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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-08-29 human Annette Alafaci updated 2022-09-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004704b.htm person Harris Alan William AACR2 3 June 1938 18 June 2006 Place of Birth Hastings, United Kingdom Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Scientist Alan Harris was a researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) for thirty-six years, retiring in 2005 at the level of Senior Research Fellow. Much of his time was spent in WEHI's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division where he worked on the analysis of tumor development. He was one of the first to develop transgenic mice. Harris and colleagues soon uncovered how different types of leukaemias and lymphomas developed and their genetic susceptibilities. Prior to arriving at WEHI, he had worked at the Salk Institute in California where he developed numerous single antibody-producing cancer cell lines which were instrumental in the ground-breaking research of others. Harris served on the Royal Melbourne Hospital's animal ethics committee (1985-2004) and was a member of the Cancer Council of Victoria's medical and scientific committee for sixteen years. 1951 1951 Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family 1960 1960 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1962 1962 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1966 1966 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Toronto, Canada c. 1967 c. 1969 Career position - Post-doctoral studies at the Salk Institute in California, USA 1969 c. 1980 Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Scholar in the Immunogenetics laboratory at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Parkville, Victoria 1980s 2005 Career position - Researcher through to Senior Research Fellow in the WEHI Division of Genetics of Cancer (later Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division) 1985 2004 Career position - Member of the Royal Melbourne Hospital's animal ethics committee 2000 2000 Career position - Atlas of Mouse Hematopathology co-authored Harris, Alan William (1938-2006)

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 'Harris, Alan William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Harris, Alan William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Top cancer researcher spawned Nobel effort Harris, Vivian Top cancer researcher spawned Nobel effort 2006 The Age