Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Biotechnology (1988 - 1989)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 1 January 1988
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1 July 1989
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research and Biotechnology
- Reference No
- CA 4539
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- North Ryde, New South Wales
Summary
The Division of Biotechnology was established in 1988, from the Divisions of Molecular Biology, Chemical and Wood Technology and the Division of Protein Chemistry. The work of the Division benefited pharmaceutical, chemical, agricultural and food industries in the use of biotechnology as well as cell biology. In 1989 the Division was replaced by the Division of Biomolecular Engineering.
Related entries
Timeline
1949 - 1958 CSIRO Biochemistry Unit, Wool Textile Research Laboratories
1975 - 1983 CSIRO Molecular and Cellular Biology Unit
1958 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry
1983 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Chemical and Wood Technology
1983 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Molecular Biology
1988 - 1989 CSIRO Division of Biotechnology
1989 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering
1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
2005 - CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies
Controlling Corporate Bodies
Superior
Published resources
Reports
- Spurling, Tom; Upstill, Garrett; Jordan, Max, Research opportunities in the polymer and plastics industry: CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technologies August 1988 (Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1988), 57 pp, https://eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15632.pdf. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476729. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 4539; CSIRO, Diviison of Protein Chemistry/ (from 1988) Division of Biotechnology/ (from 1990) Division of Biomolecular Engineering. Registration of entity: 1 October 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204539. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 18 August 2000, Last modified: 4 May 2006
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