; fighting viruses

26 August 2008

The 2008 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows are: * Amanda Barnard, The University of Melbourne * Angela Moles, The University of New South Wales * Erika Cretney, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne * Natalie Borg, Monash University, Melbourne.

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Big ecology: From tundra to savanna

26 August 2008

Why are some plant seeds very small and others large? Angela Moles tackled this simple question by compiling information on 12,669 plant species. She discovered that plant seeds in the tropics are, on average, 300 times bigger than seeds in colder places like the northern coniferous forests. She then used these data to follow the [...]

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Are nanoparticles safe?

26 August 2008

After two decades of research the first wave of nanotechnology consumer products are entering the marketplace in applications as diverse as catalysts, surface treatments for glass, cosmetics and drug delivery. But the properties that make them attractive to industry may also have unforeseen consequences. That worries Amanda Barnard, a physicist at The University of Melbourne. [...]

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Crystallising a career in immunology

26 August 2008

Natalie Borg interview. Download audio interview here (mp3, 1.9MB) As a child, Natalie Borg tried to grow crystals. Two decades on, she is still growing crystals. But now she is analysing them with synchrotron light, to figure out how our bodies mount a rapid defence when we are attacked by viruses. “The immune system is [...]

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Unravelling the immune system

26 August 2008

Erika Cretney is fascinated by the human immune system. “As we find out more about how it works, it seems to grow in complexity,” she says. “I’m not sure that we’ll ever know everything about it.” Her interest lies in ferreting out the function of genes, proteins and cell types in the immune system, and [...]

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