Peter Doherty shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their discovery of how the immune system recognises virus infected cells. He was Australian of the Year in 1997, and has since been commuting between St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Melbourne. His research is mainly in the area of defence against viruses. He regularly devotes time to delivering public lectures, writing articles for newspapers and magazines and participating in radio discussions. Professor Doherty graduated from The University of Queensland in Veterinary Science and became a veterinary officer. Moving to Scotland, he received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He is the first person with a veterinary qualification to win a Nobel Prize. Professor Doherty is also the author of several books, including A Light History of Hot Air and The Beginners Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize.
Henry Nix was Professor at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at ANU between 1986 and 2002, and in the role of its Director for 14 years. He was Emeritus Professor and visiting fellow at the Fenner School of Environment & Society at the ANU from 2002 to 2010. His research interests include macro-ecology, simulation of agricultural and biological systems, prediction of plant and animal distributions, environmental history; climatology and ornithology. He has received numerous awards including the Gold Medal of the Ecological Society of Australia in 1994 and the Officer of the Order of Australia in 2000.
Adrian Gibbs is a true believer of Theodosius Dobzhansky's famous dictum that ‘nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution’ and believes he has been lucky to be able to apply this concept to the study of viruses all his working life. Gibbs completed his PhD in London in 1961 and studied the viruses of plants and bees from 1956 to 1966 at Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK – home of the world’s oldest agricultural research experiment. In 1966 Gibbs moved to Australia to take up a position at the ANU, with his initial appointment in Frank Fenner’s department. He is acknowledged as having completed some of the first work comparing viruses at the amino acid and DNA level in order to understand their evolution. In recognition of his research, Adrian Gibbs has received several awards, including the Centenary Medal in 2003.
This symposium will start off the lecture series as a celebration of Frank Fenner’s life and science. Three eminent speakers will provide insights into the health and environmental research that defined Frank’s career.
Event Manager: Mitchell Piercey
Phone: (02) 6201 9462
Peter Doherty shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their discovery of how the immune system recognises virus infected cells. He was Australian of the Year in 1997, and has since been commuting between St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Melbourne. His research is mainly in the area of defence against viruses. He regularly devotes time to delivering public lectures, writing articles for newspapers and magazines and participating in radio discussions. Professor Doherty graduated from The University of Queensland in Veterinary Science and became a veterinary officer. Moving to Scotland, he received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He is the first person with a veterinary qualification to win a Nobel Prize. Professor Doherty is also the author of several books, including A Light History of Hot Air and The Beginners Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize.
Henry Nix was Professor at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at ANU between 1986 and 2002, and in the role of its Director for 14 years. He was Emeritus Professor and visiting fellow at the Fenner School of Environment & Society at the ANU from 2002 to 2010. His research interests include macro-ecology, simulation of agricultural and biological systems, prediction of plant and animal distributions, environmental history; climatology and ornithology. He has received numerous awards including the Gold Medal of the Ecological Society of Australia in 1994 and the Officer of the Order of Australia in 2000.
Adrian Gibbs is a true believer of Theodosius Dobzhansky's famous dictum that ‘nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution’ and believes he has been lucky to be able to apply this concept to the study of viruses all his working life. Gibbs completed his PhD in London in 1961 and studied the viruses of plants and bees from 1956 to 1966 at Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK – home of the world’s oldest agricultural research experiment. In 1966 Gibbs moved to Australia to take up a position at the ANU, with his initial appointment in Frank Fenner’s department. He is acknowledged as having completed some of the first work comparing viruses at the amino acid and DNA level in order to understand their evolution. In recognition of his research, Adrian Gibbs has received several awards, including the Centenary Medal in 2003.
This symposium will start off the lecture series as a celebration of Frank Fenner’s life and science. Three eminent speakers will provide insights into the health and environmental research that defined Frank’s career.
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Phone: (02) 6201 9462
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