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NARF news
2009 NARF Postdoctoral Award Winner
Dr Benjamin Hogan of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, was awarded the 2009 NARF Postdoctoral Award for his paper entitled “ccbe1 is required for embryonic lymphangiogenesis and venous sprouting” published in Nature Genetics, April, 2009. Congratulations Ben!
NARF Executive and Committee 2010/2011
Executive: Phil Robinson (President), Phil Beart (Past-President), Gavin Lambert (Treasurer), Kay Double, (Secretary)
State Representatives: NSW/ACT: Olivier Piguet, QLD: Carol Wicking, SA:Sarah Robertson, VIC: Andrew Lawrence, WA:Nigel Laing
2009 NARF Symposium and AGM
The NARF 2009 Symposium and AGM were held at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney on Friday, 27th November 2009, followed by the annual dinner. The presentation given by President Phil Robinson at the AGM and the AGM minutes are available from the Secretary and will be available as downloads on this webpage in the New Year.
NHMRC Fellowships and Project Grants now open for the 2010 round.
The new NHMRC RGMS system is now available, see the NHMRC website for access and details. Fellowship and project grant applications are open for the 2010 funding round. NHMRC Fellowship applications close on Feb 12th 2010, Project grant applications close on March 17th 2010. See the NHMRC website for policy and application details.
NHMRC Consultation paper NARF response
The NARF response to the NHMRC Consultation Paper on the Fellowship Scheme submitted in June 2009 can be download here.