Curtin University PhD student Elizabeth Grenik has been announced as the State winner in the AusBiotech and GlaxoSmithKline Student Excellence Awards, which support young, promising scientists and their research.<\/p>\n
Ms Grenik\u2019s research on regenerative tissues is showing potential as a gateway towards growing artificial organs and her modified \u2018scaffold\u2019 is already showing potential as a commercial product.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy research is focused on the development of a modified scaffold that can be implanted in the body to repair, heal and regrow tissue that has been damaged or lost, such as skin or muscle,\u201d Ms Grenik said.<\/p>\n
Her research has investigated how biomaterials can interact with human cells and tissues, and with that knowledge she has developed a unique combination of materials that is successful in enhancing cell growth and attachment.<\/p>\n
She hoped her recognition in the awards would encourage more students to pursue research and consider a career in bio-sciences.<\/p>\n
Ms Grenik\u2019s supervisor Associate Professor Xia Lou, in Curtin\u2019s Department of Chemical Engineering, said her research would make an important contribution to understanding how human cells reacted with a material, which was a critical component in tissue regeneration.<\/p>\n
AusBiotech is the national body dedicated to the development of the Australian biotechnology industry, and the awards aim to encourage more Australian young people to enter science.<\/p>\n
The six state winners from across Australia will go to the AusBiotech 2012 conference in Melbourne from 30 October \u2013 2 November 2012, where they will present their research and compete for the national title.<\/p>\n
Ms Grenik will represent Western Australia by competing at the AusBiotech national conference in Melbourne later this month. The national winner will receive a $7,000 travel grant to be used to present their research at an international conference.<\/p>\n
Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n Elizabeth Grenik, PhD student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University<\/strong> Hillary Lambert, Public Relations, Curtin University Curtin University PhD student Elizabeth Grenik has been announced as the State winner in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-18003","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-research"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":null,"photographer":null,"media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Hillary","last_name":"Lambert","display_name":"Hillary Lambert"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/18003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/18003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18003"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=18003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTel: +61 8 9266 1021\u00a0 Email: E.Grenik@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Tel: 08 9266 9085\u00a0\u00a0 Email: Hillary.lambert@curtin.edu.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0
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