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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2002-02-13 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001787b.htm corporateBody Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The University of Melbourne AACR2 Start Place Parkville, Victoria, Australia Location Parkville, Victoria Education Medical Research The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is part of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences' School of Medicine. It was formerly known as the Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry. Previously, Biochemistry had been taught at the University within the Physiology Department. William John Young was appointed the first lecturer of Biochemistry in 1920 and went on to become the foundation Professor of Biochemistry in 1938. The first Biochemistry building was constructed in 1956, funded largely by an endowment from Russell Grimwade. Today the Department of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology focuses on the areas of biochemistry, gene technology, proteomics and macromolecular imaging. Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Melbourne (1961 - ?) Gottschalk, Alfred (1894 - 1973)

Lecturer in biochemistry (part-time) 1949

 Gething, Mary-Jane

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1998 - 2005; Head of Department 2000 - 2005

 School of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (1862 - )

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