Dr Cathy Leamey awarded Sir Zelman Cowan Universities Fund Prize for Discovery in Medical Research

Dr Cathy Leamey has been awarded the Sir Zelman Cowan Universities Fund Prize for Discovery in Medical Research, for her discovery of the gene Ten_m3, which is essential for binocular vision. This work has been published in prestigious international journals including Cerebral Cortex and PLoS Biology.

The prize recognizes discovery in medical research by a researcher under 40 years of age who has made a major contribution to the understanding or treatment of disease. It is awarded in alternate years to researchers at the University of Sydney or the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The first award was in 2006.