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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-11-23 human Annette Alafaci; Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004665b.htm person Kemp David James OAM FAA AACR2 23 July 1945 22 November 2013 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Albury, New South Wales, Australia Parasitologist Dave Kemp was Head of the Malaria and Scabies Laboratory at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. He had expertise in the field of malaria research and in molecular biology in general. In 1983 while working at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Melbourne), he and co-worker Robin Anders were the first to successfully clone plasmodium genes into E. coli bacteria, thus enabling the parasite proteins to be produced in large quantities for research. This was the very first beginnings of a malaria vaccine breakthrough and the start of defining the various malaria antigens and their antigenic diversity. Kemp was also heralded as a co-instigator of the malaria genome project - the first multicentre international basic science collaboration in the field - which was officially launched in 1996. 1969 1969 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1973 1973 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide 1973 1975 Career position - Research Fellow in Biochemistry, University of Adelaide (eighteen months) 1975 1976 Career position - Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry in Canberra 1976 1977 Career position - Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow in Biochemistry at Stanford University Medical Center in California, USA 1977 1978 Career position - Senior Fellow of the American Cancer Society at the Stanford University Medical Centre in California, USA 1978 1985 Career position - Research Fellow then Senior Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Victoria 1981 1981 Award - Boehringer Medal, Australian Biochemical Society 1984 1992 Career position - Head of the MacArthur Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1986 1992 Career position - Principal Research Fellow then Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1990 Career position - Member of the Board of Advisors on the Malaria Genome Project, University of Florida 1990 1992 Career position - Member of the Australian Research Council Gene Regulation Panel 1992 1993 Career position - Deputy Director, Menzies School of Health Research and Head of the Molecular Parasitology Unit 1993 Career position - Howard Hughes Fellow 1996 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in molecular biology 2008 2008 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to medical research as a molecular biologist, particularly in the areas of tropical health and infectious diseases, through contributions to Indigenous health and to professional organisations Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1996 - 2013

 CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

Research Scientist 1975 - 1976

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 Kemp, David James (1945-)

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 'Kemp, David James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kemp, David James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Newspaper Article: Dave Kemp: Scientist loved both medical research and leading jazz bands [Obituary] Cowman, Alan; Corcoran, Lynn; and Cory, Suzanne Dave Kemp: Scientist loved both medical research and leading jazz bands [Obituary] 2013 The Age Journal Article: David James Kemp 1945 - 2013 Sriprakash, Kadaba S.; and Good, Michael F. David James Kemp 1945 - 2013 2014 Historical Records of Australian Science 25 2 273-90