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Canberra, Thursday 7 March 2002
ANU scientists receive top honours
Prominent
ANU scientists, Professor Frank Fenner and Dr Ted Maddess, are to be recognised
at the 2002 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Awards in Melbourne
tonight for their outstanding achievements in major Australian scientific
developments.
The Clunies Ross Foundation will present a Lifetime Contribution Award
to Professor Frank Fenner, who will join the prestigious company of previous
awardees - Sir Gustav Nossal, Dr Phillip Law, and Professor Ralph Slatyer.
Professor Fenner is Australia's most decorated and respected microbiologist
and research administrator and recognised worldwide for his work on eradicating
small pox.
At the young age of 34, he was invited to be the Foundation Professor
of Microbiology at the newly established John Curtin School of Medical
Research, the Australian National University, and in 1967 was appointed
Director of the School.
In the 1950s, he played a key role in the control of Australia’s
devastating rabbit plagues, using the myxomatosis virus, and as a world
expert on pox viruses, Professor Fenner was awarded the highly regarded
Japan Prize for Preventive Medicine for his role in the global eradication
of smallpox in 1970’s.
The Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award will be awarded
to Dr Maddess for his work on how eyes adapt to the visual world and his
invention of a non-invasive way to detect the early stages of glaucoma,
a common and irreversible form of blindness.
Dr Maddess is now working on ways to improve the detection of other neurological
conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, while leading a Biotechnology
Transfer Unit at the ANU.
www.cluniesross.org.au/cr2002
For more information contact Professor Frank Fenner on (02)
6125 2526; Dr Ted Maddess on (02) 6125 4099 or 0411 443 415; Genevieve
Turville on (02) 6125 5575 or 0416 249 245
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