Dr Michael Lovelace
B. Sc (Hons). Deakin University 1999, PhD 2006
Dr. Lovelace has over 15 years’ experience working in the interrelated fields of neuroscience, immunology and developmental neurobiology/stem cell biology, and currently works as a Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the laboratory of clinical neurologist Prof. Bruce Brew (August 2015-present). He is also the manager of the St. Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research (AMR) Live Imaging Facility (LIF), a flow cytometry and microscope core facility. His previous positions have inc...
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Dr. Lovelace has attracted a total of $1,229,808 in competitive grant funding -
- $144,000 in grants for salary and research support (including 1 x $75,000 Perpetual IMPACT Grant);
- $150,000 for Investigator Initiated Trial (IIT) completion;
- $926,808 from 28 equipment grants in a variety of schemes (2 x NHMRC equipment grants, 3 x Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation grants, multiple Bosch Institute small equipment grants, 7 x St. Vincent's AMR Equipment Grants, 2 x Ian Potter Foundation grants (2018 and 2020, $100,000 each) and one 2019 Perpetual IMPACT grant ($50,000, funded by Baxter Charitable Foundation);
- $9,000 in travel grants for conference or collaborator short-stays.
Prizes and Awards
2019 – Winner of Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO) Scientific Image Contest.
2017 – Awarded 5th Prize, Bosch Institute Annual Scientific Meeting poster prize.
2016 – Top 20 Finalist, Bosch Institute Advanced Microscopy Facility Micrograph of the Year competition.
2016 – Awarded 2nd prize in the Light Microscopy Australia (LMA) Micrograph Competition.
2015 – Shortlisted finalist for Stem Cells (Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal) Young Investigator Award.
2014 – Winner of Rebecca L. Cooper Medal and Prize for best postdoctoral publication in a Bosch Institute Laboratory, University of Sydney.
2013 – Finalist in the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research “Small Objects, Big Impact Image Competition. Image selected for exhibition at Questacon, and toured around Australia.
2013 – Winner of the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Science to Art Prize.
2013 – Awarded Joint 3rd Prize, Centenary Institute Scientific Image Award.
2013 – Top 10 Finalist and highly commended award, Australia Museum New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography.
2012 – Top 20 Finalist (2 images) and 9th prize winner, Bosch Institute Advanced Microscopy Facility Micrograph of the Year competition.
2012 – Top 5 Finalist, Centenary Institute Scientific Image Award.
2011 – Highly commended award in the Bosch Institute Advanced Microscopy Facility Molecular Probes Image Prize.
2011 – Highly commended award in the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Science to Art Prize.
2010 – Awarded 2nd prize in the Bosch Institute Advanced Microscopy Facility Micrograph of the Year competition.
2010 – Awarded 2nd prize in the Mater Medical Research Institute Stem Cell Symposium poster competition.
2010 – Awarded the Charles D Kelman Postdoctoral Scholar Award (International Retinal Research Foundation, USA).
2009 – Awarded the Dintenfass Memorial Plaque for the most interesting or innovative Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation research grant proposal
Dr. Lovelace has current interests in understanding the impact of a dysregulated Kynurenine pathway and production of neurotoxic metabolites on regeneration and repair in Multiple Sclerosis, using mouse cell culture and disease models, and human iPS-derived cells.
My Research Supervision
Recently completed - one UNSW Med Honours student in 2022, one in 2023. One received a High Distinction, the other a Distinction (very close to HD cutoff).
Two students are awaiting approval to conduct projects in the Brew lab in 2025.