Prof. Ian G. Macreadie obtained his Ph.D. in yeast
genetics and molecular biology at Monash University in the labs of AW Linnane
and HB Lukins. He has been a researcher throughout his professional career and
worked at Monash University, UT Southwestern, CSIRO, Sienna Cancer Diagnostics,
and RMIT University. He is the course coordinator of Industrial Microbiology
and Protein Technologies. His awards include a 1990 Fulbright Senior Scholar
Award, 1996 Frank Fenner Research Award, 1997 CSIRO Chairman’s Medal (a team
award), 1998 Ramaciotti Travel Award, 2002 Brailsford Robertson Research Award
(with Dennis Taylor), 2004 EMBO Short Term Fellowship, 2005 Merck, Sharp and
Dohme Mycology Award, 3rd place in Bioscience Technology’s Researcher of the
Year Award in 2009. He was National Secretary of the Australian Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1997–2000, and is Editor of
Microbiology Australia (since 2006). He was Chair of the Organising Committees
for the 23rd International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
(2007) and the 11th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial
Microorganisms (2010).
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Short Biography
Prof. Ian G. Macreadie obtained his Ph.D. in yeast
genetics and molecular biology at Monash University in the labs of AW Linnane
and HB Lukins. He has been a researcher throughout his professional career and
worked at Monash University, UT Southwestern, CSIRO, Sienna Cancer Diagnostics,
and RMIT University. He is the course coordinator of Industrial Microbiology
and Protein Technologies. His awards include a 1990 Fulbright Senior Scholar
Award, 1996 Frank Fenner Research Award, 1997 CSIRO Chairman’s Medal (a team
award), 1998 Ramaciotti Travel Award, 2002 Brailsford Robertson Research Award
(with Dennis Taylor), 2004 EMBO Short Term Fellowship, 2005 Merck, Sharp and
Dohme Mycology Award, 3rd place in Bioscience Technology’s Researcher of the
Year Award in 2009. He was National Secretary of the Australian Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1997–2000, and is Editor of
Microbiology Australia (since 2006). He was Chair of the Organising Committees
for the 23rd International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
(2007) and the 11th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial
Microorganisms (2010).
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