
Bob Fraser Award
New Investigator Award
The Bob Fraser Award recognises an emerging early/mid career researcher in the matrix biology field who has demonstrated outstanding research contributions and leadership potential.
Eligibility requirements
This award is open to applicants who:
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have been a financial member of MBSANZ for more than 1 year prior to application
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have no more than 10 years post-doctoral experience taking into account career disruption
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register for the society conference and submit an abstract for an oral presentation
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Application Requirements
Applicants for this award apply at the time of submitting an abstract for an oral presentation at a society meeting by providing:
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verification of the date of conferral of their PhD
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details of any career disruption
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brief CV (maximum 3 pages) including education, main field of professional activity and a list of publications
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abstract submitted to the society conference for an oral presentation
Award review committee
Finalists are invited to give an oral presentation at the society conference. The award is determined by the selection committee chaired by the President and based on the oral presentation delivered at the society conference.

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2022 Awardee
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Dr Amelia Parker is the winner of the 2022 Bob Fraser New Investigator Award for her presentation entitled ‘Extracellular Matrix Profiles are Associated with Risk and Prognosis in the Squamous Cell Carcinoma Subtype of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma’.
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Dr Parker is a post-doctoral researcher at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Her research focuses on how the extracellular matrix controls cell behaviour and in particular, in how the cellular microenvironment combines with intracellular features to drive cell behaviour and ultimately disease progression in lung cancer.
Previous Awardees
2022 Amelia Parker Garvan Institute of Medical Research
2021 Elysse Filipe Garvan Institute of Medical Research
2020 Jiao Jiao Li UTS Sydney
2018 Brooke Farrugia UNSW Sydney
2016 Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina UNSW Sydney Yu Suk Choi University of Western Australia
2015 Chris Turner University of South Australia
2014 Giselle Yeo University of Sydney
2013 Cindy Shu University of Sydney Ainslie Derrick-Roberts SA Pathology
2012 Dan McCulloch Deakin University Miriam Jackson University of Sydney
2011 Dada Pisconti University of Colorado at Boulder
2010 Trevor Cameron Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2009 Julie Nigro CSIRO
2008 Megan Lord UNSW Sydney
2007 Ian Smyth Monash University
2006 Justin Allen Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2005 Jason White University of Melbourne
Jiao Jiao Li
UTS, Sydney
2020
Chris Turner
University of South Australia
2015
Miriam Jackson
University of Sydney
2012
Julie Nigro
CSIRO
2009
Jason White
University of Melbourne
2005
Brooke Farrugia
UNSW Sydney
2018
Giselle Yeo
University of Sydney
2014
Dan McCulloch
Deakin University
2012
Megan Lord
UNSW Sydney
2008
Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina
UNSW Sydney
2016
Cindy Shu
Kolling Institute for Medical Research
2013
Dada Pisconti
University of Colorado at Boulder
2011
Ian Smyth
Monash University
2007
Yu Suk Choi
University of Western Australia
2016
Ainslie Derrick-Roberts
South Australia Pathology
2013
Trevor Cameron
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2010
Justin Allen
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2006