Biographical entry Miller, Jacques Francis Albert Pierre (1931 - )
AO, FAA, FRS
- Born
- 2 April 1931
France - Occupation
- Pathologist
Summary
Jacques Miller is Professor Emeritus at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) and at the University of Melbourne. He was Head of Experimental Pathology Unit at the WEHI (1966-1996) and is recognised as having discovered the function of the thymus. Miller and his PhD student Graham Mitchell proved the existence and function of T cells and B cells, which has significantly opened up whole new fields for the study of immunology, including the study of cancer, autoimmune disease, transplantation and HIV and AIDS. Jacques Miller continues to be one of the most respected research thymus biologists in the world and has received many, many accolades and awards including the Florey Medal 2000; the 2001 Copley Medal and Prize of the Royal Society, London; the 2003 Prime Minister's Prize for Science; and an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO).
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Events
- 1953
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc Med) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1955
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1956
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney
- 1957
- Award - Reginald Maney Lake and Amy Laura Bonamy Scholarship for Pathological Research received from the University of Sydney
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - Gaggin Research Fellow at the Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital in London
- 1960
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London
- 1960 - 1963
- Career position - Lecturer at the Chester Beatty Research Institute
- 1964
- Career position - Eleanor Roosevelt International Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA
- 1965
- Career position - Reader in Experimental Pathology at the University of London
- 1965
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of London
- 1966
- Award - Britannica Australia Award received
- 1966 - 1996
- Career position - Head of the Department of Experimental Pathology (later renamed Thymus Biology Unit) at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Victoria
- 1970 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1970 -
- Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), England
- 1971
- Award - Burnet Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
- 1978
- Award - Sir William Upjohn Medal for distinguished services to Medicine, University of Melbourne received
- 1981
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
- 1985
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1990
- Award - Inaugural Sandoz Prize for Immunology received
- 1990
- Award - Inaugural Peter Medawar Prize received from the Transplantation Society
- 1990 - 1996
- Career position - Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Melbourne
- 1992
- Award - Croonian Lecturer for the Royal Society
- 2000
- Award - Florey Medal received
- 2001
- Award - Copley Medal and Prize received from the Royal Society, London
- 2003
- Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Science received
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anderson, Warwick, '"The right time and the right place": an interview with Jacques Miller', Health and History, vol. 18, no. 1, 2016, pp. 137-58. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/59876583. Details
- 'Miller, Jacques Francis Albert Pierre (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476122. Details
Resource Sections
- Fenner, Frank, 'Interview with Professor Jacques Miller', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 27 October 1999, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/m/jm.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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