Achievements


Bio21's Professor Emeritus Frances Separovic, Deputy Director of the Bio21 Institute has been honoured with the appointment as an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia (General Division) announced in the Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours List on 10 June 2019.

Frances has been awarded an AO for her distinguished service to science education, particularly to biophysical chemistry, as an academic, and to young women scientists.

Michael Parker, Director Bio21 Institute and Rick Pearson, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, at the ACRF award ceremony, 28 November.

Congratulations to Bio21's Craig Hutton, Justine Mintern, Jose Villadangos, Gavin Reid, Ary Hoffmann, Frances Separovic and Sally Gras.

Congratulations to Kat Holt, Spencer Williams and Eric Reynolds upon receiving NHMRC funding.

Nominated by 31 of peers, Dr Nancy Endersby- Harshman has won the Behind the Scenes Invitrogen Science Hero Award.

Elizabeth Blackburn Science School, Year 11 student Christian Caramozzino with his mentors Quentin Hong and Wallace Wong at the Research Summit, 5 October 2016.

Katherine Davies, Kimberley Callaghan, Wassif Kabir, Marycarol Holdaway and Gemma van Duijneveldt.

NHMRC Project and Fellowship grants received by Bio21 researchers will ensure that important research into neurodegenerative diseases, radiopharmaceuticals, periodontitis, and the tropical diseases leishmaniasis and malaria will continue. 

Professor Karen Day, distinguished malaria researcher and Dean of Science at the University of Melbourne, has won the 2015 Advance Global Australian Award in recognition of her international leadership in life sciences research and education.