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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
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| ANSTO CEO Dr Adi Paterson (centre) with 2012 Eureka Prize winners for Innovative Use of Technology: Associate Professor Wei Shen (Left of Dr Paterson) and his Monash University team including Professor Gil Garnier, Dr Xu Li, Junfei Tian, David Ballerini, Miaosi Li and Lizi Li. Photo courtesy of the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes and photographer Daniel O’Doherty. |
Dubbed the ‘Oscars of Australian Science’, the annual Australian Museum Eureka Prizes will be held in Sydney on 4 September, 2013.
ANSTO is an integral part of the prizes, sponsoring an award category, the ‘ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology.’
The 2012 $10,000 prize was awarded to Associate Professor Wei Shen and his Monash Team whose Bioactive Paper Diagnostics tool demonstrated a new way of using technology to improve research outcomes.
The Eureka Prizes are awarded annually by the Australian Museum and recognise excellence in many fields including scientific research and innovation. It is highly competitive, with 18 prizes awarded in four categories:
- Research & Innovation
- Leadership
- School Science
- Science Journalism and Communication
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Whether it’s making breakthroughs in medical industries or pioneering new developments in engineering, the field is wide open for smart thinking.
ANSTO CEO, Dr Adi Paterson said this award highlights how “the innovative application of technology forms a new way of viewing a problem that can lead to significant scientific breakthroughs.
ANSTO is at the forefront of applying nuclear technology and techniques to a diverse range of scientific problems including climate change, health and materials engineering. So it is quite fitting that our organisation gets behind sponsoring a tremendous award like this."
“We have many great scientists at ANSTO and Australia-wide who are among the best in their field in the world.
"By recognising and rewarding these great thinkers we can continue to foster new breakthroughs in science and technology that has tremendous benefit to all Australians,” Dr Paterson said.
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes website
Find out more information about the Eureka Prizes on the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes website