ANNUAL 2016 REPORT Light to Measure Contents Welcome to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) 2016 Annual Report. CNBP ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITY AND 1 STRUCTURE 3 ACHIEVEMENTS Director’s Report 4 CNBP Internal Collaborations 40 About Us 6 CNBP External Collaborations 42 Structure and Governance 7 Outreach, Education and CNBP Values 8 Communication 44 Executive Management Committee 9 Awards 49 Advisory Board 11 KPIs AND FINANCIAL International Science Committee 12 4 STATEMENTS Education and Outreach Committee 13 Centre Personnel 14 2016 KPIs at a Glance 50 CNBP KPIs 51 CNBP Financials 56 2 RESEARCH Global Collaborations 57 Case Studies 21 Partner Organisations 58 – Bleaching Assisted Multi-Channel Other Partners and Grants 61 Microscopy (BAMM) 22 Legacy Partners 62 – Revolutionary IVF Discoveries 23 – Regeneous Cell Therapies 24 APPENDICES – Cancer Margin with pH 25 5 – Optical Fibre Probe for Brain Appendix 1: Conference Participation 64 Temperature Measurements 26 Appendix 2: Centre Publications 70 Science Leadership Team Appendix 3: Community Events 77 Highlights and Goals 27 Appendix 4: Media Engagement 82 – Prof. Andrew Greentree 28 – A/Prof. Brant Gibson 29 – Prof. Ewa Goldys 30 – A/Prof. Jeremy Thompson 31 – Prof. Nicolle Packer 32 – Prof. Robert McLaughlin 33 – Prof. Andrew Abell 34 – Prof. Jim Piper 35 – Prof. Mark Hutchinson 36 – Prof. Stephen Nicholls 37 – Prof. Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem Printed March 2017 & Prof. Tanya Monro 38 ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics | Annual Report 2016 Section 1 CNBP Organisational Structure CentreARC Centre for Nanoscale of Excellence BioPhotonics for Nanoscale Annual BioPhotonics Report 2016 | Annual Report 2016 3 Director’s Report Welcome to the 2016 annual report of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), a highlights package of our exciting scientific journey. In now our third year of operation, the CNBP has produced some amazing scientific and organisational outcomes and continued to deliver more ground breaking firsts for our Centre. Within the science program of the CNBP we are asking questions at the CNBP Director nanoscale. For it is at the nanoscale that Professor Mark Hutchinson we can begin to guide light to interact with biology. It is at the nanoscale where we can create light where we need it. It The momentum of industry engagement This year of translational success was is at the nanoscale that we can observe and translation that has been part of topped off with the South Australian life begin, watch the triggers of pain be the CNBP from day 1 has been carried Government announcing the $2.4M activated, and heart disease evolve. I am across the whole Centre this year with funding of the South Australian Rapid very excited about the work conducted in Prof. Ewa Goldys and Dr. Martin Gosnell Commercialisation Initiative (SARCI), our Centre in 2016 and what we have in being awarded the “Innovative Use of triggered by the collaborative industry store for the coming years. Technology” award at the 2016 Australian work the CNBP established during the Museum Eureka Prizes. Other successes year. These successes will see CNBP This year has seen very exciting include Dr. Erik Schartner’s team being technologies being developed and additions to the membership of the awarded Medical Device Partnering deployed into food innovation areas over CNBP. Prof. Robert McLaughlin and Program funding to translate an early the next 4 years. Our research program his research team of three postdocs biosensor with cancer margin detection continues to be externally motivated with joined the University of Adelaide node capabilities into a clinically deployable even closer ties with our current and of the CNBP. As the inaugural Chair of prototype device. Together with future commercial partners to create BioPhotonics and the recipient of a 2016 commercial partners Regeneus Pty Ltd, disruptive technologies. We are seeing South Australian Government Premier’s CNBP investigators were also awarded the translation of CNBP technologies and Research, and Industry Fund Fellowship, an ARC Linkage grant to translate CNBP CNBP generated knowledge servicing Rob has seamlessly integrated his technologies; and both Schartner’s and multiple markets, from outback farms in translational and entrepreneurial activities McLaughlin’s teams were successful in animal production, through to the rural into the CNBP research program. 2016 receiving Commercialisation Acceleration doctor treating their patients. also saw Dr. Michael Baratta from Scheme funding to aid commercialisation the University of Colorado awarded of their Intellectual Property. the inaugural American Australian Association CNBP Fellowship to conduct work within the CNBP network. His research with the CNBP during 2016 has explored the deployment of novel protein biosensors in translational behavioural models of neuropsychiatric illness. 4 ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics | Annual Report 2016 Our vision is to create economic and The third CNBP scientific retreat at Victor CNBP scientists social value for all our communities Harbor was a resounding success with and multiple industry sectors. Our close to 100 Centre students, Associate are out in the high impact science publications and Partner Investigators in attendance from the past year will only be a for the three-day event. Critically, our community and part of our outcomes from this family friendly policy was borne out with research, with industry translation and the inclusion of multiple working parents in the media, commercialisation intentionally evolving and their children in the program through educating and and facilitated within the CNBP. intentional scheduling and planning of our program. As is the CNBP way, we exciting others The CNBP hosted several events in 2016 did things differently in the research including scientific workshops, a Partner presentations, with a combination of about our science. launch at our International Partner IPHT rapid fire 1 minute project updates, 3 in Jena Germany, together with UHN minute thesis presentations from our I would like to congratulate all of industry networking events at Laval Centre graduate students, and in-depth the Centre’s personnel for a highly University in Toronto, Canada, and the science presentations from teams of our successful and productive year. Thanks inaugural meeting of SPIE BioPhotonics researchers undertaken without slides. to our wonderful CNBP leadership team Australasia, which also included a Once again the retreat highlighted and for all their hard work in 2016. These are focused industry and Government strengthened the vibrant culture and exciting times! n networking event. These activities saw environment of nurturing and mentoring engagement with over 400 stakeholders, of our scientists across all levels. including representatives of the State Government, industry, members of CNBP scientists are out in the the University communities and the community and in the media, educating general public. These collective activities and exciting others about our science. exemplify our key pillars of Academic Our Centre continues to be one in which Prof. Mark Hutchinson Excellence, Commercial Impact, our scientists can openly share and test Director, CNBP Quality Communication and a Nurturing new, raw and cutting edge hypotheses, Environment. Since the beginning of where our scientists are mentored and CNBP, these principles have grown equipped with the skills to be the next from an organisational initiative into generation of science leaders. This meaningful actions. This can be seen in means we have an environment where our amazing science programs and has we are encouraged to practice and been exemplified in the way that we have to take the big risks that sometimes conducted this science through open fail, so that when the once in a lifetime communication channels with industry opportunities come around we are and government. already fashioned with the necessary skills to succeed. ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics | Annual Report 2016 5 About Us CENTRE DIRECTOR Prof. Mark Hutchinson SLT JOINT DEPUTY DIRECTORS Prof. Ewa Goldys SLT A/Prof. Brant Gibson SLT RMIT University Node Director PROFESSIONAL TEAM Mrs. Melodee Trebilcock Centre Manager Mr. Tony Crawshaw Communications & Outreach Co-ordinator SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP TEAM TEAM TEAM Prof. Andrew Abell Prof. Jim Piper Prof. Stephen AM Nicholls The University Macquarie of Adelaide University Node Director Node Director SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP TEAM TEAM TEAM Prof. Tanya Prof. Heike Prof. Nicolle Monro Ebendorff- Packer Heidepriem SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP TEAM TEAM TEAM Prof. Andrew A/Prof. Jeremy Prof. Robert Greentree Thompson McLaughlin ASSOCIATE PARTNER RESEARCH INVESTIGATORS AI INVESTIGATORS PI TEAMS 6 ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics | Annual Report 2016 Structure and Governance The CNBP links into the broader Through the Centres, connected Australian community through Associate Investigators and CNBP’s a selected network consisting researchers have opportunities to link of Partners and Associate into other institutions including University Investigators (AIs). of Adelaide, Macquarie University, RMIT University, University of Melbourne, The reach and capacity of the Centre Monash University, University of will be enhanced by active links