ComBio Awards  

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ComBio Awards for best Poster and Oral Presentations

  • The Toshiya Yamada Early Career Award - value $500*

    • Best oral presentation by a junior postdoctoral fellow (within 5 years of completing a Ph.D.) in the fields of Cell Biology or Developmental Biology.

  • The David Walsh Student Prize - value $350

    • Best oral presentation by a student in the field of Cell Biology or Developmental Biology.

  • The Keith Dixon Prize in Developmental Biology - value $350

    • Best poster presentation by a student in the field of Developmental Biology.

  • The Katharina Gaus Prize in Cell Biology  – value $350

    • Best poster presentation by a student in the field of Cell Biology.

Eligibility

All Postdoc and Student members who submit abstracts as presenting author at ComBio are eligible for these awards. All presenting authors are encouraged to indicate on their abstract submission form that they would be prepared to give an ORAL presentation, although this is not obligatory for award eligibility. For more information on the 2022 awards see **here.

Judging

Recipients are selected during the course of the meeting by a judges consisting of senior Society members who attend each presentation and evaluate the quality of the presentation, the contribution from each presenter and their understanding of, and ability to answer questions about their topic.

The awards are announced and presented at the closing ceremony of the ComBio meeting.

ComBio Student Travel Awards

  • Student bursaries are offered annually to Student members of whom the supervisors are also ANZSCDB members.

  • Applications and conditions for student bursaries are distributed by email broadcast to members when registration opens

  • Applications should be sent to the secretary