Biographical entry Appleby, Cyrill Angus (1928 - )

Summary

Cyrill Appleby was Chief Research Scientist at the Division of Plant industry at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) during the 1960s and beyond. His research expertise was the origin and functions of haemoglobin in the plant kingdom.

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1950

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Adelaide

1950 - 1952

Career position - Demonstrator in Biochemistry at the University of Adelaide

1952 - 1953

Career position - Research Assistant at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Brisbane

1953 - 1958

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne

1956 -

Career position - Research Scientist then Chief Research Scientist at the Division of Plant industry at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1959 - 1960

Career position - Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in the Graduate Department of Biochemistry at Brandeis University in Boston, USA

1971

Career position - Visiting Associate Professor of Physiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York (six months)

1977 -

Career position - Selection Committee member of the Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science

1979

Award - LKB Medal and Travelling Lecturer for the Australian Biochemical Society

1979 - 1982

Career position - Chairman of the Biochemistry Section of the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

1984 -

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

Related entries

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Morton, Prof. R.K., 1961 - 1964, 9-65; School of Biochemistry, the University of Melbourne - Series 9 - Departmental Files, 1961-1964; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Appleby, C. A., 'Obituary: Dr. J. E. Falk (1917-1970)', Search, vol. 1, no. 6, 1970, p. 318. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Appleby Cyrill Angus', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476392. Details