Science excellence attracts awards
 Achievement
University of 新浪彩票 researchers and affiliates have been recognised for their science excellence in prestigious South Australian awards. Professor Mark Buntine, from the University's School of Chemistry and Physics, was named Science Educator of the Year at the State Government's 2008 Science Excellence Awards for his outstanding contribution to student learning in the laboratory. Professor Buntine has established a community of practice to enhance chemistry education in laboratories across the nation, with the development of a program called Advancing Chemistry by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory (ACELL). ACELL was founded by Professor Buntine and University of Sydney's Professor Scott Kable nine years ago. The nationwide collaboration, led by Professor Buntine, provides a free public resource of undergraduate chemistry experiments and documentation with demonstrated educational benefit. "The laboratory environment offers unique opportunities for students to develop understanding of complex and abstract chemistry," said Professor Buntine. "Unfortunately, the potential has often been unrealised with laboratory activities offering little more than instructions to follow dull recipes." The title of 2008 South Australian Scientist of the Year went to Professor John Hopwood, Head of SA Pathology's Lysosomal Diseases Research Unit based at the Women's and Children's Hospital. Professor Hopwood is an affiliate professor in the University's Discipline of Paediatrics. Associate Professor John Mulley, also from SA Pathology, who won the Excellence in Research for Public Good Benefit award, is an affiliate in the University of 新浪彩票's School of Molecular and Biomedical Science. The University of 新浪彩票 is a partner in Marine Innovation SA which won the Constellation SA Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research. Marine Innovation SA is a partnership between SARDI, Flinders University, the University of 新浪彩票, SA Museum, seafood industries and regional communities focusing on research into the ecologically sustainable development of state fisheries, aquaculture and marine ecosystem industries. At the Science Excellence A | 
