Laureates

One unlucky letter causes an infant epilepsy

15 January 2012

A 20 year old mystery was solved this week with the discovery that an epilepsy that affects infants is caused by the change of a single letter in one gene. Seizures in infancy are not rare, but this familial epilepsy occurs in probably 60 families across Australia. It can also cause a movement disorder later [...]

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Global recognition for Melbourne epilepsy pioneer

9 November 2011

L’Oréal and UNESCO have just announced that Australian paediatric neurologist Professor Ingrid Scheffer is the Asia-Pacific L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureate for 2012. She is one of five international winners who will each receive US$100,000 in recognition of their contribution to the advancement of science at the Awards Ceremony on 22 March 2012 at [...]

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L’Oreal: Five women moving science forward

9 November 2011

Issued by L’Oreal Australia L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science grants Australian Scientist US$100,000 in one of the world’s most prestigious Science prizes: The 14th Annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Award Honouring five women who are moving science forward, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science partnership announces its five exceptional women scientists from around the [...]

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L’Oréal helps out with rewarding research

1 June 2011

Life on other planets, sex determination in marsupials, the links between genetics and mental health—that’s the breadth of research spanned by the four Australians and one New Zealander, life scientists all, who have become L’Oréal Laureate fellows since the awards were inaugurated in 1998. In 2009, one of these women, Elizabeth Blackburn, went on to [...]

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2010 L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates announced

6 November 2009

The winners of the 2010 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards were announced on 14 October 2009. The five Laureates are: Africa & the Arab States: Rashika El Ridi, Professor at Cairo University in Egypt, for paving the way towards the development of a vaccine against the tropical disease Schistomiasis/Bilharzia. Asia-Pacific: Lourdes J. Cruz, Professor at the Marine Science [...]

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L’Oréal Laureates win Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Chemistry

9 October 2009

Two former L’Oréal Laureates have won 2009 Nobel Prizes. Australian-born US scientist Elizabeth Blackburn shares the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine with fellow US researchers Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.”

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Elizabeth Blackburn receives Nobel Prize

5 October 2009

Elizabeth Blackburn will receive the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She shares the prize with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.” She’s USA-based but Australian-born and visits Australia quite often.

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Australian genetics pioneer receives international For Women In Science Award

5 March 2008

Telomeres keep our chromosomes young Elizabeth Blackburn is one of five women to receive the 10th annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science. She will receive the honour, and a US$100,000 cheque, “For the discovery of the nature and maintenance of chromosome ends and their roles in cancer and aging.” She discovered telomerase — an [...]

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Could deadly shellfish venoms fight pain and save lives

5 March 2008

The deadly toxins associated with ‘red tide’ algal blooms are being investigated as potential drugs by a New Zealand scientist who’s in Paris this week for the For Women in Science Awards. Auckland University researcher Margaret Brimble finds and recreates rare molecules derived from nature that could act as antimicrobial, anticancer or antiviral drugs. It [...]

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Platypus sex; drugs from shellfish toxins; the secret of ageing; cancer cells cheat death

4 March 2008

Four leading Australian and NZ scientists are in Paris from 5 March for the 10th anniversary of the L’ORÉAL/ UNESCO For Women In Science program.

They’re all available to discuss the latest developments in their research:

* The secret of ageing – telomerase
* How cancer cells cheat death
* How the platypus and wallaby genome are revealing human secrets
* Deadly shellfish toxins that may fight pain and save lives

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