Young Tall Poppy South Australian Science Awards 2010

 

Congratulations to our eight 2010 SA Young Tall Poppy Science Award winners, announced at a breakfast function on Tuesday 10 August at the Observatory Function Centre in Hackney. They are:

 

Dr Siobhan Banks (Sleep)

Research Fellow, University of South Australia

Associate Professor Leonie Heilbronn (Diabetes and Obesity)

Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide

Dr Mark Hutchinson (Neuroimmunopharmacology)

NHMRC CJ Martin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide

Dr Charlie Huveneers (Marine Biology, Shark Biology & Ecology)

Lecurere/Shark Ecologist, Flinders University & SARDI - Aquatic Sciences

Dr Damien Keating (Physiology & Cell Commmunication)

ARC Future Fellow, Head Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience Group, Flinders University

Dr Saravana Kumar (Health Services Research)

Senior Research Fellow & Deputy Director International Centre for Allied Health Evidence, University of South Australia

Dr Ellen Nisbet (Biochemistry, Evolutionary Biology)

Lecturer, University of South Australia

 

And finally, but by no means last, our Young Tall Poppy of the Year 2010:

 

Dr Gabrielle Todd (Neuroscience) - SA Young Tall Poppy of the Year 2010

NHMRC Career Development award, The University of Adelaide

 

The awards were presented with guest speakers including His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RAR, Governor of South Australia; the Hon Jack Snelling, Minister for Science & Information Economy; Professor John Hopwood, Head Lysysomal Diseases Unit, SA Pathology and winner of the AIPS CSL Florey Medal 2009 amongst other accolades; and Professor Tanya Monro, Director of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing and the Centre for Expertise in Photonics, The University of Adelaide, also joint winner of the Scientist of the Year in the SA Science Excellence Awards 2010.

 

AIPS thanks the Chair of our SA selection committee, Professor Ross McKinnon, and other members for their service.

 

Read more about these scientists in our SA Awards Booklet and and soon to be posted to our website for your outreach purposes.

Read the SA government Media Release.

Contact our SA office through Dina Zebian for outreach and partnerships in 2010 - 11

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