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Eureka nominations for Adelaide researchers

The winners of the 22nd Annual ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Museum Eureka Prizes will be announced on 6 September 2011 in Sydney.
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Friday, 12 August 2011

Three ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide staff members have been announced as finalists for the 2011 in science.

Professor Tanya Monro has been shortlisted for the prize, while Professor James Paton and Dr Adrienne Paton have been recognised as finalists for the prize.

Professor Tanya Monro, Director of the (IPAS), is one of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s leading physicists. Her work has led to the development of new forms of optical fibres that are transforming health, defence, food and wine, and the environment. The Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science is awarded to an ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n individual who has demonstrated an outstanding role and impact in science.

Professor James Paton, NHMRC ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Fellow, and Dr Adrienne Paton, Principal Research Fellow, in the Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, , have been nominated as part of a team with collaborators from Monash ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. The team discovered a highly novel bacterial cytotoxic mechanism, which has potential applications in cancer therapy. This led them to be considered for the prize, which recognises outstanding recent contributions to infectious diseases research.

Each will be competing against other entrants from across ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ to be in the running for one of the 24 Eureka Prizes. The winners will be announced at an awards dinner in Sydney on Tuesday 6 September.

The Eureka Prizes are presented annually by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Museum and aim to reward and celebrate excellence in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n science.

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