2010

How does breast cancer start?

24 August 2010

Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Most women in Australia who have breast cancer recover.  But many then relapse years later. Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat wants to know why.  If she can solve this mystery, her work will open up opportunities for new drugs and treatments. Her achievements to date suggest that she [...]

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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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2010 Fellowship update

17 August 2010

The 2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellowships will be announced on Tuesday, 24 August at the Melbourne Museum. On Wednesday 25 August, 140 students will meet the 2010 Fellows at a schools forum at the Walter and Eliza Institute for Medical Research. The forum is fully subscribed. We are now briefing the media on embargo. [...]

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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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2010 Applications are now closed

1 April 2010

Applications for the 2010 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science fellowships are now closed. The three $20,000 Fellowships are intended to help early-career women scientists to consolidate their careers and rise to leadership positions in science. The Fellowships are awarded to women who have shown scientific excellence in their career to date and who have [...]

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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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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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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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