Person
Kemp, David James (1945 - 2013)
OAM FAA
- Born
- 23 July 1945
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 22 November 2013
Albury, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Parasitologist
Summary
Dave Kemp was Head of the Malaria and Scabies Laboratory at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. He had expertise in the field of malaria research and in molecular biology in general. In 1983 while working at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Melbourne), he and co-worker Robin Anders were the first to successfully clone plasmodium genes into E. coli bacteria, thus enabling the parasite proteins to be produced in large quantities for research. This was the very first beginnings of a malaria vaccine breakthrough and the start of defining the various malaria antigens and their antigenic diversity. Kemp was also heralded as a co-instigator of the malaria genome project - the first multicentre international basic science collaboration in the field - which was officially launched in 1996.
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Chronology
- 1969
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1973
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide
- 1973 - 1975
- Career position - Research Fellow in Biochemistry, University of Adelaide (eighteen months)
- 1975 - 1976
- Career position - Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry in Canberra
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow in Biochemistry at Stanford University Medical Center in California, USA
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Fellow of the American Cancer Society at the Stanford University Medical Centre in California, USA
- 1978 - 1985
- Career position - Research Fellow then Senior Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkville, Victoria
- 1981
- Award - Boehringer Medal, Australian Biochemical Society
- 1984 - 1992
- Career position - Head of the MacArthur Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- 1986 - 1992
- Career position - Principal Research Fellow then Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- 1990 -
- Career position - Member of the Board of Advisors on the Malaria Genome Project at the University of Florida
- 1990 - 1992
- Career position - Member of the Australian Research Council Gene Regulation Panel
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Deputy Director, Menzies School of Health Research and Head of the Molecular Parasitology Unit
- 1993 -
- Career position - Howard Hughes Fellow
- 1996 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2003
- Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society and science in molecular biology
- 2008
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - For service to medical research as a molecular biologist, particularly in the areas of tropical health and infectious diseases, through contributions to Indigenous health and to professional organisations
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Sriprakash, Kadaba S.; and Good, Michael F., 'David James Kemp 1945 - 2013', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 273-90, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14022. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Cowman, Alan; Corcoran, Lynn; and Cory, Suzanne, 'Dave Kemp: Scientist loved both medical research and leading jazz bands [Obituary]', The Age (2013), https://www.theage.com.au/national/dave-kemp-scientist-loved-both-medical-research-and-leading-jazz-bands-20131229-301h3.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28037717. Details
- 'Dave Kemp - Citation at year of election, 1996', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/dave-kemp. Details
- 'Kemp, David James (1945-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475787. Details
Annette Alafaci; Ken McInnes
Created: 23 November 2005, Last modified: 15 March 2023