Biography:Jane Visvader

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Short description: Australian academic


Jane Visvader

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Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
Scientific career
InstitutionsWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Salk Institute

Jane Visvader FRS FAA FAHMS is a scientist specialising in breast cancer research who works for the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia . She is the joint head of the Breast Cancer Laboratory with Geoff Lindeman.[1]

Education

Visvader holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Adelaide having studied structure and function of citrus exocortis viroid[2]

Career and research

After her PhD, she was a postdoctoral researcher with Inder Verma (Salk Institute, San Diego) and Jerry Adams (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI)).[3] She worked at the Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston before returning to Victoria in 1997 to establish a Breast Cancer Laboratory at WEHI.[4]

Visvader has published work investigating the role of cells of origin in cancer[5] and in particular focuses on the role of stem cells,[6][7] which she believes may be a key to understanding breast cancer.[8]

Patents

Visvader is a named inventor on five patents relating to cancer research focused on stem cell isolation and diagnostics.[9]

  • Method Of Cell Isolation, Application number: 20080038230
  • Differentiation and/or proliferation modulating agents and uses therefor, Application number: 20060166917
  • Novel phosphoprotein, Application number: 20060148032
  • Method of diagnosis and treatment and agents useful for same, Application number: 20050048528
  • Differentiation and/or proliferation modulating agents and uses therefor, Application number: 20030175971

Recognition

2020 Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[10]
2019 Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction (Joint with Geoff Lindeman)
2017 Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation (Joint with Geoff Lindeman) [11]
2016 National Health and Medical Research Council Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship [12]
2016 Lemberg Medal, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [13]
2016 Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences [14]
2014 Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal for Scientific Excellence in Biomedical & Health Sciences.[15]
2012 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[16]
2008 GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence (Joint with Geoff Lindeman)[17]

References

  1. "Professor Jane Visvader". http://www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_members/professor_jane_visvader. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  2. "Structure and function of citrus exocortis viroid / by Jane Ellen Visvader. - Version details - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 2006-12-28. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3750664?q=+Visvader&c=book&versionId=21400027+49704861. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  3. "News | Royal Society of Victoria | Promoting Science and Science Education". Royalsocietyvictoria.org.au. http://www.royalsocietyvictoria.org.au/news/. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  4. "News | Royal Society of Victoria | Promoting Science and Science Education". Royalsocietyvictoria.org.au. http://www.royalsocietyvictoria.org.au/news/. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  5. Visvader, Jane E. (2011). "Cells of origin in cancer". Nature 469 (7330): 314–322. doi:10.1038/nature09781. PMID 21248838. Bibcode2011Natur.469..314V. 
  6. Rios, Anne C.; Fu, Nai Yang; Lindeman, Geoffrey J.; Visvader, Jane E. (2014). "In situ identification of bipotent stem cells in the mammary gland". Nature 506 (7488): 322–327. doi:10.1038/nature12948. PMID 24463516. Bibcode2014Natur.506..322R. 
  7. Visvader, Jane E.; Lindeman, Geoffrey J. (2012). "Cancer Stem Cells: Current Status and Evolving Complexities". Cell Stem Cell 10 (6): 717–728. doi:10.1016/j.stem.2012.05.007. PMID 22704512. 
  8. Giovanni Valenti (2012-01-11). "Interview with Jane Visvader: stem cells in the breast | Europe's stem cell hub". Nature 439 (7072): 84–88. doi:10.1038/nature04372. PMID 16397499. http://www.eurostemcell.org/commentanalysis/interview-jane-visvader-stem-cells-breast. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  9. "Patents by Inventor Jane Visvader - Justia Patents Database". Patents.justia.com. http://patents.justia.com/inventor/jane-visvader. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  10. "Jane Visvader". Royal Society. https://royalsociety.org/people/Jane-Visvader-25404/. Retrieved 20 September 2020. 
  11. "Professor Jane Visvader&Professor Geoffrey Lindeman 2017 Victoria Prize for Science & Innovation". https://www.veski.org.au/JaneVisvader_GeoffreyLindeman#:~:text=2017%20Victoria%20Prize%20for%20Science,basic%20discoveries%20to%20the%20clinic.. Retrieved 2021-02-09. 
  12. "Top NHMRC research recognised". https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/archive-news/top-nhmrc-research-recognised. Retrieved 2021-02-09. 
  13. "THE 2016 LEMBERG MEDAL: JANE VISVADER". https://www.asbmb.org.au/awards/jane_visvader-html/. Retrieved 9 February 2021. 
  14. "AAHMS announces its second scientific meeting and induction of new fellows". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. http://www.aahms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AAHMS-Press-Release_6-Oct-2016.pdf. Retrieved 14 October 2016. 
  15. "News | Royal Society of Victoria | Promoting Science and Science Education". Royalsocietyvictoria.org.au. http://www.royalsocietyvictoria.org.au/news/. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  16. "Fellowship list - Australian Academy of Science". Science.org.au. http://www.science.org.au/fellowship-list?name=visvader&field_d_year_of_election_value%5Bmin%5D%5Byear%5D=1954&field_d_year_of_election_value%5Bmax%5D%5Byear%5D=2014. Retrieved 2014-08-14. 
  17. "GSK Alumni Members". https://au.gsk.com/en-au/research/supporting-research/gsk-award-for-research-excellence/alumni-members-1/. Retrieved 2021-02-09.