Awards, Memberships and Grant Success

Highlights

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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

Awards

Professor Frank Caruso (UoM) Leverhulme Award, The Royal Society

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 Dr Simona Carbone (Monash) American Journal of PhysiologyGastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 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

Professor Edmund Crampin (UoM) Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Current Opinion in Systems Biology npj Systems Biology and Applications Professor Tom Davis (Monash) Polymer Science ACS Macro letters Professor Justin Gooding (UNSW) Editor-in-Chief, ACS Sensors American Scientific Publishers Journal of Chemical and Biological Interfaces Elsevier journal Electrochemistry Communications Wiley journal, Electroanalysis Elsevier journal Sensors and Actuators B MDPI journal Biosensors Wiley-VCH journal, ChemElectroChem ACS journal, Bioconjugate Chemistry Wiley-VCH journal, Chemistry – A European Journal MDPI journal, Nanomaterials Professor Maria Kavallaris AM (UNSW) British Journal of Pharmacology American Journal of Cancer Research Open access Proteome Journal Associate Professor Matthew Kearnes (UNSW) Science as Culture Science Technology and Society Professor Stephen Kent (UoM) Frontiers in Immunology Journal of Virology Sexual Health The Journal of Immunolgy Vaccine npj Vaccines Immunology & Cell Biology Clinical & Translational Immunology Professor Rob Parton (UoM) Editor in Chief, Traffic Associate Editor, Molecular Biology of the Cell International Editorial Board – Cell Structure and Function Dr Daniel Poole (Monash) American Journal of PhysiologyGastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Professor Chris Porter (Monash) Molecular Pharmaceutics Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Research Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Professor Clive Prestidge (UniSA) Pharmaceutics Journal of Liposome Research Open Material Science AAPS Open Professor Benjamin Thierry (UniSA) Plos One Scientific Reports Professor Pall Thordarson (UNSW) Australian Journal of Chemistry ChemSystemsChem Cell Reports Physical Science Professor Kris Thurecht (UQ) Associate Editor, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Dr Nik Veldhuis (Monash) American Journal of PhysiologyGastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Professor Andrew Whittaker (UQ) Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Radiation Physics and Chemistry Journal of Applied Polymer Science Dr Cheng Zhang (UQ) Journal of Nanoscience and Nanomedicine

Committee and Other Memberships

Professor Maria Kavallaris AM (UNSW) Chair, 10th International Nanomedicine Conference 24-26 June 2019 Scientific Advisory Board Member, TroBio Therapeutics NHMRC Research Committee Member ARC National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP) Assessor, 2019-2020 NHMRC Research Committee Member (appointed by Federal Minister for Health) Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) Chair, Australian Institute of Policy & Science Chair, Executive Committee, Cancer Cytoskeleton Network, OSMR, NSW Government Member of the Board – Australian Institute for Policy and Science Cure Cancer Australia Foundation Ambassador

Associate Professor John McGhee (UNSW) Head of Program & Logistics for the SIGGRAPH 2019 Conference

Grant Success

During 2019, additional funding was secured to further support research being undertaken at the Centre. This funding reinforces the collaborative nature and expertise of CBNS researchers. Details of grant successes are as follows:

ARC grants

The following CBNS researchers secured additional funding through ARC grants: Discovery Outcome, Linkage, Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Outcome and Linkage Project: Dr Craig Bell (UQ) Professor Frank Caruso (UoM) Professor Tom Davis (Monash) Dr Thomas Hall (UQ) Dr Chris Howard (UQ) Dr Angus Johnston (Monash) Associate Professor Matthew Kearnes (UNSW) Professor Stephen Kent (UoM) Professor Robert Parton (UQ) Dr Nghia Truong Phuoc (Monash) Dr Daniel Poole (Monash) Professor Chris Porter (Monash) Dr John Quinn (Monash) Professor Pall Thordarson (UNSW) Professor Kris Thurecht (UQ) Dr Nik Veldhuis (Monash) Dr Mikey Whittaker (Monash)

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Grants

The following CBNS researchers secured additional funding through National Health Research Medical Research Council (NHRMC) grants: Development, Project and Funding Outcome: Professor Benjamin Thierry (UniSA) Professor Chris Porter (Monash)

Other grants

Professor Frank Caruso (UoM) Dr Christina Cortez-Jugo (UoM) Professor Justin Gooding (UNSW) Dr Kristian Kempe (Monash) Mr Priyank Shenoy (Monash) Dr Marnie Winter (UniSA)

NHMRC Fellowships

Dr Adam Wheatley (UoM) NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship

ARC Fellowships

Dr Kristian Kempe (Monash) ARC Future Fellowship Dr Stuart Johnston (UoM) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Dr Simona Carbone (Monash) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Other Fellowships

Dr Alessia Amodio (UoM) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research Fellowship Mr Denzil Furtado (UoM) Main Sequence Ventures Nova Residency Dr Stuart Johnston (UoM) Victoria Fellowship Dr René Lafleur (UoM) NWO Rubicon postdoctoral fellowship Dr Meike Leiske (Monash) Feodor-Lynen Postdoc Fellowship from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) Mr Yutian Ma (UoM) Harold Mitchell Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship Associate Professor John McGhee (UNSW) UNSW Scientia Fellowship Program Dr Angel Tan (Monash) Endeavour Research Leadership Fellowship (Global Leadership) Dr Yunxin (Cindy) Xiao (Monash) Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN) Overseas Travel Fellowship (OTP)

Postdoctorate and Student Awards

Dr John Bailey (UNSW) UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Ms Aria Ahmed-Cox (UNSW) Homeward Bound EACR Travel Bursary at the EACR Nanotechnology in Cancer: Engineering for Oncology Dr Niloufar Ansari (Monash) ANZBMS Travel Grant at the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) Annual Meeting Mr Stefan Bader (Monash) The Freemasons Victoria Lodge of Australia Felix Cancer Research Grant at the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2020) Ms Caterina Brighi (UQ) 2019 COGNO Young Investigator Award at the 12th COGNO Annual Scientific Meeting Mrs Ava Faridi (Monash) Best oral presentation at the ICNNN 2019: International Conference on Nanobiotechnology, Nanobiology and Nanomedicine, Montreal, Canada Dr Christian Fercher (UQ) FBNS 2019 Best Poster Ms Sharmin Hoque (UNSW) Honourable mention to appreciate the quality talk at the ISE student symposium on electrochemistry Dr Yi Ju (UoM) Nanoscale Advances Oral Prize Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme (UoM) Mr John Kokkinos (UNSW) Winner UNSW 3-Minute Thesis Competition Tour de Cure PhD Support Scholarship Ms Zerong (Shirley) Ma (UNSW) Best Oral Presentation Award at the 10th International Nanomedicine Conference Ms Sajedeh Maghrebi (UniSA) 2019 Patrick Couvreur Student Travel Award from the Controlled Released Society (CRS) Ms Ayaat Mahmoud (Monash) People’s Choice Award for Poster Presentation at the Monash 14th Annual Graduate Research Symposium Dr Friederike Mansfield (UNSW) Australian Centre for Nanomedicine Travel Award

Dr Angelica Merlot (UNSW) NSW Young Woman of the Year Mr Quang Nghia Pham (UniSA) Healthy Development Adelaide and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation – PhD Excellence Award

Dr JJ Richardson (UoM) FBNS 2019 - Spark Tank Ms Hayley Schultz (UniSA) BPW Adelaide Heather Southcott Memorial Grant – travel bursary to attend the AAPS PharmSci360 Conference in Texas ANN Conference Travel Bursary – a travel bursary to attend the 10th International Nanomedicine Conference Ms Santhni Subramaniam (UniSA) ACS Applied Nanomaterials 3MT Poster Presentation Prize at the 10th International Nanomedicine Conference, Sydney ANN Conference Travel Bursary – a travel bursary to attend the 10th International Nanomedicine Conference Patrick Couvreur Student Travel Award at the 46th Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition, Valencia CRS Young Scientist Travel Grant at the 46th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Valencia

Ms Xiaohan Sun (Monash) CRS 2019 Local Chapter Young Scientist Travel Grant at the 2019 CRS Annual Meeting and Exposition CRS Mind Mapping Championship Ms Chelsea Thorn (UniSA) Endeavour Postgraduate Leadership Dr Kristel Chayadi Tjandra (UNSW) FBNS 2019 - Best Oral Session

Dr Marnie Winter (UniSA) South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science Thrasher Early Career Award Ms Leah Wright (UniSA) Endeavour Postgraduate Leadership Dr Yanfang Wu (UNSW) Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis ACN Travel Award Dr Yunxin (Cindy) Xiao (Monash) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) International Travel Scholarship at the International Polymer Colloids Group Conference (IPCG), Singapore 1st Oral Presentation Prize at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) Neutron Clip Day, ANSTO, Sydney Best Oral Presentation at the Frontiers in Bio-Nano Science Symposium (FBNS) 2nd Oral Presentation Prize at the Australian X-ray Analytical Association (AXAA) Victoria Student Seminar Best Poster Award at the Drug Delivery Australia (DDA) Conference 2019 Mr Qizhi Zhong (UoM) Eugen Singer Award