Awards, Memberships and Grant Success
Member of the Order of Australia & Lemberg Medal CBNS CI Professor Maria Kavallaris AM (UNSW) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. She was included in the 2019 Australia Day Honours List for her significant service to medicine, and to medical research, in the field of childhood and adult cancers. Furthermore, Professor Maria Kavallaris AM was selected to receive the prestigious Lemberg Medal by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Awarded annually, the Lemberg Medal is presented in memory of Emeritus Professor M.R. Lemberg, who was the Society’s first President and Honorary Member. Leverhulme Medal CBNS Deputy Director Professor Frank Caruso (UoM) was awarded The Leverhulme Medal, from The Royal Society, for driving the application of engineered particles in biology and medicine through nanoscale materials engineering. The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. The Leverhulme Medal is awarded for an outstanding researcher in the field of chemical engineering and applied chemistry every 3 years. ARC Future Fellowship Dr Kristian Kempe (Monash) was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship for his project Expanding the toolbox of synthetic stealth polymers. His project aims to develop a new generation of synthetic and biomimetic pseudo peptide polymers with advanced biomedical properties. The polymers will be used for the fabrication of a range of nanoparticles, which will allow to study the effect of architecture, composition and surface functionalisation on their behaviour in a biological environment.
ARC Linkage Project Dr Craig Bell, Dr Chris Howard and CI Professor Kris Thurecht (UQ) were awarded an ARC Linkage Grant for their project Smart affinity membranes for manufacture of high-value therapeutic proteins. This project aims to develop next-generation separation membranes for production of high-value proteins from serum.
Dr Winter and her team, including CBNS Node Leader and CI Professor Benjamin Thierry will investigate the use of tiny drug carriers to treat – and even prevent – pre-eclampsia and its complications without affecting the fetus. A focus of the 18-month project is to develop potential treatments compatible with low resource and/or remote settings, including regional Australia and lowincome countries which often suffer the most severe consequences of the disease.
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Homeward Bound Homeward Bound (HB) is a global leadership initiative, set against the backdrop of Antarctica, which aims to heighten the influence and impact of women in making decisions that shape our planet. Ms Aria Ahmed-Cox (UNSW) was awarded a place within the 5th cohort of future leaders. Over 290 women, from 35 countries applied. Like the four cohorts that have gone before them, The Team enter their leadership journey via an 11-month online curriculum covering leadership development, strategic capability, visibility and science. In November 2020, they will all meet face-to-face for the first time in Ushuaia, Argentina, before embarking on their three week voyage to Antarctica.
Professor Frank Caruso (UoM) Leverhulme Award, The Royal Society
Grand Challenges Explorations Dr Marnie Winter (UniSA) has been awarded US$100,000 (AUD 157,000) from the world’s largest private foundation to help better understand and tackle a condition which kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year; pre-eclampsia.
Dr Simona Carbone (Monash) American Journal of PhysiologyGastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
The international team has received funding from the Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to explore cutting-edge nanotechnology and bioengineering approaches to address pre-eclampsia, one of the most common complications in pregnancy.
Professor Maria Kavallaris AM (UNSW) Member of the Order of Australia Lemberg Medal, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UTS Chancellor’s Award for Excellence UTS Science Award
Member of Editorial Boards Professor Ben Boyd (Monash) Current Drug Delivery Drug Delivery and Translational Research Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Journal of Liposome Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Professor Frank Caruso (UoM) ACS Applied Bio Materials ACS Central Science ACS Nano Advanced Functional Materials Advanced Healthcare Materials Advanced Science Angewandte Chemie Biomacromolecules Biomaterials Science CCS Chemistry Chemistry of Materials Nano Today ACS Materials Letters
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