Person
Nobile, Silvia Renata Vera (1916 - 1990s)
- Born
- 1916
Capodistria, Italy - Died
- 1990s
Sardinia, Italy - Occupation
- Chemist and Nutrition scientist
Summary
Silvia Nobile was an experienced chemist when she was sent out to Australia by F. Hoffman-La Roche of Switzerland in 1959. Her task was to established the Roche Vitamin Laboratories in Sydney to offer technical assistance to any interested party with respect to vitamin analysis and stability in pharmaceutical products, foods for animal and human consumption and biological material. In 1968 the activity of the laboratories was extended to Quality Control of Roche pharmaceutical manufacture including quality control of packaging material. Since the introduction of the biochemical tests for assessing vitamin status the laboratories have been offering these services to hospitals and the medical profession as there was no other laboratory in Australia where blood vitamin profiles could be performed. The Vitamin Laboratories were open to any interested visitor and analyst who wished to learn vitamin analytical techniques. She was a foundation member of the Nutrition Society of Australia.
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In addition to her professional memberships listed below she was a member of the Australian Biochemical Society and ANZASS.
The original data for this entry was provided by Dr Beverley Wood in 2023.
Chronology
- 1939
- Education - Graduated Doctor in Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
- 1939 - 1941
- Career position - Chemist, Veneziani, Trieste, Italy
- 1943 - 1946
- Career position - Chemist-in-Charge, Clinical Laboratory, Ospedale Civico Lugano, Switzerland
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - Analyst, microbiology and organic chemistry, Aligenna AG and Guigy AG, Basel Switzerland
- 1949 - 1951
- Career position - Officer in Charge, Clinical Laboratory, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel Switzerland
- 1951 - 1959
- Career position - Officer in Charge, Vitamin Laboratories, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Basel Switzerland
- 1959 - 1976
- Career position - Chief Chemist, Vitamin Laboratories, Roche Products Pty Ltd, Dee Why, NSW Australia
- 1961
- Career event - Associate Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Sydney
- 1967
- Career event - Elected Fellow, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 1967
- Career event - Associate Member, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 1974
- Career event - Elected Fellow, Australian College of Biomedical Scientists
- 1975
- Career event - Associate Member, Australian Institute of Medical Technologists
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Created: 31 July 2023, Last modified: 6 October 2023