The three L’Oréal Fellows for 2011 have been busy since they were announced on 23 August 2011. Eve McDonald-Madden is in France, working with researchers at the National Institute for Agricultural …
New Fellowships for Young New Zealand Women in Science
Issued on behalf of L'Oréal New Zealand The L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science international awards are a world recognised programme, present in 180 countries. For the first time this year, a …
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L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowships Nominations opening on 1 April 2012
Applications for the L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowships will open on 1 April 2012. …
One unlucky letter causes an infant epilepsy
A 20 year old mystery was solved this week with the discovery that an epilepsy that affects infants is caused by the change of a single letter in one gene. Seizures in infancy are not rare, but this …
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Global recognition for Melbourne epilepsy pioneer
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 …
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L’Oreal Australia: Five women moving science forward
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 …
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2010 fellow wins Inaugural Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize
The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize, for her lung cancer research, is Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, from Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI). Having unravelled …
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Mentor of L’Oréal Fellow wins Nobel Prize
Tamara Davis, 2009 L’Oréal Australia Fellow tells of how she felt when she heard her mentors had won the Nobel Prize. Tuesday morning found me dancing in excitement when I heard the news that Brian …
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Revealing the dark side – in Tasmania this week
What we see in the night sky is only five per cent of the Universe. So what’s the other 95 per cent of the Universe made of – a young physicist has the answers across Tasmania this week. One of …
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2011 Fellows announced
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 …
The complex life of coral
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 …
Can we save the tiger with mathematics?
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 …
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