![]() ![]() She is a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at La Trobe University and a role model and leader for women in STEM disciplines. Professor Graves was elected to the coveted National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the USA in 2019, one of only a handful of Australian scientists to receive this esteemed honour. ![]() She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1999 and has served on the Academy Executive, first as Foreign Secretary, then as Secretary for Education. She was also awarded the Macfarlane Burnet Medal from the Australian Academy of Science in 2006 for her contribution to research in the biological sciences and in the same year won the 2006 International L’Oreal UNESCO Prize for Women in Science. ![]() Professor Graves received Australia’s most coveted prize for science, the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science in 2017, the first woman to individually recognised for this honour. “I find the belated recognition of Ruby Payne Scott’s work particularly inspiring a lesson in perseverance that has also been important in my career as a woman in science.” About Professor Jenny Graves, AC La Trobe Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Industry Engagement, Professor Susan Dodds congratulated Professor Graves on her outstanding achievement. Through her study of kangaroos, platypus, dragons, Tasmanian devils and more, Professor Graves has made fundamental discoveries including how the X chromosome is genetically silenced in female mammals, and that the Y chromosome is decaying and could ‘self-destruct’ in a few million years. The Academy recognises Professor Grave’s position as an international leader in the comparative genomics of vertebrates and in particular her work demonstrating Australian animals are a powerful source of information for investigating the evolution and mechanisms of sex chromosomes. The award is one of the Academy’s highest honours and is given in recognition of Professor Grave’s incredible contribution to the biological sciences. La Trobe University geneticist, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and 2017 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science winner, Distinguished Professor Jenny Graves AC, has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science’s Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture. ![]()
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