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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005706b.htm person Shellam Geoffrey Randolph AACR2 12 August 1943 2 July 2015 Place of Birth Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Immunologist Microbiologist Geoffrey Shellam was best known for his contribution to the biology of cytomegalovirus, particularly the role of that natural killer (NK) cells play in the control of this virus. With collaborators he showed the association between NK activity and resistance to viral infection. He had a career-long engagement with this virus. His work on the immunobiology and genetic resistance murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) was widely acknowledged as a major contribution to virology and immunology. The work of his team was seminal in providing the basis for dissecting and delineating many areas of virus-host interaction, including the contribution of host resistance to infection outcome. His teaching involved all aspects of infectious diseases including virology, microbiology, immunology, molecular biology and public health. Shellam also made contributions to the study of infectious diseases in Antarctic wildlife. 1968 1968 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1969 1972 Career position - Biochemist, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1972 1976 Career position - Horace Le Marquand and Dudley Bigg Fellowship, Royal Society London 1976 1976 Career position - Eleanor Roosevelt International Cander Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. 1977 1977 Career position - Post-doctoral Fellow, Microbiology Department, University of Western Australia 1983 1985 Career position - Principal Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council 1985 2015 Career position - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Australia 1991 1992 Career position - President, Australian Society for Immunology 1991 2006 Career position - Chair, Advisory Committee, UWA Press 1992 1994 Career position - Member, National Committee on Microbiology 1992 1995 Career position - Member, National Committee for Immunology 1992 1998 Career position - Councillor, International Union of Immunological Societies 1994 1996 Career position - Member, Commonwealth AIDS Research Grants Committee 1995 1995 Award - Distinguished Service Award, Australasian Society for Immunology 1997 1999 Career position - Member, Research Advisory Committee, Australian National Council on AIDS and Related Diseases 2007 2015 Career position - Co-Director, The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training 2012 2015 Award - Life Member, Australasian Society for Immunology Australian Society for Immunology Inc (1988 - 1992)

President, 1991 - 1992; Life Member 2012 - 2015

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology 1985 - 2015; Co-Director, The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training 2007 - 2015

 Stanley, Fiona Juliet (1946 - ) Shellam, Geoffrey Randolph (19430812-20150702)

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 'Shellam, Geoffrey Randolph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shellam, Geoffrey Randolph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Australian Society for Immunology in the 1990s and beyond Shellam, Geoffrey R. The Australian Society for Immunology in the 1990s and beyond 1991 Immunology and Cell Biology 69 5 323-325 Journal Article: Geoff Shellam (1942 - 2015) Redwood, Alec, Lloyd, Megan, Allan, Jane and Scalzo, Tony Geoff Shellam (1942 - 2015) 2015 Immunology and Cell Biology 93 765-6 Journal Article: Obituary: Professor Geoffrey Randolph Shellam Cunningham, Tony; Mackenzie, John; Nossal, Gustav; and Rawlinson, William Obituary: Professor Geoffrey Randolph Shellam 2015 Microbiology Australia 2015 November 200-1 Newspaper Article: Backpacker became gentleman scientist who scaled the heights of immunological research Brown, Jen Jewel Backpacker became gentleman scientist who scaled the heights of immunological research 2015 The Age 44