Professor

Bernie Mills

AC FAA FRS

Bernie Mills
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Important contributions to radio astronomy, particularly to the subject of the discrete sources ("radio stars"). Obtained first observations and later confirmed that the discrete sources are of more than stellar dimensions. Gave first evidence that the discrete sources fall into two classes, now recognised as galactic and extra-galactic respectively. Developed various new techniques including a form of pencil-beam radio telescope ("Mills Cross") permitting very great apertures, e.g. 1500 feet in current model, and consequent high resolving power. Also worked during war years on radar development and subsequently applied radar techniques to make million-volt X-ray generator.

Expertise type

  • Physics
  • Radioastronomy
  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics

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Memoir

Bernard Yarnton Mills 1920–2011

Bernie Mills is remembered globally as an influential pioneer in radio astronomy who invented the Mills Cross Telescope.
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Professor

Harvey Millar

FAA

Harvey Millar
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Andrew Millar has discovered key biochemical mechanisms through which plant respiration is adapted to cellular processes and harsh climates. He has identified how damage by lipid, oxygen and nitrogen radicals lower the efficiency of respiration. He has discovered how vitamin production is linked to respiration and how mitochondria signal their metabolic state to change plant defence gene expression. Millar has shown that the mitochondrial proteome response to plant stress involves specific and sequential changes in protein complex assembly, regulation of enzymes and selective chemical damage. His discoveries underpin our understanding of respiratory damage during plant cell ageing and disease.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3108 PLANT BIOLOGY
    • 310803 Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
    • 310806 Plant Physiology
34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES
  • 3404 MEDICINAL AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
    • 340407 Proteins and Peptides

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Expertise type

  • Biology
  • Protein Regulation
  • Biochemistry
  • Cellular Metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Plant Biology
  • Plant Cell Biology
  • Mitochondrial Function
  • Peptides
  • Stable Isotopes
  • Protein Complexes
  • Respiration

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Dr Harvey Millar, biochemist

Dr Harvey Millar interviewed by Ms Marian Heard in 2001. Dr Harvey Millar received a PhD in the Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Australian National University. His doctoral research looked at the regulation of electron transport pathways in plant mitochondria, during both normal plant growth and during symbiotic nitrogen fixation with the aid of rhizobium bacteria.
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Emeritus Professor

Rick Middleton

FAA

Rick Middleton
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Professor Richard Middleton is internationally known for his fundamental contributions across the broad spectrum of electrical engineering. His work combines deep theoretical analysis with real world implementation that have high practical relevance. He pioneered work on fundamental limitations in control system design, made important contributions to digital control and provided novel and deep insights into adaptive control. Professor Middleton also made high level contributions to practical aspects of process control, telecommunications, power electronics and systems biology.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310114 Systems Biology
40 ENGINEERING 49 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • 4901 APPLIED MATHEMATICS
    • 490103 Calculus of Variations, Systems Theory and Control Theory

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Control Systems
  • Power Systems
  • Control Theory
  • Robotics
  • Autonomous Systems
  • ICT

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Professor

Don Metcalf

AC FAA FRS

Don Metcalf
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Distinguished for his work on Murine leukaemia and the function of the thymus. In 1956, he showed that the thymus alone of normal tissues contained a soluble substance capable of stimulating lymphocytopoiesis. He provided evidence of the importance of this factor in the development of lymphatic leukaemia in mouse strains genetically susceptible to the disease, and has analysed the process of leukaemogenesis in the thymus in detail. His quantitative work on the size and cellular composition of the mouse thymus and thymic grafts has been essential to the modern development of concepts of the thymus as a major immunological organ.

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Memoir

Donald Metcalf 1929–2014

Donald Metcalf was a colossus of science who introduced cancer research to the Walter and Eliza Hall of Medical Research, and spent 60 years making discoveries in haematology that changed cancer care for millions of patients worldwide.
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Memoir

Donald Metcalf 1929–2014

Professor Don Metcalf AC FAA FRS was a medical researcher known as the "father of modern haematology," who pioneered the discovery of hormones that regulate blood cell production – benefitting millions of cancer patients around the world.
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Professor

Fred Mendelsohn

AO FAA

Fred Mendelsohn
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Professor Mendelsohn pioneered the concept that angiotensin acts at the local tissue level by direct analysis of peptide levels, by defining the anatomical locations of the relevant enzymes and receptors and by subsequent physiological studies. The modern investigation of the brain angiotensin system started with Mendelsohn’s seminal mapping of brain AT1 and AT2 receptors that directed much subsequent experimental elucidation of angiotensin’s central functions. These discoveries underlie contemporary concepts of the pathophysiology of hypertension, heart failure and renal disease and underpin their current treatment by ACE inhibitors and angiotensin antagonists. His group’s recent cloning of the AT4 receptor opens up a new field regarding regulation of learning and memory.

Expertise type

  • Medical Sciences
  • Neuropeptides
  • Neurophysiology
  • Neuroscience

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Professor

Don Melrose

FAA

Don Melrose
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Professor Melrose is distinguished for his work on the theory of processes in nonthermal ionized gases, and their applications in astrophysics. His numerous contributions include the definitive work on the polarization of plasma emission in solar radio bursts and the cyclotron maser theory for certain planetary and solar radio emissions. His original work fundamental to physics has culminated in a theory which synthesizes quantum electrodynamics and the classical theory of magnetized plasmas. His interests have been expounded in a two-volume book 'Plasma Astrophysics' published in 1980 and more recently in a book 'Instabilities in Space and Laboratory Plasmas' currently in press.

Expertise type

  • Physics
  • Plasma Physics
  • Quantum Electrodynamics
  • Theoretical Astrophysics

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Professor

Jim McLeod

AO FAA FTSE

Jim McLeod
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One of Australia's leading clinical neurologists, McLeod is distinguished for his experimental contributions related particularly to our understanding of peripheral neuropathies in both the somatic and visceral nervous systems. He was the first to demonstrate the convergence of visceral and somatic afferent information onto single cells in the thalamus, thereby providing a physiological basis for the phenomenon of referred pain. In subsequent studies he has related structural changes in nerve fibres to disturbances of conduction determined neurophysiologically, enabling him to establish clearly for the first time the pathology of various neuropathies, such as those occurring in diabetes, alcoholism and acromegaly. Using these and other findings he has made important advances in the diagnosis and management of these common and disabling human disorders.

Expertise type

  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Medical Sciences
  • Motor Neurone Disease
  • Neurophysiology
  • Neuroscience

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Professor

Mike McLaughlin

AM FAA FTSE

Mike McLaughlin
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Professor Michael McLaughlin’s outstanding research combines fundamental science and commercial application. He uses novel methods to study fertiliser and contaminant reactions in soils and plant uptake, including isotopic tracing and spectroscopy. He created the Australian National Biosolids Program, which forms the basis for guidelines controlling biosolid re-use. He developed concepts to recognise soil and environmental variability in contaminant risk assessments that have been adopted internationally and recognised by both US and EU regulators. Mike’s research has gained strong commercial success and his laboratory is regarded internationally as a leader in developing and evaluating fertiliser technologies.

Fields of research

41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4104 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Agricultural Science
  • Chemistry
  • Contamination
  • Ecotoxicology

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Professor

Geoff McLachlan

FAA

Geoff McLachlan
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Mixture models play a central role in statistical science, and Professor Geoffrey McLachlan’s pioneering work in this field has been especially influential. His research on mixture models for inference and clustering is of particular note, as is his work on applications of the EM algorithm, especially to complex multivariate problems. Geoffrey has also made major contributions to error-rate estimation for classifiers and to new techniques in analysing gene expression data, including techniques for clustering tissue samples containing thousands of genes, and for controlling false discovery rate.

Expertise type

  • Bioinformatics
  • Machine Learning
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics

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Professor

Archie McIntyre

FAA

Archie McIntyre
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The candidate has during the last 15 years carried out a very fine series of investigations on the basic physiology of the nervous system, which largely fall into three categories. (i) A study of reflexes which has been distinguished by its ingenuity and accuracy; (ii) A study of pathways in the spinal cord, both ascending and descending; (iii) Studies in the plasticity of responses of the spinal cord. These include learning phenomena in reflexes and also the reactions of nerve cells to operative section of their axc In addition to his personal research the candidate developed a very fine research school in the University of Otago. His work is based on a deep and wide understanding of neurophysiology.

Expertise type

  • Neurophysiology
  • Medical Sciences

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Memoir

Archibald Keverall McIntyre 1913-2002

When Archie McIntyre died peacefully in St Vincent’s Hospital in Launceston, Tasmania on 20 July 2002, Australia lost one of its most significant contributors to the development of modern neuroscience. Less well known, perhaps, because of his self-effacing manner, than eminent peers like Jack Eccles, he was nevertheless a major driving force behind Australia’s excellence in neurophysiological research.
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