2010 - Emma Whitelaw, Laboratory Head , Epigenetics, Queensland institute of Medical Research

2009 – Richard Harvey, Head, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division and Deputy Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

2008 - Robert Saint, Head, Molecular Genetics and Evolution, and Director, ARC Special Research Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development at the Australian National University
Cell division and migration: towards the cell biology of animal development

2007 - Patrick Tam, Embryology Research Unit, Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney
Embryonic development of the mouse: establishment and translation of the blueprint for embryogenesis

2006 - David Vaux, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Pathways to Cell Death: An Apoptotic Odyssey

2005 - Peter Koopman, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
A journey of sexual discovery

2004 - Adrienne Clarke, School of Botany, University of Melbourne
Self-incompatibility in plants

2003 - John Kerr, Emeritus Professor of Pathology, the University of Queensland
A personal account of the events that led to the proposal of the apoptosis concept.

2002 - Don Metcalf, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
The molecular control of haematopoietic cells.