Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor (1931 - )

Summary

Sir Gustav Nossal was Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1965-1996 and Professor of Medical Biology at the University of Melbourne. He is distinguished for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance. In 1996 he was one of the founders of Foursight, a company providing advice on R&D and science to companies, investment institutions, academics and government.

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Chronology

1953

Education - Bachelor of Medical Science (BSc(Med)), University of Sydney

1955

Education - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB, BS), University of Sydney

1955 - 1956

Career position - Junior and Senior Resident Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1957 - 1959

Career position - Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

1959 - 1961

Career position - Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medical Research, United States of America

1960

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne

1961 - 1965

Career position - Deputy Director, Immunology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

1964

Award - Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research

1965 - 1966

Award - Outstanding Young Man of the Year Award, Junior Chamber International

1965 - 1996

Career position - Professor of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne

1965 - 1996

Career position - Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

1967 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1968

Career position - Pasteur Institute, Paris

1970

Award - Emil von Behring Prize, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany

1970

Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1970

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - For medical research

1973

Career position - President, Australian Society of Immunology

1975 - 1983

Career position - Member, Australian Science and Technology Council

1976

Career position - Special Consultant to the World Health Organisation

1977

Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - For services to science.

1979 -

Award - Foreign Associate, National Academy of Science, U.S.A.

1979

Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

1980 -

Award - Foreign Fellow, Indian National Science Academy

1981 - 1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

1982

Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

1982

Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1983 -

Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh

1983 - 1986

Career position - President, International Union of Immunological Sciences

1984

Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1985

Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Newcastle

1986 - 1994

Career position - Member of the Board, CSIRO

1987 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1981]

1987

Award - Advance Australia Award

1987 - 1996

Career position - Chairman, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

1989

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - For service to medicine, to science and to the community.

1989 - 1996

Career position - Member, Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council

1993 - 2002

Career position - Vaccines and Biologicals Program, World Health Organization

1994

Award - James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

1994 - 1998

Career position - President, Australian Academy of Science

1996 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria

1996

Award - Robert Koch Gold Medal, Robert Koch Foundation, Germany

1997

Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

1998 - 2000

Career position - Deputy Chairman, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

1998 - 2003

Career position - Chairman, Strategic Advisory Council, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Children's Vaccine Program

1999

Award - Clunies Ross Lifetime Achievement Award, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation

2000

Award - Australian of the Year

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for distinguished service to the study of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.

2008

Award - Australian Society for Medical Research Medal

2010

Award - Inaugural Monash Medal as an Outstanding Australian for his contribution to the Australian community and beyond

Related entries

Archival resources

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

• Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal - Records, 1931 - 1986; The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Details

Published resources

Books

• Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, Achievements and challenges for Australian science: Distinguished Lecture Series 1993 (Parkville (Vic.): Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, 1993), 55 pp. Details
• Metcalf, Donald; Miller, Jacques; and Nossal, Gus, Immunological memories: 1965 - 1996 at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ([Melbourne]: [Walter and Eliza Hall Institute], ), 34 pp. Details
• Nossal, Gus [and others], Achievements and challenges for Australian science (Parkville, Vic.: Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, 1993), 55 pp. Details
• Nossal, Gustav, Diversity and Discovery: the History of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1965-1996 (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 2007), 320 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Nossal, G. J. V., 'Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899-1985), Medical Scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 160-164. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burnet-sir-frank-macfarlane-mac-12267. Details

Edited Books

• Moyal, Ann ed., Portraits in Science (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1994), 209 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Anderson, Warwick, 'An "Accidental Immunologist": an Interview with Professor Sir Gustav Nossal', Health and History, 16 (2) (2014), 115-39. Details
• Cunningham, Tony; Mackenzie, John; Nossal, Gustav; and Rawlinson, William, 'Obituary: Professor Geoffrey Randolph Shellam', Microbiology Australia, 2015 (November) (2015), 200-1. Details
• Galbraith, Douglas, Sutherland, Struan and Nossal, G., 'William Reade Lane', Medical Journal of Australia, 1974 (2) (1974), 376-7. Details
• Marchalonis, John J., 'Burnet and Nossal: the Impact of Immunology on the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute', Quarterly Review of Biology, 69 (1994), 53-67. Details
• Mitchell, G. F. and Good, M. F., 'Historical review: Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist and more', Trends in immunology, 25 (12) (2004), 665-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2004.09.007. Details
• Nossal, G. J. V., 'Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet (1899-1985)', Nature, 317 (1985), 108. Details
• Nossal, G.J., 'The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1965-1995: From Basic Research to Clinical Triumphs.', Medical Journal of Australia, 163 (11-12) (1995), 599-603. Details
• Nossal, G.J., 'Choices Following Antigen Entry: Antibody Formation or immunologic Tolerance?', Annual Review of Immunology, 13 (1995), 1-27. Details
• Nossal, Gustaf J. V., 'The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research: 1915-1985', Medical Journal of Australia, 143 (1985), 153-157. Details
• Nossal, Gustav, 'Some Landmarks in Australian Immunology', Immunology and Cell Biology, 69 (5) (1991), 327-335. Details
• Nossal, Gustav, 'Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate, 1899-1985', Eureka Street, 9 (7) (1999), 22-27. Details
• Nossal, Gustav J. V.; and Parish, Christopher R., 'Gordon Leslie Ada 1922-2012', Historical Records of Australian Science, 26 (2) (2015), 164-78, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR15007. Details

Resources

• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/540113. Details
• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1556241. Details
• 'Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor (1931 - )', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/gus-nossal. Details
• '2000 Australian of the Year', Australian of the Year Awards, National Australia Day Council, https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/sir-gustav-nossal-ac-cbe. Details
• 'Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-511802. Details
• 'Awarded honorary LLD, 1997', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
• 'Awarded honorary MD, 1985', Honorary degrees, University of Newcastle, 2023, https://www.newcastle.edu.au/engage/alumni/stories/honorary-degrees. Details

Resource Sections

• Blythe, Max, 'Interview with Sir Gustav Nossal', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1987, https://www.science.org.au/education/history-australian-science/conversations-australian-scientists/sir-gustav-nossal. Details

See also

• Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/macfarlane-burnet-medal-and-lecture. Details
• Bartels, Ditta, 'Speech by Ditta Bartels at launch of the Guide to the Records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet', History of Australian Science Newsletter, 32 (1994). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hasn/no32/feats32.htm#burnet. Details
• Fenner, F., 'Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 39-77. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710039. Details
• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details