Dr Natalie Borg, Monash University
01 September 2011
Crystallising a career in immunology
Natalie Borg analyses crystals with synchrotron light, to figure out how our bodies mount a rapid defence when we are attacked by viruses. She was part of a successful team at Monash University. In 2007 her work on how our natural killer T cells recognise fats from invaders was published in Nature.
Her L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellowship allowed her to study key steps in our body’s early warning system against viral attack.
Qualifications
2003 PhD (Microbiology and Immunology), The University of Melbourne: Structural and functional analysis of the Human Parainfluenza Virus type III (hPIV3) Haemagglutinin-Neuraminidase (HN) protein
1997 Bachelor of Applied Biology/Biotechnology, First Class Honours, RMIT University
Career highlights, awards, fellowships and grants
2008 NHMRC Career Development Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
2008 Keystone Symposia Scholarship
2006-2007 NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
2007 Fresh Science 2007
2007 Rigaku Post-doctoral Travel Award
2007 CASS Travel Grant to attend a Keystone Symposia Conference
2007 Monash University Early Career Development Grant
2007 Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation Establishment gift
2006 Aegean Conferences Travel Award
2006 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
2003-2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
1998 CSIRO post-graduate PhD scholarship
