Biographical entry Gibson, Frank William Ernest (1923 - 2008)

Summary

Frank Gibson was Professor and Head of the Biochemistry Department, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra from 1967-1976 and from 1980-1988. From 1977-1980 he was Director and Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research in the John Curtin School. He was a world authority on the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and vitamins.

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1937 - 1947

Career position - Laboratory then Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne and then the University of Queensland

1948 - 1949

Career position - Senior Demonstrator at the University of Melbourne

1949

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1950 - 1952

Career position - Australian National University Scholar at the University of Oxford, UK

1953

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) completed at the University of Oxford, UK

1953 - 1958

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Melbourne

1959

Career position - Research Associate at Stanford University, USA

1959 - 1965

Career position - Reader in Chemical Microbiology at the University of Melbourne

1963

Award - David Syme Research Prize received from the University of Melbourne

1964

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

1965 - 1966

Career position - Professor of Chemical Microbiology at the University of Melbourne

1968

Award - Lemberg Lecture presented to the Australian Biochemical Society

1971

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1975

Award - S.D. Rubbo Memorial Oration presented to the Australian Society of Microbiology

1976

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society, London

1977 - 1980

Career position - Director and Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, in Canberra

1978 - 1979

Career position - President of the Australian Biochemical Society

1980 - 1988

Career position - Professor and Head of Biochemistry at the John Curtin School of Medical Research

1981

Award - Leeuwenhoek Lecturer for the Royal Society

1982

Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Oxford

1982

Award - Hopkins Memorial Lecture presented to the Biochemical Society, London

1982 - 1983

Career position - Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford

1982 - 1983

Career position - Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford

1988

Career position - Professor and Head of the Division of Biochemical Sciences at John Curtin School of Medical Research

1989 - 1991

Career position - University Fellow at the Australian National University

1991

Award - Burnet Lecture presented to the Australian Academy of Science

1992 -

Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Membrane Biochemistry Group at John Curtin School of Medical Research

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Frank William Ernest Gibson - Records, 1937 - 2005, MS 228; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Online Resources

• 'Interveiw with Professor Frank Gibson [conducted by Dr Max Blythe on 16 September 1993]', in Video Histories of Australian Scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2002, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/g/fg.html. Details
• Blythe, Max, Interview with Professor Frank Gibson, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1993, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/g/fg.html. Details
• Gibson, Frank, Interview with Dr Liz Dennis, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 18 August 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/d/dennis.html. Details
• 'Gibson Frank William Ernest (19230722-20080711)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476340. Details