Inaugural Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize for Melbourne researcher to tackle lung cancer

Science in Public on 19 October, 2011

The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat, from Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI).

Having unravelled key information on how and why breast stem cells contribute to the progression of breast cancer, she is now turning to the challenge of lung cancer. Read More about Inaugural Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize for Melbourne researcher to tackle lung cancer

Revealing the dark side – in Tasmania this week

Science in Public on 26 September, 2011

Tamara Davis - 2009 FellowWhat 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 Australia’s leading young physicists will reveal the dark secrets of the Universe in Tasmania this week with a series of school and public talks in Burnie, Launceston, Devonport and Hobart.

Dr Tamara Davis is a L’Oréal Australia Fellow, the 2011 national Women in Physics lecturer, an astrophysicist at the Universities of Queensland and Copenhagen, and good talent. Read More about Revealing the dark side – in Tasmania this week

Hunting supernovae and dark energy, Finding the first Australians, What it takes to make a human

Niall on 24 August, 2009

Where did we come from; how are we made; and how will it all end?

These fundamental questions are being tackled by the 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows who received their Fellowship from Mark Tucker, CEO of L’Oréal Australia, at a ceremony at L’Oréal’s Australian head office in Melbourne on Tuesday 25 August.

The Fellows are:

* Tamara Davis, University of Queensland, Brisbane/University of Copenhagen
* Marnie Blewitt, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
* Zenobia Jacobs, University of Wollongong

L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellowships now open

Sarah on 1 April, 2009

The 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science fellowships are now open for nomination. Nominations close 1 May 2009.

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 an Read More about L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellowships now open

L'Oréal For Women in Science Fellowships now open

Operations on 1 April, 2009

The 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science fellowships are now open for nomination. Nominations close 1 May 2009.

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 an Read More about L'Oréal For Women in Science Fellowships now open