Recent Awards and Fellowships

Individual researchers from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology have been the recipients of recent prestigious awards and fellowships. They include:

2009

• Grand Challenges Exploration Grant
  Fasselli Coulibaly
• Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research
  Michelle Dunstone
• Three-Minute Thesis Award
  Allyson Croxford
• FAOBMB Young Scientist Award
  T. Beddoe

2008

• Dr Travis Beddoe - Post-Doctoral Investigator Award from the National Association of Research Fellows (NARF)
• Dr Natalie Borg -L'Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowship
• Ms Sophie Broughton - NHMRC  Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship
• Ms Hilary Hoare - Victorian Premier's Award for Medical Research
• Professor Trevor Lithgow - ARC Federation Fellowship
• Professor Christina Mitchell -Monash University 50th Anniversary Research Award
• Dr Corrine Porter - NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship
• Dr Jiangning Song - NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship
• Dr Fleur Tynan - Molly Holman Doctoral Medal
• Dr Fleur Tynan - NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship
• Dr Fleur Tynan - 2008 Australian Synchrotron Thesis Medal
• Dr Julian Vivian - NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship
• Dr Mark Walter - NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship
• Professor James Whisstock - ARC Federation Fellowship
• Professor James Whisstock -Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research

2007

• NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship
  J. Whisstock
• NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
  M. Wilce
• NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
  S. Bottomley
• NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
  A. Buckle
• Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research
  J. Rossjohn
• Gottschalk Medal
  J. Rossjohn
• ARC QEII Fellowship
  C. Clements
• Victoria Fellowship
  F. Tynan
• Premier's Commendation for Medical Research
  F. Tynan
• Fresh Scientist
  N. Borg
• Cass Foundation Travel Grant
  N. Borg
• Rigaku Post-doc Travel Award
  N. Borg
• Monash University Early Career Development Grant (under Strategic Grant scheme)
  N. Borg
• Australian Synchrotron Research Project Medal for best thesis completed in the life science
  L. Ely
• British Council Researcher Exchange Programme Award
  L. Pattenden
• ASBMB President's Award (travel fellowship)
  A. Ellisdon
• Monash University Travel Grant
  T. Beddoe
• Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Dean's Award for Excellence in Research - Early Career Award
  T. Beddoe
• Cass Foundation Travel Grant
  T. Beddoe
• NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship (2007)
  Sanjaya Kuruppu

2006

• Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
  J. Whisstock
• ARC Federation Fellowship
  J. Rossjohn
• NHMRC Industry Fellowship - awarded JSPS Invitation
  Fellowship for Research in Japan (short-term)
  N. Williams
• ASBMB Applied Biosystems Edman Award
  T. Beddoe
• ASBMB Fellowship
  F. Tynan
• ASBMB Fellowship
  H. Hoare
• NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship
  Pascal Wilmann
• NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship
  Sanjaya Kuruppu
• NHMRC RD Wright  Fellowship
  Peter Janes 
• NHMRC RD Wright Fellowship/Monash Fellow
  I. Smyth