Person
Visvader, Jane E.
FAA FRS
- Occupation
- Medical scientist
Summary
Jane Visvader is medical scientist whose research focuses on the causes and treatment of breast cancer. She worked at several leading research laboratories, including the Harvard Medical School in Boston, U.S.A., before returning to Australia in 1998 to establish the Breast Cancer Laboratory at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Under the joint leadership of Visvader and Geoffrey Lindeman, researchers at the laboratory have made major contributions in studying mammary stem cells and master regulators of mammary gland development. An extensive bank of human breast cancer xenografts has been developed for use in the testing of drugs for breast cancer treatment.
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Chronology
- 1998 -
- Career position - Head (jointly with Geoffrey Lindeman), Breast Cancer Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- 2008
- Award - GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence (jointly with Geoffrey Lindeman)
- 2012 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2014
- Award - Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Research
- 2016 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- 2016
- Award - Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (shared with Geoffrey Lindeman), Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation
- 2016
- Award - Lemberg Medal and Oration, Australian Society for Biochemical and Molecular Biology
- 2017
- Award - Victoria Prize for Life Scientific (jointly with Geoffrey Lindeman)
- 2020 -
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 2020 - 2023
- Career position - Member, Gene technology Technical Advisory Committee
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Resources
- The 2016 Lemberg Medal: Jane Visvader, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, 2016, http://www.asbmb.org.au/awards/jane_visvader.html/. Details
- Ramaciotti awards and recipients, Perpetual, Sydney, 2024. https://www.perpetual.com.au/wealth-management/ramaciotti/ramaciotti-awards-and-recipients/. Details
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Created: 3 May 2022, Last modified: 1 October 2024