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Tuesday December 17, 2019

Many congratulations to the following people for receiving our prestigious ASI Awards and Special Honours.

ASI AWARDS AND SPECIAL HONOURS

Derrick Rowley Medal
Alan Baxter, James Cook University
Susanne Heinzel, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Foundation Lecture
Jonathan Sprent, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Burnet Oration
Michael Good, Griffith University

Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Lectureship Award (inaugural)
Jessica Borger, Monash University

Jared Purton - ASI Awards
1st Prize: Kylie Quinn, RMIT University
2nd Prize: Farzaneh Kordachech, Australian National University

Jacques Miller Senior Award
Scott Mueller, Peter Doherty Institute

Gordon Ada Senior Awards
Marcel Batten, Melanoma Institute Australia
Stephanie Gras, Monash University
Connie Jackaman, Curtin University
Joshua Ooi, Monash University

ASI Women's Initiative Travel Awards
Niamh Troy, Telethon Kids Institute
Dimitra Zotos, Monash University

International Travel Awards - Postdoctoral
Catarina Almeida, University of Melbourne
Maximilien Evrard, University of Melbourne
Andrew Highton, Heinrich Pette Institute
Hui-Fern Koay, University of Melbourne
Marios Koutsakos, University of Melbourne
Gang  Liu, University of Newcastle
Roland Ruscher, James Cook University
Carolien van de Sandt, University of Melbourne

International Travel Awards - Postgraduate
Georgia Atkin-Smith, La Trobe Unversity
Sebastian Cruz-Gomez
Daniel Fox, Australian National University
Md Anayet Hasan, University of Queensland
Luca Hensen, University of Melbourne
Xiaoxiao Jia, University of Melbourne
Isabella Kong, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
Rajesh Lamichhane, University of Otago
Lianne Lansink, Queensland University of Technology
Yoke Seng Lee, University of Queensland
Liam  O’Brien, University of Queensland
Jake  O'Donnell, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Amanda Oliver, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Timothy  Patton, Monash University
Joseph Sia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Claudia Stocks, Institute of Molecular Bioscience
Hayley McNamara, Australian National University
Alicia Wilson, Australian National University
Lisa Worley

ASI Journal Awards

Immunology & Cell Biology Chris and Bhama Parish Publication of the Year Award
Garth Cameron, University of Melbourne

Immunology & Cell Biology Thermo Fisher Scientific Publication Award
Emma de Jong, Telethon Kids Institute

Clinical & Translational Immunology Publication of the Year Award
Harini de Silva, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

ANNUAL MEETING AWARDS

ASI New Investigator Award
Jonathan Roco, Australian National University

BD Science Communication Award
Lelinh Duong, Curtin University

Graham Jackson Memorial Prize
Roland Ruscher, James Cook University

ASI Poster Awards
ASI Overall Poster Award: Lelinh Duong, Curtin University
ASI Poster Award: Jessica Michie, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
ICB Poster Award: Sarah Dart, University of Western Australia
CTI Poster Award: Caitlin Tilsed, University of Western Australia

Pharmaxis-ASI Travel Bursary
Simone Park, Peter Doherty Institute

ASI Travel Bursaries
Yannick Alexandre, University of Melbourne
Rebecca Buckland, Australian National University
Susan Christo, University of Melbourne
Lucy Cooper, Monash University
Sarah Dart, University of Western Australia
Lisa Denny, Victoria University of Wellington
Lelinh Duong, Curtin University
Maximilien Evrard, University of Melbourne
Raissa Fonseca, Peter Doherty Institute
Sonia Ghilas, Peter Doherty Institute
Md Anayet Hasan, University of Queensland
Qiutong Huang, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
Tabinda Hussain, Monash University
Margaret Jordan, James Cook University
Liam Kealy, Monash University
Jason Kelly, Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute
Burhan Khan, University of Queensland
Hui-Fern Koay, University of Melbourne
Katrin Kramer, University of Otago
Junyun Lai, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Jonatan Leffler, Telethon Kids Institute
Dawn Lin, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
Felix Marsh-Wakefield, University of Sydney
Johannes U Mayer, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Jessica Michie, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Rukshan A. M. Raseek, University of New England
Catriona Nguyen-Robertson, University of Melbourne
Jake O'Donnell, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Timothy Patton, Monash University
Dinesh Raghu, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
Alissa Robbins, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Iona Schuster, Monash University
Caitlin Tilsed, University of Western Australia
Stephanie Trend, Telethon Kids Institute
Niamh Troy, Telethon Kids Institute, UWA
Daniel Utzschneider, University of Lausanne
Yide Wong, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Lisa Worley
Arabella Young, UCSF
Yan Zhang, Monash University