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Biographical entry Colman, Peter Malcolm (1944 - )
PhD.
- Born
- 1944
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Biologist, Biomolecular engineer, Medical chemist and Virologist
Summary
Dr Peter Malcolm Colman is a biologist and protein specialist. He was an integral member of the CSIRO team that defined the structure of the influenza virus neuraminidase in 1983. This discovery made possible the formulation of the first drugs to be effective against all strains of influenza, Relenza® and Tamiflu™.
In 2001 he left the CSIRO and established the Structural Biology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of which he remains head of staff in 2012.
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Events
- 1965
- Award - Philips prize for Honours Physics in 1965, University of Adelaide
- 1965 - 1969
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Adelaide
- 1969 - 1972
- Career position - Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Oregon, United States of America
- 1972 - 1975
- Career position - Post Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, Munich
- 1975
- Award - Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship to study with Professor Hans Freeman at the University of Sydney
- 1978 - 1989
- Career position - Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry, Parkville
- 1985 - 1991
- Career position - Founding Member of the Board of Directors of Biota Holdings Ltd
- 1989 - 1997
- Career position - Foundation Chief of the CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering
- 1990
- Career event - Foundation Director of the Biomedical Research Institute
- c. 1998 - c. 2008
- Career position - Founding Member of the Board of Directors of Starpharma Ltd
- 2001 -
- Career position - Head of the Structural Biology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville
- 2001 - 2006
- Career position - Fraser Fellowship, Cancer Council of Victoria
- 2002
- Career position - National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow
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Online Resources
- 'Colman, Peter Malcolm (1944-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491927. Details
- Ward, C., 'Peter Malcolm Colman', in CSIROpedia, 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Colman-Peter-Malcolm. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 23 February 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012