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Established in 2000 the awards recognise young scientists who excel at research, leadership and communication. Award recipients also engage in activities that foster a stronger interest in science in schools and the broader community.

Dr Gaus rates her most significant research as the development of a microscopic method for observing communication 'hardware' in living cells. Her work has revealed the presence of hot spots that form on the surface of white blood cells when they chemically communicate with each other. She is examining whether these hot spots play a role in autoimmune and related diseases.

Dr Gaus, an ARC Discovery Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine's Centre for Vascular Research, is currently working at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.