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Letter to the editor By Julia Page, MD & chief executive of veski

Congratulations to inaugural veski inspiring women fellow Associate Professor Natalie Hannan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melbourne Medical School, Mercy Hospital for Women, on being awarded the 2019 Melbourne Medical School Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women, as well as the International Federation of Placenta Associations, Andrèe Gruslin Award for 2019.

Prostate cancer is one of Australia’s biggest killers: 1 in 7 Australian men will be diagnosed with the disease by the age of 85.

It’s no wonder our scientists, at research labs in Melbourne, are working hard to arrest these figures.

CSIRO scientists are developing a way to improve the body’s defences against prostate cancer (and a host of other cancers) and their research is focussed on a specific protein called E6AP.

It turns out there are certain types of proteins in our bodies with the potential to destroy other proteins that protect us from cancer developing.

With an audience of over 200, on Wednesday 22 May 2019 - veski fast smarts was delivered for the third and final time as part of the 2019 Melbourne Knowledge Week at Deakin Edge, Federation Square.

The curated innovation showcase did not disappoint serving up a night of inspiration and innovation.

On Friday, 10 May 2019 at a gathering of veski family members and special guests including the Hon Jane Garrett MP and Mr Frank McGuire, Parliamentary Secretary for Jobs and Medical Research respectively, veski celebrated 15years of inspiring innovation at the Investment Centre, Victoria.

Professor Tiffany Walsh has featured in a special issue of the journal Biointerphases focusing on 15 Women in biointerface science. Tiffany was recognised for her pioneering expertise in molecular simulations for predicting structure-property relationships of biointerfaces. Her contribution to the journal is titled Effect of calcium ions on peptide adsorption at the aqueous rutile titania (110) interface co-authored by Drs Anas Sultan and Zak Hughes.