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Group News • Awards • Achievements
Ananya Padmakumar was one of the finalist in Women of Colour in STEM PhD Scholar Award!
Milad Reyhani won the Millis Jackson Research Grant. He was also elected as the IMINIS Mentorship Representative.
Doulin Shepherd won the Lorne Protein- poster prize.
Ananya Padmakumar won the Best student Oration award at ASM. She also received the ASM student and Postdoctoral travel award. Another one to her credit, she won the ASM (Australian) ECR and Student International Travel award.
Luca troman was awarded UoM ECR grant grant for 2026 ($40,000). They were also awarded SBS Travel grant worth $2000.
Sathya Muthusamy won the Lorne Proteins-Poster prize. She also won the Peoples choice award at SBS 3-minute thesis competition.
Bronte Johnstone was awarded the Lorne Proteins Early Career Anders Award. She was also awarded the MDHS ECA conference support grant.
We are proud to announce that Bronte Johnstone has been awarded the NHMRC EL1 Investigator Grant. This prestigious recognition marks a significant milestone in advancing her research program and underscores her commitment to driving innovation and excellence in the field.
Doulin Sheperd, Somavally Dalvi and Bindusmita Paul all completed their final PhD orations, a major milestone in their PhD journey. All gave terrific talks that were very well received by the audience!
Ananya Padmakumar was the runner-up for the 3MT-thesis program conducted by the Melbourne Dental school.
Bindusmita Paul, a PhD student, received the Best Talk award at the Gordon Research Seminar (GRC-2025).
Bindusmita Paul received the Millis Jackson Research Grant.
Somavally Dalvi received the Iain Charles Medgett Postgraduate Award.
Somavally Dalvi received the Best Student Talk award at the Phage Bites Conference.
Doulin Shepherd, a PhD student, received the Best Talk award at the International Conference on Type IV Secretion System.
Somavally Dalvi received one of the Best Talk awards at the Mobile Genetic Elements meeting (MGE-Aus 2025).
Shubha Udupa won the Best Poster award at the World Tomography Congress.
Luca Troman received the Poster Prize at the ARC CceMMP Research Symposium.
Ananya Padmakumar received the Best Poster award at BacPath 2024 Conference.
Bindusmita Paul received a Poster Prize at the Lorne Protein Conference.
Ananya Padmakumar won a Student Travel Grant from the University of Melbourne.
Milad Reyhani received a Poster Prize at the Lorne Protein Conference.
Matt Johnson received the EMCRA Domestic Travel Award.
Manasi Arcot Anil Kumar received the MDHS EMCR Catalyst Grant Award.
Doulin Shepherd received the Best Talk award at the DBP Graduate Research Conference.
Bindusmita Paul received the Best Talk award at the CryoZ Symposium-2023.
Ananya Padmakumar was awarded the Rowden Scholarship 2023.
Doulin Shepherd received the Best Talk award at the DBP Graduate Research Conference.
Doulin Shepherd received a Poster Prize at the Lorne Protein Conference.
Bindusmita Paul received an ADRF Grant.
