International Research Funding
Monday, January 1, 2007
More than $2.3 million over 3 years has been awarded to seven of Australia's leading health and medical researchers under the prestigious international Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). Announcing the results of the latest HFSP round, National Health and Medical Research Council CEO, Professor Warwick Anderson, said that the awards provide valuable opportunities for Australian researchers to work in multidisciplinary teams at the international forefront of research. Since HFSP began in 1989, 12 of its scientists have been awarded Nobel Prizes.Our researchers are among the best in the world and the HFSP awards means that they get the chance to further their work through international collaborations. The program supports cutting-edge life sciences research and involves more than 30 countries worldwide. $408,800 was awarded to Professor Min Gu and CMP, to develop novel optoelectronic imaging methods for biological studies and to understand mechanisms for light interaction with biological materials.
To explore cancers in the early stage and understand their genetic origin - one of the greatest challenges in life sciences - CMP have developed a cutting-edge femtosecond biophotonics platform that provides cellular imaging, manipulation and engineering capabilities.