Daphne Goulston
Daphne Goulston was a Cancer Research Fellow at the University of Sydney 1928-1931, 1932-1934, at the Radium Institute London 1931-1932 and Research Associate in Biochemistry at the University of Sydney 1946-1949.
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Dr Jennifer Graves
Australian geneticist whose studies of the genetic diversity of Australia’s mammals explained the organisation, function and evolution of their genes. She is recognised for her work on the origin and evolution of human sex chromosomes, the inactivation of X chromosomes and the control of DNA synthesis in mammal cells.
Dr Jenefer Blackwell
Jenefer Blackwell is renowned for her research into host susceptibility and resistance to infectious diseases, particularly those from tropical parasitic diseases including leishmaniasis. Her discoveries facilitate genome-based approaches to the development of vaccines.
Edith Coleman
Edith Coleman was a naturalist who wrote prolifically on a wide range of animals and published in both scientific journals and the popular press.
Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Martin is internationally acknowledged for her expertise in protein crystallography. Her research is focussed on understanding the molecular basis of disease and applying this knowledge to early-stage drug discovery.
Georgina Sweet
Georgina Sweet was Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1920-1924. Her research included the zoology of Australian native animals and the parasites infesting Australian stock and native fauna.
Eleanor Williams
Eleanor Williams was one of the first three staff members of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). She co-authored and authored more than fifty publications in her career and specialised in research on dysentery, influenza and snake venom.
Dr Mary Amdur
Dr. Mary Amdur was a public health researcher who is known as the “mother of air pollution toxicology.”
Dr June Halliday
June Halliday was appointed Member of the Order of Australia, 11 June 1990, for service to medical science, particularly in the field of biochemical research.
Elizabeth Coxen
Elizabeth Frances Coxen was a naturalist and meteorologist who, together with her husband Charles, donated many natural history specimens to the Queensland Museum.