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Kerr, John Foxton Ross (1934 - )

AO, FAA, FRACP, FRCP, FRCPA, FRCPath

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Pathologist

Born: 24 January 1934 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John Foxton R. Kerr has been dubbed the father of apoptosis. He was Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland and Adjunct Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. His research concentrated on the area of cell death by apoptosis and he was the first to delineate the ultrastructural features of apoptosis, showing it to be quite distinct from necrosis, provoked by tissue injury. He drew attention for the first time to the role of cell death in normal adult mammals and in disease. His landmark paper in 1972 with Wyllie and Currie named this process apoptosis, to emphasise its complementary but opposite role to mitosis. In 2000 he was awarded (joint recipient) Germany’s most distinguished award in biomedical research - the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize - for his life-long contributions to apoptosis.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1955 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland
1957 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Queensland
1958 - 1959 Intern at the Royal Brisbane Hospital
1960 - 1961 Pathology Registrar at the Royal Brisbane Hospital
1962 - ? Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London
1964 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London (University College Hospital Medical School)
1965 - ? Member of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK)
1965 - 1972 Senior Lecturer in Pathology at the University of Queensland
1967 - Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (FRCPA)
1973 - 1974 Reader in Pathology at the University of Queensland
1974 - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians(FRCP)
1974 - 1995 Professor of Pathology at the University of Queensland and Pathologist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital
1977 - Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK)
1988 - 1995 Adjunct Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1989 Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Distinguished Fellows' Award received
1992 Bancroft Medal received from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1992 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians( FRCP), London
1993 Bancroft Medal received from the Australian Medical Association
1995 Retired
1995 Fred W Stewart Award received from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
1996 - Professor Emeritus at the University of Queensland
1996 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
2000 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize received
2002 International Charles IV Prize received from the City of Prague and Charles University

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 14 February 2006

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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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