Person
Harris, Alan William (1938 - 2006)
- Born
- 3 June 1938
Hastings, United Kingdom - Died
- 18 June 2006
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Scientist
Summary
Alan Harris was a researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) for thirty-six years, retiring in 2005 at the level of Senior Research Fellow. Much of his time was spent in WEHI's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division where he worked on the analysis of tumor development. He was one of the first to develop transgenic mice. Harris and colleagues soon uncovered how different types of leukaemias and lymphomas developed and their genetic susceptibilities. Prior to arriving at WEHI, he had worked at the Salk Institute in California where he developed numerous single antibody-producing cancer cell lines which were instrumental in the ground-breaking research of others. Harris served on the Royal Melbourne Hospital's animal ethics committee (1985-2004) and was a member of the Cancer Council of Victoria's medical and scientific committee for sixteen years.
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Chronology
- 1951
- Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family
- 1960
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1962
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1966
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Toronto, Canada
- c. 1967 - c. 1969
- Career position - Post-doctoral studies at the Salk Institute in California, USA
- 1969 - c. 1980
- Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Scholar in the Immunogenetics laboratory at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Parkville, Victoria
- 1980s - 2005
- Career position - Researcher through to Senior Research Fellow in the WEHI Division of Genetics of Cancer (later Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division)
- 1985 - 2004
- Career position - Member of the Royal Melbourne Hospital's animal ethics committee
- 2000
- Career position - Atlas of Mouse Hematopathology co-authored
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Harris, Vivian, 'Top cancer researcher spawned Nobel effort', The Age (2006). Details
Resources
- 'Harris, Alan William (1938-2006)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475778. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 29 August 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011