Sir Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal, AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (born 4 June 1931) is an Australian research biologist.
Gustav Nossal was born four weeks prematurely in Bad Ischl, in Austria, while his mother was on holiday. Because his father was Jewish, the Nossal family left their home town of Vienna for Australia when he was eight years old.
When he attended his first Australian school, Nossal spoke no English but graduated from St Aloysius' College in 1947 as the dux of the College. In 1948, he entered Sydney University's Medical School, graduating later with first class honours. At the age of 26, he left his job in Sydney and moved to Melbourne to work with Macfarlane Burnet in Medical Science.
Nossal gained his PhD degree in 1960.
Awards and recognition
- 1970 - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) for medical research[1]
- 1977 - knighted for his ground-breaking work in immunology[2]
- 1982 - awarded the ANZAAS Medal[3]
- 1989 - made a Companion of the Order of Australia[4]
- 1990 - awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the award given to researchers working in areas that "have brought true benefit and well being to mankind"
- 1996 - won the Koch Gold Medal,[5] the prize being awarded for prizes for major advances in biomedical sciences, particularly in the fields of microbiology and immunology.
- 1997 - listed the 100 Australians identified as Australia's Living National Treasures
- 2000 - named as Australian of the Year
- 2001 - recipient of the Centenary Medal[6]
- 2002 - Nossal was featured on an Australian postage stamp
- 2006 - Inducted as an honourary member of the Monash University Golden Key Society
- 2007 - The Nossal Institute for Global Health[7] at the University of Melbourne was named in honour of Sir Gustav.
- 2009 - The new Nossal High School, located at the Berwick campus of Monash University, is named in honour of Sir Gustav.
Notes
- ^ "It's an Honour - 1 January 1970". Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1065616&search_type=advanced&showInd=true. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "It's an Honour - 1 January 1977". Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083627&search_type=advanced&showInd=true. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "The ANZAAS Medal". ANZAAS. http://www.anzaas.org.au/anzaasmedal.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "It's an Honour - 12 June 1989". Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886105&search_type=advanced&showInd=true. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Gustav Nossal - Virology Down Under". University of Queensland. http://www.uq.edu.au/vdu/BasicsGustavNossal.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "It's an Honour - 1 January 2001". Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1115621&search_type=advanced&showInd=true. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "The Nossal Institute for Global Health". The University of Melbourne. http://www.ni.unimelb.edu.au/about/. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
External links
- Short biography
- Gustav Nossal - Virology Down Under
- Interview on the Australian Academy of Science website.
- The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization—a millennial challenge
- Liz Cincotta. "Passage to Australia". The Age, 19 June 2008.
- Video of Gustav Nossal lecture on the 50-Year Revolution in Global Public Health on SlowTV
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