archaeology

L’Oréal Australia Fellowships in 2010

12 May 2010

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 [...]

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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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How did we get here?

24 August 2009

Zenobia Jacobs
University of Wollongong

Zenobia Jacobs wants to know where we came from, and how we got here. When did our distant ancestors leave Africa and spread across the world? Why? And when was Australia first settled?
These are difficult and controversial questions. But Zenobia has a deep understanding of time and how to measure it. [...]

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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. [...]

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