Media releases

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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2011 Fellows announced

23 August 2011

Coral, Cancer Capsules & Conservation Three $20,000 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships for 2011 were awarded to  talented Australian women in science on Tuesday, 23 August 2011. Then on 24 August the three fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron and presented their research to 160 female students in year’s 9-11 for the L’Oréal Australia [...]

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The L’Oréal Foundation and the UNESCO recognise five exceptional women scientists with the 2011 For Women In Science awards

11 November 2010

Australian professor Jillian Banfield honoured as the 2011 Laureate for North America November 11, 2010: Professor Ahmed Zewail, President of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Jury, today announced the five Laureates of the 2011 program.  Each year, five outstanding women scientists – one per region – are honoured for the contributions of their [...]

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2010 Fellows announced

24 August 2010

How does breast cancer start? Capturing and releasing gases with smart crystals? Giving malaria a kick in the gut

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Fellowship winners make cancer their focus

5 March 2010

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.

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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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Hunting supernovae and dark energy, Finding the first Australians, What it takes to make a human

24 August 2009

Where did we come from; how are we made; and how will it all end?

These fundamental questions are being tackled by the 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows who received their Fellowship from Mark Tucker, CEO of L’Oréal Australia, at a ceremony at L’Oréal’s Australian head office in Melbourne on Tuesday 25 August.

The Fellows are:

* Tamara Davis, University of Queensland, Brisbane/University of Copenhagen
* Marnie Blewitt, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
* Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

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Could your hair colour determine your child’s sex?

20 March 2009

In Gouldian finches the answer is yes-according to an Australian paper published in the journal Science today. The paper challenges our view of sex determination in animals.
“Over eighty per cent of Gouldian finch chicks will be male if their mother sees that the father has a different coloured head,” says the lead author Sarah Pryke, [...]

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Celebrate International Women’s Day with Australian women scientists

6 March 2009

Marking International Women’s Day, five of the world’s women leaders in science each received the $US100,000 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science at a ceremony in Paris.
The five laureates have diverse interests – from light-based cancer therapy to the life of stars. There are no Australian recipients this year.
In Australia, L’Oréal provides $20,000 fellowships for [...]

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