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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003524b.htm person Wake Robert Gerard Milton FAA AACR2 8 August 1933 26 January 2020 Biochemist Gerry Wake was a biochemist who undertook pioneering research in bacterial cell division. His major contributions included fundamental discoveries concerning the mechanism of bacterial chromosome replication, and in understanding multi-forked chromosomes. He published the definitive work of bidirectionality of DNA replication. Wake joined the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Sydney in 1961, and became Professor of Biochemistry in 1977. Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1985, Wake was active in Academy affairs, including serving as Vice-President. He was similarly active in the Australian Biochemical Society, of which he was President from 1984 to 1986.

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1956 1956 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1958 1958 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney 1958 1959 Career position - National Institutes of Health Project Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. 1959 1961 Career position - US Public Health Service Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A. 1961 1961 Career position - Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford 1961 1963 Career position - Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney 1964 1970 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney 1969 1969 Career position - Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A. 1970 1976 Career position - Reader, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney 1977 Career position - Professor of Biochemistry, University of Sydney 1979 1982 Career position - Member, Australian Research Grants Committee 1981 1981 Award - Lemberg Medal and Oration, Australian Biochemical Society 1984 1986 Career position - President, Australian Biochemistry Society 1985 2020 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1990 1993 Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science 1990 1993 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science 1991 1993 Career position - Chairman, Vice-President's Committee, Australian Academy of Science 1992 1995 Career position - Chairman, Scientific Programme Committee, 7th Congress of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Biochemistry 1977 -

 Australian Biochemical Society (1955 - 1990)

President 1984 - 1986

 Lemberg Medal and Oration, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1968 - )

Awarded the Medal by the Australian Biochemical Society 1981

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1985 - 2020; Vice-President 1990 - 1992

 Wake, Robert Gerard Milton (1933-)

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 'Wake, Robert Gerard Milton (Gerry)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wake, Robert Gerard Milton (Gerry) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Reflections - molecular biology and biochemistry Wake, Gerry Reflections - molecular biology and biochemistry 2000 Australian biochemist 31 1 19-21 Journal Article: Robert Gerard (Gerry) Milton Wake (1933 - 2020) Hill, Ronald J., Christopherson, Richard I. and Kuchel, Philip W. Robert Gerard (Gerry) Milton Wake (1933 - 2020) 2025 Historical records of Australian science 36 1-15 Journal Article: In memoriam: Robert Gerard (Gerry) Wake FAA 1933 - 2020 Christopherson, Richard: with assistance from Hill, Ron; Weiss, Tony; and Kuchel, Philip In memoriam: Robert Gerard (Gerry) Wake FAA 1933 - 2020 2020 Australian biochemist 151 1 45-7 Journal Article: Professor Robert Gerard "Gerry" Wake FAA, 8 August 1933 to 26 January 2020 Anon Professor Robert Gerard "Gerry" Wake FAA, 8 August 1933 to 26 January 2020 2020 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 135 20