1. John Shine directed the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney from 1990 to 2011.
15 Facts About John Shine
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From 2018 to 2022, John Shine was President of the Australian Academy of Science.
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The brother of scientist Richard Shine, John Shine was born in Brisbane in 1946 and completed his university studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, graduating with a bachelor of science with honours in 1972 and completing his PhD in 1975.
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John Shine undertook post doctoral research at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco.
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John Shine determined the first sequence responsible for replication of a cancer-causing virus.
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John Shine founded the Centre for Recombinant DNA Research at ANU.
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John Shine returned to USCSF in 1984, and worked as a vice-president at California Biotechnology Inc from 1984 to 1986; he was a board member from 1987 to 1989.
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John Shine was instrumental in the development and growth of the company, which was sold to Johnson and Johnson.
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John Shine returned to Australia once more in 1987 to take up a professorship in molecular biology at the University of New South Wales.
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John Shine became the deputy director of the Garvan Institute, and subsequently executive director from 1990 to 2011.
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John Shine was chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council from 2003 to 2006.
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John Shine was chairman of CSL Limited from 2011 to 2018 and of the Museum of Applied Arts and Science from 2011 to 2016.
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In 1994 John Shine was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
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John Shine was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996 for service to medical research, particularly in the field of molecular biology.
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In 2010, John Shine was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science, the nation's highest scientific award.