A leading international science figure was today announced as a Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science.
Professor Sir Philip Cohen FAA FRS is an internationally recognised biological scientist who works in the area of signal transduction – the complex biochemical processes by which cells receive and interpret stimuli from their environment.
Professor Cohen is Professor of Enzymology and Co-Director of the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy at The Sir James Black Centre of the University of Dundee in Scotland.
He joins a small group of 29 Corresponding Members – all of whom are leading international researchers and science advocates who have strong links with Australia.
Corresponding Members of the Academy include Professor Terence Tao FAA FRS, Professor Elizabeth Blackburn AC FAA FRS FRSN Nobel Laureate, and Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FAA FRS.
Sir Phillip's links with Australia go back to 1980, when he held a series of lecture tours and workshops in Australian universities and for the public. These led to many current prominent Australian researchers undertaking their early postdoctoral training in Professor Cohen’s laboratory.
Academy President Professor Suzanne Cory congratulated Professor Cohen.
'Through workshops, lectures, postdoctoral training and collaborations, Sir Phillip has had a major influence on the development of Australian biochemistry and cancer research,' she said
'He is to be applauded, both for his personal contributions to science and for the enduring impact of this science on Australian biological sciences.'
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