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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-02-14 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004676b.htm person Kerr John Foxton Ross AO FAA FRACP FRCP FRCPA FRCPath AACR2 24 January 1934 4 June 2024 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Pathologist Lepidopterist John Foxton R. Kerr has been dubbed the father of apoptosis. He was Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland and Adjunct Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. His research concentrated on the area of cell death by apoptosis and he was the first to delineate the ultrastructural features of apoptosis, showing it to be quite distinct from necrosis, provoked by tissue injury. He drew attention for the first time to the role of cell death in normal adult mammals and in disease. His landmark paper in 1972 with Wyllie and Currie named this process apoptosis, to emphasise its complementary but opposite role to mitosis. In 2000 he was awarded (joint recipient) Germany's most distinguished award in biomedical research - the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize - for his life-long contributions to apoptosis. Kerr was an enthisiastic lepidopterist, donating to the Australian National Insect Collection his butterfly and moth collections in 2013 and 2015. 1955 1955 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland 1957 1957 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Queensland 1958 1959 Career position - Intern at the Royal Brisbane Hospital 1960 1961 Career position - Pathology Registrar at the Royal Brisbane Hospital 1962 Career position - Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1964 1964 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London (University College Hospital Medical School) 1965 Career position - Member of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) 1965 1972 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Pathology, University of Queensland 1967 1970 Award - Fellow, College of Pathologists of Australia 1970 2024 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia 1973 1974 Career position - Reader in Pathology, University of Queensland 1974 1995 Career position - Professor of Pathology, University of Queensland and Pathologist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital 1974 2024 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) 1977 2024 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists (UK) 1988 1995 Career position - Adjunct Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research 1989 1989 Award - Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Distinguished Fellows' Award received 1992 1992 Award - Bancroft Medal, Queensland Institute of Medical Research 1992 1992 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London 1993 1993 Award - Bancroft Medal, Australian Medical Association 1995 1995 Life event - Retired 1995 1995 Award - Fred W Stewart Award, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre 1996 Career position - Professor Emeritus, University of Queensland 1996 1996 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medicine, particularly for his research into pathology, cell death and apoptosis and as professor of pathology, University of Queensland for 20 years 1998 2024 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2000 2000 Award - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize received 2002 2002 Award - International Charles IV Prize, City of Prague and Charles University 2003 2003 Award - President's Medal, Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Donated his butterfly and moth collections 2013 and 2015

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1998 - 2024

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Professor of Pathology 1975 - 1995

 Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (2002? - )

Awarded President's Medal 2003

 Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (1970 - )

Fellow 1970 - 2024

 College of Pathologists of Australia (1956 - 1970)

Fellow 1967 - 1970

 Kerr, John Foxton Ross (1934-)

Trove

 'Kerr, John Foxton Ross', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kerr, John Foxton Ross Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: John Kerr and Apoptosis O'Rourke, M.G.; and Ellem, K.A. John Kerr and Apoptosis 2000 Medical Journal of Australia 173 11-12 616-617 Journal Article: A new species of Hesperilla (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Sands, D. P. A. and Kerr, J. F. R. A new species of <span style="font-style:italic">Hesperilla</span> (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) 1973 Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12 277-83 Journal Article: Apoptosis: a basic biological phenomenon with wide-ranging implications in tissue kinetics Kerr, J. F., Wyllie, A. H. and Currie, A. R. Apoptosis: a basic biological phenomenon with wide-ranging implications in tissue kinetics 1972 British journal of cancer 26 4 239-57 Journal Article: A new species of Candalides from eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Edwards, E. D. and Kerr, J. F. R. A new species of <span style="font-style:italic">Candalides</span> from eastern Australia and notes on <span style="font-style:italic">Candalides hyacinthinus</span> (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) 1978 Australian entomological magazine 4 81-90 Journal Article: Professor Emeritus John Foxton Ross Kerr Sands, Don Professor Emeritus John Foxton Ross Kerr 2024 Moths and Butterflies Australasia newsletter 6 22-6 Journal Article: Obituary: Professor John Foxton Ross Kerr AO FAA 24/01/1934 - 4/06/2024 Obituary: Professor John Foxton Ross Kerr AO FAA 24/01/1934 - 4/06/2024 2024 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 183 Journal Article: John Foxton Ross Kerr, M.B., Ph.D., recipient of the 1995 Fred W. Stewart Award Sternberg, Stephen John Foxton Ross Kerr, M.B., Ph.D., recipient of the 1995 Fred W. Stewart Award 1996 American journal of surgical pathology 20 3 380-1 Journal Article: Professor J.F.R Kerr's butterfly collection donated to ANIC Edwards, Ted Professor J.F.R Kerr's butterfly collection donated to ANIC 2013 ANICdotes 3 4 Journal Article: News from the Lepidoptera collection [donations from Fred and Nel Gerrits, and John Kerr] Edwards, Ted and Turco, Federica News from the Lepidoptera collection [donations from Fred and Nel Gerrits, and John Kerr] 2016 ANICdotes 8 5