Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowships* Bellberry-Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowships^ Cross Family & Frank Alexander - Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship + Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded Dr Jana Vukovic The University of Unravelling the molecular , School of mechanisms that underpin https://biomedical- Biomedical Sciences and the beneficial effects of sciences.uq.edu.au/profile/765 Queensland Brain repopulating microglia on /jana-vukovic Institute neuronal survival and cognition following brain injury Associate Professor Chen Monash University, Context-specific regulation Davidovich Program, the of the histone 2020 Department of methyltransferase https://research.monash.edu/ Biochemistry and polycomb repressive en/persons/chen-davidovich Molecular Biology complex 2 (PRC2): new hotspots in a sought-after target Dr Michelle Halls + Monash University, Drug GPCR interaction-networks Discovery Biology Theme, and signalling in health https://research.monash.edu/ Monash Institute of and disease en/persons/michelle-halls Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Andrew Steer Murdoch Children’s Public health interventions Research Institute, for control of tropical https://www.mcri.edu.au/user and Immunity s/andrew-steer Theme Dr Tracey Putoczki The Walter and Untangling the role of Institute of Medical cytokines in cancer 2019 https://www.wehi.edu.au/peop Research progression le/tracy-putoczki Dr Richard Berry + Monash University, How viruses and tumours Biochemistry and escape cellular immunity https://research.monash.edu/ Molecular Biology en/persons/richard-berry Dr Laura Mackay The University of Enhancing Immunity by , Department Tissue-Resident Immune https://www.doherty.edu.au/p of Microbiology and Cells eople/dr-laura-mackay 2018 Immunology A/Prof James Ward Flinders University, Improving STI and BBV Infection and Immunity - outcomes and associated https://portal.sahmriresearch. Aboriginal Health drivers among Aboriginal

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded org/en/persons/james-ward peoples Dr Kim Jacobson^ Monash University, Epigenetic regulation of Biochemistry and humoral immunity in https://research.monash.edu/ Molecular Biology health and disease en/persons/kim-jacobson A/Professor Kathryn Holt The University of Genomic Investigations of Melbourne, Biochemistry Antimicrobial Resistance https://www.findanexpert.uni & Molecular Biology and melb.edu.au/display/person34 Bio21 Inst. 0713 A/Professor Alexander Monash University, Maps, models, and Fornito Monash Int. of Cognitive mechanisms of brain 2017 and Clinical changes in psychosis http://www.med.monash.edu. Neurosciences au/psych/bmh/people/alex.ht ml A/Professor Di Yu^ Australian National Differentiation and function University, Department of of a novel cytotoxic T-cell http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/peopl Immunology and subset: follicular cytotoxic e/di-yu Infectious Disease T cells

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded A/Professor Marnie Walter and Eliza Hall Screening and Blewitt^ Institute of Medical characterisation of Research mammalian epigenetic http://www.wehi.edu.au/peopl modifiers e/seth-masters Dr Seth Masters Walter and Eliza Hall The inflammasome and 2016 Institute of Medical autoinflammatory disease http://www.wehi.edu.au/peopl Research e/seth-masters Dr Lucy Palmer The Florey Institute of Decoding the brain: how Neuroscience and Mental do we make decisions? https://www.florey.edu.au/use Health r/5459 Dr Marie-Liesse Asselin- Walter and Eliza Hall Regulation of lung stem Labat Institute of Medical cells in development and Research disease www.wehi.edu.au/people/mari e-liesse-asselin-labat

2015 Dr Thomas Gebhardt The University of T-cell mediated immunity Melbourne (Peter Doherty in barrier tissues http://microbiol.unimelb.edu.a Institute for Infection & u/research/immunology/gebha Immunity) rdt_laboratory

Prof Ryan Lister University of Western Natural and artificial , Harry Perkins regulation of the human www.uwa.edu.au/people/ryan.l Institute of Medical epigenome in neural ister Research differentiation and plasticity

Dr Marc Pellegrini Walter & Eliza Hall Developing “functional Institute of Medical cures” for chronic human www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_me 2014 Research infections mbers/dr_marc_pellegrini

Dr Nicolas Plachta Monash University, EMBL Seeing how Mammalian life Australia & Australian starts: Quantitative single- www.monash.edu.au/research Regenerative Medicine cell imaging of living /people/profiles/profile.html?si Institute embryos d=55327&pid=4062

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded Dr Jose Polo Australian Identifying the molecular Regenerative Medicine mechanism during www.armi.org.au/About_Us/St Institute, Monash reprogramming of different aff/Jose_Polo.aspx University somatic cells into induced pulipotent stem cells

2013 Dr Jian Yiang Queensland Brain Methods and large-scale Institute, The genomic analyses to study http://qbi.uq.edu.au/associate University of the genetic basis of -professor-jian-yang- Queensland neuropsychiatric disorders statistical-genomics and obesity

Professor Alex Brown South Australian Health Exploring the Natural and Medical Research History of Adverse ENd- www.sahmri.com/our- Institute (SAHMRI) Points in Cardiovascular research/themes/aboriginal- Disease and co-morbid health/theme/theme-leader- Depression: The biography ENHANCED project 2012 Dr Axel Kallies The Walter & Eliza Hall Transcriptional and Institute of Medical epigenetic control of www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_me Research conventional and mbers/dr_axel_kallies regulatory T cell differentiation

Dr Clare Parish Florey Neuroscience Improving cell replacement Institutes therapy for Parkinson’s www.florey.edu.au/research/st disease em-cells-and-neural- developments 2011 Dr Nicole La Gruta The University of The Killers in You : Melbourne Determinants of cytotoxic www.microio.unimelb.edu.au/p T lumphocyte responses eople/doherty/lagruta.html following viral infection

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded A/Prof David J. Curtis Using mouse models to identify improved

therapies for hematologic malignancies

2010 Dr Ross Dickins The Walter & Eliza Hall Modeling lymphocytic Institute of Medical leukaemia and its www.wehi.edu.au/ross_dickins Research treatment using RNA

interference

A/Professor Katie Allen Murdoch Children's Predicators of Research Institute development, persistence www.mcri/edu.au/sections/Res and remission of earch/GroupLeader.aspx?TID= sensitisation and food 2&GID=93&SID=4 allergy in a prospective

2009 infant cohort

Dr Kieran Harvey Peter MacCallum Cancer Regulation of tissue growth Centre by the Salvador-Warts- www.petermac.org/Research/C Hippo pathways ellGrowthProliferation

Dr Brendan Jenkins Monash University Genetic dissection of cytokine signalling in www.monashinstitute.org/staff and cancer /ciiid-brendan-jenkins.html

2008 Dr Benjamin Kile Walter & Eliza Hall The molecular regulation Institute of Medical of platelet production and www.wehi.edu.au/benjamin_ki Research function le

Dr The Walter & Eliza Hall Genetic analysis of cell Institute of Medical death, oncogenci co- www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_me Research operatvitity and growth- mbers/dr_gabrielle_belz factor signalling in IL-3 dependent lines

2007 Dr Paul Ekert Murdoch Children's Cellular and transcriptional Research Institute shaping of naïve and www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_me memory T cell mbers/associate_professor_pa development in immunity ul_ekert

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded Dr Jennifer (Jane) Pillow University of western Understanding the Australia relevance of biological www.uwa.edu.au/people/jane. complexity and fractal pillow structures for ventilation of the preterm lung 2006 Dr Maria (Carola) Garcia de John Curtin School of Elucidating how T follicular Vinuesa Medical Research helper cells induce memory B cell formation http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/peopl and prevent e/professor-carola-g-vinuesa in germinal centres

Dr Ruth Arkell Australian National Zic gene function during University the development of the http://biology.anu.edu.au/ruth embryonic midline _arkell/

2005 Dr Robyn Starr St Vincent's Institute Regulation of immune system function by suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins

Dr Miles Davenport University of New South Understanding HIV Wales vaccination 2004 www.med.unsw.edu.au/CVRW eb.nsf/page/CSB

Dr Jacqueline Matthews University of Sydney Regulatory Proteins in Development and Disease http://sydney.edu.au/medicine 2003 /people/academics/profiles/ma tthews.php

Dr Philippe Bouillet Walter & Eliza Institute of Role of BH3-only proteins Medical Research, Vic in autoimmune and www.wehi.edu.au/philippe_bo degenerative diseases uillet

2002 Dr Thomas Preiss Victor Chang Cardiac Translational control of Research Institute, NSW gene expression and the http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/resea choice between cell death rch/genome-biology/rna- and proliferation biology

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded Dr Tracy Bryan Children’s Medical Telomerase components in Research Institute, NSW tetrahymena and human http://sydney.edu.au/medicine /people/academics/profiles/tbr yan.php 2001 Dr Mark Hulett John Curtin School of Regulators of cell invasion Medical Research, and angiogenesis www.latrobe.edu.au/biochemis Australian National try/lab/hulett/index.htm University, ACT

Dr Kum Kum Khanna Queensland Institute of To define the role of Medical Research BRCA1 in DNA-damage www.qimr.edu.au/page/Lab/Si response gnal_Transduction/

2000 Dr Dianne Fatkin Victor Chang Cardiac Molecular genetic studies Research Institute, NSW of inherited http://www.victorchang.edu.a cardiomyopathies u/research/ProfDianeFatkin.cf m?cid=77

Dr David Huang The Walter & Eliza Hall Biological and biochemical Institute of Medical mechanisms regulating www.wehi.edu.au/faculty_me Research, Vic programmed cell death mbers/professor_david_huang

1999 Dr Alister Ward Ludwig Institute for Studies of myeloid Cancer Research, Vic leukaemogenesis in the http://www.deakin.edu.au/hm zebrafish nbs/medicine/research/alister- ward.php & Deakin University

Dr Eugene Maraskovsky Ludwig Institute, Austin Identification of Hospital, Vic functionally distinct http://au.linkedin.com/pub/eu dendritic cell subsets gene- generated invitro and 1998 maraskovsky/15/556/ba0 invivo

Dr Lorraine Robb The Walter & Eliza Hall Specification of Institute of Medical Haemopoietic development Research, Vic in the early murine embryo

Year Name Institution Project Title Awarded Dr Melissa Little Centre for Molecular & Modulation of WT1 activity Cellular Biology, Q by protein-protein and http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/ind protein-RNA interactions ex.html?page=11684

Dr Joanne Shaw Princess Alexandra The characterisation of the 1997 Hospital, Q genetic basis of maturity onset diabetes of the young and of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus 1996 Dr Graeme Kay Queensland Institute of The Xist gene as a Medical Research functional component of http://www.qimr.edu.au/page/ the X inactivation centre Lab/CCQ_Transgenics/

Dr Trevor Kilpatrick The Walter & Eliza Hall The role of the receptor Institute, Vic tyrosine kinase gene, http://www.florey.edu.au/abou Tyro-4, in motor neuron t-florey/our-people/staff- development directory/214/trevor-kilpatrick 1995 Dr Pankaj Sah John Curtin School of Synaptic plasticity in the Medical Research, amygdala http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/prof Australian National essor-pankaj-sah University, ACT

^ Bellberry Limited provided funding for a joint Bellberry-Veritel Fellowship. The first of these joint Fellowships was awarded in 2016.

+ With additional funds secured from two other philanthropic trusts managed by Equity Trustees, The Cross Family and The Frank Alexander Charitable Trusts

*List compiled by Dr Kieran Harvey, Dr Ross Dickins and Equity Trustees

** Year awarded – usually, Fellows commence their five-year Fellowship term at the start of the next calendar year.