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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-26 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003770b.htm person Pickett-Heaps Jeremy David FAA FRS AACR2 5 June 1940 11 April 2021 Place of Birth Bombay, India Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Botanist Cell biologist Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps was a renowned researcher distinguished for his many discoveries in the field of plant cell biology. He studied algae and other protists for what they could teach us about all cells. In proposing the seminal concept of the microtubule organising centre, he founded a major field of research. He discovered the preprophase band of microtubules and pointed out its significance as a predictor of the site of division in higher plant cells. His wide-ranging ultrastructural work led him to a new and now accepted view of evolutionary relationships in the algae and the origin of higher plants. Pickett-Heaps was an early adopter of the electron microscope and mastered time-lapse micro-cinematography. After six years at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, he moved to the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado where he spent 18 years. In 1988 he was appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne. 1962 1962 Education - BA, University of Cambridge 1965 1965 Education - PhD, University of Cambridge 1965 1968 Career position - Research Fellow, John Curtin School of Medical Research 1968 1970 Career position - Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University 1970 1972 Career position - Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. 1972 1978 Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. 1974 1974 Award - Darbaker Prize, American Botanical Society 1978 1988 Career position - Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. 1988 2002 Career position - Professor, School of Botany, University of Melbourne 1992 2021 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1995 2021 Award - Fellow, Royal Society, London 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to an society and science in cell morphogenesis and division 2008 2008 Award - Award for Excellence, Phycological Society of America School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (1880s - )

Professor 1988 - 2002

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1992 - 2021

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 'Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy David', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy David Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps 5 June 1940 - 11 April 2021, elected FRS 1995 Beech, Peter and Forer, Arthur Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps 5 June 1940 - 11 April 2021, elected FRS 1995 2024 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 77 315-33 Book: Green algae: structure, reproduction and evolution in selected genera Pickett-Heaps, J. D. Green algae: structure, reproduction and evolution in selected genera Sunderland, Massachusetts Sinaur Associates Journal Article: Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps 1940 - 2021 Beech, Peter and Forer, Arthur Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps 1940 - 2021 2024 Historical Records of Australian Science 36 1-11 Journal Article: Obituary: Professor Jeremy Pickett-Heaps FAA FRS 5 June 1940 to 11 April 2021 Anon Obituary: Professor Jeremy Pickett-Heaps FAA FRS 5 June 1940 to 11 April 2021 2021 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 148 111