Biography:Jane Visvader

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Short description: Australian academic


Jane Visvader

FRS FAA FAHMS
Jane Visvader.jpg
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. Bibcode: 2011Natur.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. Bibcode: 2014Natur.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. 



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