Using viruses to restore sight Researcher restoring sight Elizabeth Rakoczy (UWA) wins $50,000 CSL Florey Medal for lifetime achievement Press materials available Media release below Full profile here Video on YouTube HD footage (with and without music/captions) Photos of Elizabeth
Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy, the University of Western Australia Molecular ophthalmologist developing new treatments for eye diseases wins $50,000 CSL Florey Medal for lifetime achievement Professor Elizabeth Rakoczy is modifying viruses to use their powers for good. She’s created a new gene therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that is reversing vision loss in…
After 160 years, it’s time to throw away the needle and syringe Nanopatch starts clinical trials in Brisbane, with Cuba next Rocket scientist Mark Kendall (UQ) reinvents vaccination and wins $25,000 CSL Young Florey Medal Press materials available: Media release and backgrounder below Full profile here Video on YouTube HD footage (with and without sound) Photos…
Professor Mark Kendall, University of Queensland 2016 CSL Young Florey Medal Professor Mark Kendall is planning to dispatch the 160-year-old needle and syringe to history. This Queensland rocket scientist has invented a new vaccine technology that’s painless, uses a fraction of the dose, puts the vaccine just under the skin, and doesn’t require a…
The ageing brain can repair itself National honour for pioneer who found brain stem cells and is now waking them up with exercise Professor Perry Bartlett from the Queensland Brain Institute at UQ received the 2015 CSL Florey Medal for his discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the brain, and for his leadership of…
National honour for pioneer who found brain stem cells and is now waking them up with exercise Media release Full profile, photos, and HD footage available at: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/floreymedal The award was presented by Health Minister the Hon. Sussan Ley on Wednesday 11 November in the Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra Professor Perry Bartlett broke the dogma that the…
Professor Perry Bartlett is putting people with dementia on treadmills. He has already reversed dementia and recovered spatial memories in mice through exercise. During the next year he’ll find out if exercise will have the same impact on people with dementia. Then he’ll look at depression. Underpinning these projects is the idea that the brain…