Past News Items 2009

Travel Award to Anil Sharma

July 21, 2009

Congratulations to Anil Sharma who has been awarded a Travel Award for the Queenstown Molecular Biology Society’s 2009 Development Conference in Queenstown, August 30-September 6, 2009. 
Anil will be presenting a talk on results from his PhD, based on ‘changes in Class 3 Semaphorin expression throughout development in the rat visual system’.
The Travel Award is being supported by a grant from the Graduate Research School, and from the conference organisers.

Erwin Chan's PhD Thesis has been passed

10 July 2009

Congratulations to Erwin Chan on his fantastic achievement.
Erwin's thesis examined the immune reactivity to metal implants.
Erwin's PhD supervisor was Associate Professor Luis Filgueira.
Erwin is now back in Singapore and looking for a post-doc position, either in Singapore, Europe or the USA.  He has several manuscripts submitted for publication.
Well done Erwin and all the very best for your future career. 

Scholarships for 2009 Presentation Skills Workshop Awards

26 June 2009

Congratulations to Fritha Milne and Helen Dooley (PhD students) who both have been awarded scholarships to attend the Winter 2009 Presentation Skills Workshop.

This workshop is part of the science communication program, offering research students and postdocs the opportunity to develop, improve and present their research more clearly to varied audiences.

UWA Research Collaboration Award (URCA) for 2009 - $8,000

10 June 2009

Congratulations to Professor Miranda Grounds and Dr Thea Shavlakadze who have won a UWA Research Collaboration Award (URCA) for 2009. 
Funding supports new and developing initiatives that will expand the University’s external research collaborations both nationally and internationally. 

Project Title: A central role for innervation in age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function
 
Collaborations between:
 
Professor Miranda Grounds and Dr Thea Shavlakadze (University of Western Australia)
with
Dr Jana Vukovic and Dr Marc Ruitenberg (University of Queeensland)

Jonathan Williamson wins Curtin University and Western Australian Biomedical Research Institute Award

10 June 2009

Congratulations to Jonathan (PhD Student) on his award for his presentation on "Regional airway compliance measured using a optical coherence tomography" at the Australian Society for Medical Research  (ASMR) Symposium.

Richard Maganga wins Telethon Institute for Child Health Research Award

8 June 2009

Congratulations to Richard (PhD Student) on his award for his presentation on "Secreted Frizzled Related Protein-4 (sFRP4) Promotes Epidermal Differentiation and Apoptosis" at the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Symposium.  

Hans Arkeveld to receive Inaugural Lifetime Achievement award from Artsource

28 May 2009

Congratulations to Hans Arkeveld as one of the two inaugural winners of this prestigious award.

Artsource advances the profile of visual artists in Western Australia. It is a place for clients to engage artists and for artists to go to for employment opportunities.

Elizabeth Dallimore's PhD Thesis passed

22 May 2009

Congratulations to Elizabeth Dallimore on her achievement.
Elizabeth's thesis examined the Molecular and Cellular characteristics of early vs late born retinal ganglion cells.
Elizabeth's PhD supervisors were Winthrop Professor Alan Harvey, Associate Professor Giles Plant and Winthrop Professor Arun Dharmarajan. We wish her the very best in her future career.

Lloyd White's PhD Thesis passed

22 May, 2009

Congratulations to Lloyd White who's PhD has been formally passed.
Lloyd's PhD supervisors were Winthrop Professor Arun Dharmarajan and Dr Adrian Charles.  
Lloyd is now a postdoc at the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science, at Deakin University in Victoria.
Well done Lloyd and all the very best for your future career.

Professor Geoff Meyer awarded a 2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Teaching Fellowship.

14 May, 2009

"ALTC Teaching Fellowships are highly competitive and very prestigious. The ALTC itself states that “Teaching Fellowships are awarded to undertake discipline-based or inter-disciplinary fellowship activities that promote excellence in learning and teaching.  Teaching Fellows are prominent scholars and educators in their disciplinary fields recognised by their home institutions for their capacity to make significant contributions to educational leadership into the future. Teaching Fellows undertake a program of activities with the goal of enhancing disciplinary or inter-disciplinary teaching and learning within their institution and beyond.”

For a staff member at The University of Western Australia to be awarded such a Fellowship is an outstanding result. The award is a significant recognition of Professor Meyer’s teaching reputation and it reflects highly on the University. It is particularly apt that Professor Meyer’s ALTC Teaching Fellowship is announced at this time, being the UWA Teaching and Learning Month.

Congratulations to Professor Meyer on this great achievement.

Alan Robson
Vice-Chancellor"

Kelly Banz Master of Science Thesis passed

1 May, 2009

Congratulations to Kelly Banz on her wonderful achievement.
 
Kelly is now a student in her 2nd year of Medicine at The University of Notre Dame Australia.
We wish her the very best in her future career.

School Awarded the 2008 Distinguished Teaching and Learning Award

March 15, 2009

Congratulations to staff members of the School of Anatomy & Human Biology on being awarded the 2008 Distinguished Teaching and Learning Award for Schools. 

The Distinguished Teaching and Learning Award for Schools aims to encourage, promote and reward excellence in teaching and learning at the School level. Selection was based on merit within the context of the Guidelines with a focus on high quality teaching that is systemic across a School, supported by evidence and indications of ongoing improvement.

The award is due recognition for superb efforts across the board, with particular acknowledge and thanks to Jan Meyer who put in an enormous effort to prepare our submission.

The award comes with $45,000 for an appointment to support the School's priorities in teaching and learning. 

Travel Award to Eleanor Drummond

March 15, 2009

Congratulations to Eleanor Drummond who has been awarded a Travel Fellowship for the 12th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) in Vienna, Austria, July 11-16, 2009.

National Council of Women Science and Technology Bursary

February 23, 2009

Congratulations to Eleanor Drummond for winning a National Council of Women Science and Technology Bursary which was awarded at a ceremony at Council House last Thursday.  Eleanor won this against stiff opposition - there were 33 applicants.  The Bursary will help cover the costs of Eleanor's attendance at an Alzheimer's Disease conference in Vienna later in the year, at which she will present some of her PhD work.  Eleanor is supervised by Alan Harvey and Ralph Martins.

Kelly Shepherd Passes With Distinction

February 23, 2009

Congratulations to Kelly Shepherd whos PhD has been awarded with Distinction.
This is a fantastic achievement of which Kelly and her supervisors, Peter Eastwood and David Hillman should be very proud.
Kelly has been offered a postdoctoral position by Professor William Orr at the Lynn Health Science Institutes in Oklahoma City and Colorado Springs.  She will take this up in 2010 and 2011.  In the meantime, Kelly will be working as a postdoctoral fellow with Peter Eastwood helping develop the postgraduate sleep course and investigating upper airway behaviour during sleep.

Faculty Teaching Award Winners

February 16, 2009

Congratulations to A/Prof. Nick Milne and Professor Alan Harvey on their success in the 2008 Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences Teaching Awards.

• Nick Milne has been named as the 2008 Excellence in Coursework  - Coursework Teaching Award winner.
• Alan Harvey has been named as a 2008 Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision Award winner.

Both are now invited to apply for an Australian Learning and Teaching Council award.
These awards help maintain and enhance the School's outstanding reputation for teaching excellence, which is built upon the exceptional performance of so many of our teachers.

NHMRC Grant Success

January 12, 2009

Congratulations to Professor Paul McMenamin on obtaining National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding.

The project: "The Role of monocytic linage cells in models of corneal disease" will study the ways in which immune cells in the cornea detect invasion by potential pathogens.

Investigators:
Professor Paul McMenamin  (UWA)
Professor Eric Pearlman, (Case Western Reserve University)
A/Professor Mariapia Degli-Esposti (UWA)

Ionat Zurr Receives the 2008 Robert Street Prize

January 8, 2009

The Robert Street Prize is awarded to the student whose PhD thesis, of all those PhD theses passed with distinction, has in the opinion of the Board of the Graduate Research School, made the most outstanding contribution to its field.
Congratulations and well done.

Jelena Kezic's PhD Thesis Passed

January 6, 2009

Congratulations to Jelena Kezic's who's PhD has been formally passed.  This is a wonderful achievement.

In two weeks, Jelena is going to the US (Portland, Oregon) for a 3 year postdoc at the Casey Eye Institute at the Oregon Health and Sciences University.

Congratulations Jelena and all the very best for your future career.

PhD Scholarship Success

January 6, 2009

Five students have successfully obtained a scholarship to undertake a PhD in the School.

Jessica Terrill, Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) to be supervised by Professor Miranda Grounds
Thomas Ansell, University Postgraduate Award to be supervised by Dr Peter Eastwood
Fritha Milne, APA to be supervised by Dr Debra Judge
Su-Ann Koh, APA to be supervised by Dr Kathy Sanders
Tenelle Wilks, APA to be supervised by Professor Alan Harvey and Dr Jenny Rodger

Jessica, Fritha and Su-Ann completed Honours in Anatomy & Human Biology, Tenelle in Neurosciences, and Thomas in Physiology.
This is a terrific achievement and we wish them well in their future studies.