Professor Marilyn Anderson AO is a Professor of Biochemistry at La Trobe University.
Marilyn completed a BSc Honours at The University of Melbourne and a PhD in Biochemistry at La Trobe University in 1976 under the supervision of Professor Stone, the Foundation chair of Biochemistry. Following her PhD studies, she moved to Miami to continue her studies on carbohydrate chemistry before moving into the newly emerging and exciting field of molecular biology focused on tumour viruses and the discovery of oncogenes at the University of Miami and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. She moved to the University of Melbourne in 1982 to join Prof Adrienne Clarke in one of the first ARC Centres of Excellence and returned to the biochemistry department at La Trobe University in 1995. She has 40 years’ experience in research, in the last 20 of which she has focused on peptides and proteins produced by plants for protection against insect pests and fungal pathogens. Her current research spans from basic work on the discovery, structure, and mechanism of action of these molecules, to practical applications in crop protection and the treatment of fungal diseases in humans.
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Professor Marilyn Anderson AO is a Professor of Biochemistry at La Trobe University.
Marilyn completed a BSc Honours at The University of Melbourne and a PhD in Biochemistry at La Trobe University in 1976 under the supervision of Professor Stone, the Foundation chair of Biochemistry. Following her PhD studies, she moved to Miami to continue her studies on carbohydrate chemistry before moving into the newly emerging and exciting field of molecular biology focused on tumour viruses and the discovery of oncogenes at the University of Miami and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. She moved to the University of Melbourne in 1982 to join Prof Adrienne Clarke in one of the first ARC Centres of Excellence and returned to the biochemistry department at La Trobe University in 1995. She has 40 years’ experience in research, in the last 20 of which she has focused on peptides and proteins produced by plants for protection against insect pests and fungal pathogens. Her current research spans from basic work on the discovery, structure, and mechanism of action of these molecules, to practical applications in crop protection and the treatment of fungal diseases in humans.
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