Ian Hector Frazer was born on 6 January 1953 and is a Scottish-born Australian immunologist, the founding CEO and Director of Research of the Translational Research Institute.
16 Facts About Ian Frazer
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Ian Frazer's parents were medical scientists, and he was drawn to science from a young age.
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Ian Frazer chose to pursue medicine over an earlier interest in physics due to physics having fewer research opportunities, and he received his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, at the University of Edinburgh in 1974 and 1977 respectively.
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Ian Frazer convinced Zhou to join him, and in 1990 they began to use molecular biology to synthesize particles in vitro that could mimic the virus.
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Later in 1991 the research was presented at a US scientific meeting, and Ian Frazer became Director of the Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research at the University of Queensland.
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In 1998 Frazer completed the first human trials for Gardasil, and became an Australian citizen.
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In 1999 Frazer received the Australian Biotechnology Award, and has since received more than twenty awards for science:.
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In 2012 Ian Frazer was named as a National Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia.
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From February 2011 to February 2015, Ian Frazer was the CEO and Director of Research at the Translational Research Institute, a joint initiative of The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, the Mater Medical Research Institute and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
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Ian Frazer is working on a VLP-based vaccine against hepatitis C, and is researching extensions to the VLP production technology for dengue fever and Japanese encephalitis vaccines.
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Ian Frazer expects HIV vaccines to be available by 2028.
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Ian Frazer is already overseeing trials of the first vaccine for skin cancer which might be ready before 2020.
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Ian Frazer is the inaugural holder of the Queensland Government Smart State premier's fellowship, worth $2.5 million over 5 years.
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Ian Frazer has held continuous research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council since 1985, mostly relating to papilloma viruses or tumor immunology.
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Ian Frazer teaches immunology to undergraduates and graduate students at the University of Queensland, is Cancer Council Australia president, Chairman of the ACRF's Medical Research Advisory Committee, and advises the WHO and the Gates Foundation on papillomavirus vaccines.
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Ian Frazer sits on the board of three for-profit small biotech companies and a number of not for profit organisations.