The 2016 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science recipients are:
Defending Australia’s snakes and lizards: Prime Minister’s Prize for Science Professor Richard Shine(The University of Sydney)
Making stock markets fair and efficient: Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation Professor Michael Aitken(Capital Markets CRC)
Re-engineering nature to fight for global health: Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the YearProfessor Richard Payne (The University of Sydney)
Turning the next generation of primary teachers on to science: Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary SchoolsMr Gary Tilley (Seaforth Public School).
Creating new manufacturing jobs by replacing glass and metal with plastic: Prize for New Innovators Dr Colin Hall (University of South Australia)
Conservation that works for government, ecosystems and people: Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the YearAssociate Professor Kerrie Wilson(University of Queensland)
Turning students into scientists, setting them up for jobs in mining, conservation, tourism and more: Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools Ms Suzy Urbaniak (Kent Street Senior High School)
Northern Australia’s peak predators—snakes and lizards—are more likely to survive the cane-toad invasion thanks to the work of Professor Richard Shine. [continue reading…]
Global stock markets are fairer and more efficient thanks to the work of Professor Michael Aitken. Now he’s applying his information technology and markets know-how to improve health, mortgage, and other markets. He says there are billions of dollars of potential savings in health expenditure in Australia alone, that can go hand in glove with significant improvements in consumers’ health. [continue reading…]
Dr Colin Hall and his colleagues have created a new manufacturing process that will allow manufacturers to replace components made from traditional materials like glass, in cars, aircraft, spacecraft, and even whitegoods—making them lighter and more efficient. [continue reading…]
Richard Payne makes peptides and proteins. He sees an interesting peptide or protein in nature, say in a blood-sucking tick. Then he uses chemistry to recreate and re-engineer the molecule to create powerful new drugs, such as anti-clotting agents needed to treat stroke. [continue reading…]
What is the value of the services that ecosystems provide—services such as clean air, water, food, and tourism? And what are the most effective ways to protect ecosystems? Where will governments get the best return on their investment in the environment? These questions are central to the work of Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson. [continue reading…]
Geoscientist Suzy Urbaniak combined her two loves—science and education—by becoming a science teacher 30 years after finishing high school. But she couldn’t believe it when she saw how little the teaching styles had changed over the years. [continue reading…]
Gary Tilley is mentoring the next generation of science and maths teachers to improve the way these subjects are taught in the classroom. [continue reading…]
Reptile guru Rick Shine wants to release small cane toads to protect native snakes, lizards and quolls (Sydney)
Michael Aitkin is making stock markets fair and efficient; can he do the same for the health system? (Sydney)
Colin Hall’s plastic mirrors are the beginning of a new manufacturing technology, and jobs (Adelaide)
Kerrie Wilson is providing the evidence-base for good conservation decisions by putting a value on clean air, water, food, tourism and the other benefits that forests, rivers, oceans provide (Brisbane)
Richard Payne is re-engineering peptides from ticks, bacteria, and leeches to create new drugs for stroke, TB, and malaria (Sydney)
Suzy Urbaniak’s #therealclassroom in Perth’s Kent Street school is setting up students for jobs in mining, conservation, tourism and more
Gary Tilley is turning the next generation of primary teachers on to science at Seaforth school and Macquarie Uni in Sydney
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