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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-12 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2024-05-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005136b.htm person Sparrow Lindsay Gale AACR2 Chemist Medical chemist Lindsay Gale Sparrow joined the CSIRO in 1968 and since then has been involved in some of the CSIRO's most important medical discoveries. During a 7 year collaboration with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) between 1977 and 1984, Sparrow was crucial to the development of colony stimulating factors (CSFs) as a treatment for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, which went on to be highly successful. Sparrow was personally responsible for the analysis of the particular CSF called granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which was the first to be described chemically. Later on in his career, Sparrow was part of the team that in 2006 successfully determined the structure of the insulin receptor for the first time, a discovery of landmark proportions in the ongoing process of understanding the function of insulin.

In 2006 Sparrow was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as a member of the team (with Colin Ward, Michael Lawrence, Neil McKern and colleagues) that determined the molecular structure of the human insulin receptor.

2006 2006 Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (with colleagues) Lawrence, Michael Colin (Mike) (1955 - ) McKern, Neil Moreton (1946 - 2014) Ward, Colin Wesley (1943 - 2017) CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1991 - )

Awarded the Medal (with colleagues) 2006

 Sparrow, Lindsay Gale

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 'Sparrow, Lindsay Gale', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sparrow, Lindsay Gale Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Lindsay Gale Sparrow Ward, C. Lindsay Gale Sparrow Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence Ward, Colin The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence CSIRO 2023 CSIROpedia