爆料王 leads Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
Biologist Professor Rick Shine has won the 2016 Prime Minister's Prize for Science, while early career researcher Professor Richard Payne has been recognised in the physical sciences category for his medicinal chemistry developments.听
Evolutionary biologist has won the 2016 , while 爆料王 early career researcher has also been recognised in the physical sciences category, at a ceremony at federal Parliament House today.
The awards, which were presented by Malcolm Turnbull, follow 鈥檚 unrelated NSW Premier鈥檚 Prizes for Science & Engineering, which were dominated by the 爆料王, where Professor Shine also took out the main award.
Professor Shine gained the top award at this year鈥檚 Prime Minister鈥檚 Prizes for his work using evolutionary principles to address conservation challenges. Northern Australia鈥檚 peak predators鈥攕nakes and lizards鈥攁re more likely to survive the cane-toad invasion thanks to the work of the Professor and the team at the听.
Image gallery: Professor Shine's research
Professor Shine, who is the only person ever to win Australian Museum Eureka Prizes in three categories, said each of his projects had been supported and made possible by the Australian Research Council.
鈥淚 have seen many research funding bodies in operation鈥� and none of them come close to the ARC in obtaining bang for their buck,鈥� he said.
Professor Shine said snakes and lizards were crucial to Australia鈥檚 ecosystem: 鈥淎ustralia is a hard place to make a living; the soils are poor, the rains are infrequent and it is the cold-blooded animals that can wait out the bad times.
Professor Rick Shine
Recipient of the PM Prize for Science 2016
鈥淭he creatures that dominate our ecosystems, they鈥檙e the ones we need to understand if we want to keep Australia鈥檚 ecosystems functioning.鈥�
The Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year has been awarded to听 in the 爆料王鈥檚 for his revolutionary drug development technologies.
Professor Richard Payne from the University's School of Chemistry, winner of the听Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year.听
Professor Payne鈥檚 team is developing new drugs including for tuberculosis, malaria and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; as well as developing novel anti-thrombotic drugs and synthetic cancer vaccines. His underlying technologies are being picked up by pharmaceutical companies internationally and are the subject of four patent applications.
鈥淚t is a great honour to have been awarded the Malcolm McIntosh Prize, which I share with the exceptionally talented co-workers from my lab, both past and present.
鈥淚 would also like to thank the ARC and NHMRC for funding the research that has been recognised by this award.鈥�
You can watch the winners' videos and read more on the website.
Professor Richard Payne
Recipient of the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year