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L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships
The three $20,000 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships were announced on 23 August.
The three fellows presented their research to staff at L’Oréal Australia’s Melbourne headquarters, at the award ceremony at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. and to 160 high school girls at the Australian Synchrotron.
For more information on this year’s winners, and on the L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellowships both in Australia and overseas please visit our L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science site.
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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 the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
For more information:
- The L'Oreal Australia media release
- An overview on Ingrid's work - see below
- A overview of past Australian winners
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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 world who will receive the 2012 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards in Life Sciences. Read the full article →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 Girls in Science forum.
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Tracy Ainsworth James Cook University Coral interactions more complex than ever suspected. Dr Tracy Ainsworth’s research is changing our understanding of the life of the tiny coral animals that built Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. Her work comes at a critical time for the future of coral reefs—threatened by a warming ocean and by coral [...]
Eve McDonald-Madden The University of Queensland Turning to mathematics to allow us to make smarter conservation decisions. The diversity of life on Earth underpins the global economy. But we’re losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and human-induced climate change will threaten more species—up to 37 per cent of the plants and animals with which we [...]
Georgina Such The University of Melbourne Smart capsules could change the way we deliver drugs. Today, when we’re treated for cancer, the drug spreads throughout the body indiscriminately. Along the way it causes side-effects such as nausea and hair loss. To tackle this problem Georgina imagines a miniscule capsule designed like a set of Russian [...]
The three L'Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellows for 2011 received their awards on Tuesday 23 August at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
A professional photographer took pictures of the Fellows on the night, you can see some of the images below. Click on the picture to access a high resolution version of the image.
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On Wednesday 24 August the three L'Oréal Fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron for the L'Oréal Australia Girls in Science school forums.
The three fellows presented their research to over 160 high achieving female students in year’s 9-12.
The students then had the opportunity to ask the fellows questions about their day to day life, how they got to where they are now and their research.
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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 support to managing both families and lab work, and jumpstart their independent careers in science.
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The three L’Oréal Fellows for 2011 were announced on 23 August. Here's where they appeared.
Friday 19 August: The three Fellows presented their research to staff at L'Oréal Australia's Melbourne headquarters.
Tuesday 23 August: The Fellows received their 2011 L'Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships at 6pm at a ceremony at Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
Wednesday 24 August: 160 high school girls visited the the Australian Synchrotron for a forum and afternoon tea with the Fellows.
Media release, citations, photos available online at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/loreal
Friday 19 August: The three Fellows presented their research to staff at L'Oréal Australia's Melbourne headquarters.
Tuesday 23 August: The Fellows received their 2011 L'Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships at 6pm at a ceremony at Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
Wednesday 24 August: 160 high school girls visited the the Australian Synchrotron for a forum and afternoon tea with the Fellows.
Media release, citations, photos available online at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/loreal
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 win Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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Thank-you to all those who took the time to apply for the fellowships. The three $20,000 Fellowships are intended to help early-career women scientists consolidate their careers and rise to leadership positions in science. The Fellowships are awarded to women who have completed their PhD in the past five years – allowance is made for [...]
What are they? The annual L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships are awarded to three female early career scientists to reward excellence in their Australian research and to boost their prospects of sustaining their careers and rising to leadership positions in science. The L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships, worth up to AUD$20,000 each, [...]
How life survives in unlikely places, gender barriers and more – L’Oréal For Women In Science update
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 The signature of life…international Laureates announced [...]
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 research, the strength of their commitments and their impact on society. With the Marie Curie Nobel Centenary being celebrated in 2011, this year the For Women in Science program has a particularly strong resonance, placing women and chemistry at the heart of science today.
The awards ceremony will take place on March 3, 2011 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Each Laureate will receive US$100,000 in recognition of her contributions to science. Read the full article →
