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The 2008 President's Medal

The 2008 recipient of the President's Medal, Professor Robert Saint, ANU, pictured above with Simon Giulliano of Sigma-Aldrich (sponsors).
The President’s Medal 2008 Plenary Address: Cell division and migration: towards the cell biology of animal development

Rob Saint is Head, Molecular Genetics and Evolution, and Director, ARC Special Research Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development at the Australian National University. Rob's research focuses on the development of complex, multi-cellular organisms from a single cell which is a remarkable and intrinsically fascinating process. The instructions for this process are encoded in the genetic program and epigenetic imprints inherited by each individual. The genetic program unfolds during development through the regulation of molecular processes that control cell behaviours such as division, migration and differentiation, ultimately generating the size, shape and tissue pattern of the mature individual.