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Our Scientific staff delivered 12 invited international lectures
in Europe, North American and Asia.
Nationally, Maria Makrides and Bob Gibson were invited to
deliver a workshop for early career researchers by the Australian
Academy of Science as part of the Science at the Shine Dome.
Locally, Maria Makrides delivered the annual oration for Healthy
Development Adelaide.
Our students and early career researchers celebrated successes:
Zlatko Kopecki won the Comfeel Literary Award for best
Literature review in Wound Practice and Research in 2009 for
his article on "Raising the roof on epidermolysis bullosa:
a focus on new therapies"
Daisy Yang received the Shanghai Mayor's Award of Science
and Technology Innovation(s) for her work in basic and clinical
research of Craniofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
A method developed by PhD student Shriram Nath to decalcify
bone marrow trephine in a diagnostic setting has been incorporated
as a routine practice in the Surgical Pathology Department,
Women's and Children's Hospital.
Jacqui Miller won the 3-minute thesis competition for
the University of Adelaide
Dr Jodie Hatfield was awarded a Matsumae Fellowship to
undertake collaborative research in Japan in 2011. Dr Hatfield
will work in the lab of Dr Sachiko Iseki at Tokyo Medical
and Dental University
The first monoclonal antibody CRCBT-02-001 that has been
developed in the Leukocyte Biology Laboratory for the CRC
for Biomarker Translation has been used by the HLDA Workshops
to define a "CD number" for its target antigen.
WCHRI is also a partner organization in a new CRC in Wound
Management Innovation. The CRC was awarded $28Million and
is expected to run for 7 years.
We published the largest randomised trial of fish oil intervention
in pregnancy in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical
Association. The study demonstrated the effectiveness of omega
3 fats in preventing preterm delivery but showed little benefit
in preventing maternal postnatal depression or improving early
childhood neurodevelopment, providing important information
for women and policy makers.
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