Professor Katharina Gaus is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1999 and has led the Cell Membrane Biology group since 2005. Her group investigates signal transduction processes with advanced fluorescence microscopy approaches. She was awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (2010), the Gottschalk Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2012) and the New South Wales Science and Engineering Award for Excellence in Biological Sciences (2013). Professor Gaus gained her PhD from the University of Cambridge (1999) and has been a group leader since 2005. In 2012, She was awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (2010) and the Gottschalk Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2012). Her group currently comprises 6 postdoctoral researchers, 8 PhD students, 2 research assistants and 2 undergraduate students.